Japanese Modernity and the Manga and Anime Art Forms
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Japanese Modernity and the Manga and Anime Art Forms - Anime, Religion and Spirituality |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Katherine Buljan; Independent scholar; |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Carole M Cusack; University of Sydney; Australia |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religion; Cultural Anthropology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | anime; spirituality; new religions;manga; manga precursors; chōjū giga’ zenga; otsu-e; ukiyo-e; shunga; kibyōshi; kamishibai; anime; Katsushika Hokusai; Osamu Tezuka; Walt Disney; Western religious motifs; Western aesthetic; dōjinsh. |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Cultural processes; GN357-367; Religion in relation to other subjects; BL51-65; Asian Religions;BL1000-2370 |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter examines the emergence of the manga and anime forms in terms of the historical development of Japanese artistic modes that are antecedent to these forms, and also through consideration of the development of Japanese modernity. It is argued that the manga and anime forms and Japanese modernity both retain traditional Eastern religious and aesthetic concerns, while freely appropriating Western religious and aesthetic motifs, which results in a unique new cultural synthesis that is equally appealing to Eastern and Western audiences. The intention of this chapter is to demonstrate that the earliest precursors of manga are a number of centuries old and that manga, and thus anime, is deeply embedded in the history of Japanese art, religion and life, as highlighted in certain studies. This interpretation is important in that it offers an alternative to the claim that the origins of the comic book aesthetic are European, and that the influence of Walt Disney (1901–1966) on early manga illustrators is more important than their Japanese forebears. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Apr-2015 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/25887 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.25887 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Anime, Religion and Spirituality |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Japan, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |