Japanese Animation and New Media, 2010:
The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
PART ONE: THE MULTIPLANAR IMAGE
Week One
Introduction
Week Two
Chapter One: Cinematism and Animetism
Chapter Two: Animation Stand
Chapter Three: Compositing
Week Three
Chapter Four: Merely Technological Behavior
Chapter Five: Flying Machines
Week Four
Chapter Six: Full Animation
Chapter Seven: Only a Girl Can Save Us Now
Week Five
Chapter Eight: Giving Up the Gun
PART TWO: EXPLODED VIEW
Week Six:
Chapter Nine: Relative Movement
Chapter Ten: Structures of Depth
Week Seven:
Chapter Eleven: The Distributive Field
Week Eight:
Chapter Twelve: Otaku Imaging
Chapter Thirteen: Multiple Frames of Reference
Week Nine:
Chapter Fourteen: Inner Natures
Chapter Fifteen: Full Limited Animation
PART THREE: GIRL COMPUTERIZED
Week Ten:
Chapter Sixteen: A Face on the Train
Chapter Seventeen: The Absence of Sex
Week Eleven:
Chapter Eighteen: Platonic Sex
Chapter Nineteen: Perversion
Week Twelve:
Chapter Twenty: The Spiral Dance of Symptom and Specter
Week Thirteen:
Chapter Twenty-One: Emergent Positions
Chapter Twenty-Two: Anime Eyes Manga
Week Fourteen:
Conclusion
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