Astro Boy and Anime come to the Americas : an insider's view of the birth of a pop culture phenomenon / Fred Ladd, with Harvey Deneroff.
" Astro Boy's popularity sparked a new industry in importing animated television to America from Japan. Fred Ladd went on to adapt other Japanese animated imports for American release, and here provides an insider's view of the creation of what has blossomed into an ongoing cultural a...
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Jefferson, N.C. ; London :
McFarland,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Astro Boy: Japan's Tetsuan Atom Lands in New York and Starts the Anime Tsunami
- 2. A Trip to Japan
- 3. Tetsujin 28 and 8th Man
- 4. Quixotically Comes Kimba
- 5. Mighty Mushi: The Decline and Fall
- 6. More from Mushi
- 7. Marine Boy and Astro Boy
- 8. A Cinderella Process: Turning Black-and-White Animation into Color
- 9. Those '70s Shows
- 10. Sailor Moon
- 11. ANIMEnia! The "New" Industry Blooms - Overnight!
- 12. Boy Meets Giant Robot
- 13. Religious, Not Litigious
- 14. Speaking of Dying
- 15. Tezuka on Tezuka, Yokoyama on Yokoyama
- 16. Samurai on Cels
- 17. Mars: Gateway to Anime?
- 18. Homogeneous? Yes. Bisexual?
- 19. Giants among Giants
- 20. Other Giant Robots I Have Known
- 21. OVA + VHS + DVD = Home Video
- 22. Fandom of the Anime
- 23. Anime Today: Where It Is, Where It's Heading
- 24. What Hath Tezuka Wrought?
- Appendix 1. Milestones on the Anime Highway
- Appendix 2. Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions.