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Author:   Helen McCarthy ,  Darren-Jon Ashmore
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 29.20cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781476679969

ISBN 10:   1476679967
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   31 January 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Gilles Poitras 1 Preface Darren-Jon Ashmore and Helen McCarthy 3 Glossary 5 Introduction Darren-Jon Ashmore and Helen McCarthy 7 Leiji Matsumoto: A Life in Context Helen McCarthy 13 Sailing a Sea of Stars: Growth and Change in Matsumoto's Space Opera Darren-Jon Ashmore 29 Even Better Than the Real Thing: Matsumoto's Manga Tim Eldred 57 The Cockpit and the Nobility of Failure Jonathan Tarbox 84 Female in a Male Universe: Women in Matsumoto's Space Operas Stefanie Thomas 111 The Impact of Matsumoto's Universe on Anime Magazines as a Platform for Cosplay Edmund W. Hoff 147 A Captain's Tribute to Leiji Matsumoto: A Cosplay Project Ondine Montoya and Matthew Montoya 164 Translating Leiji Matsumoto Zack Davisson 187 Interview with Leiji Matsumoto Darren-Jon Ashmore 200 General Bibliography and Weblinks 211 Appendix A: Matsumoto Animation 213 Appendix B: Matsumoto Comics and Graphic Works 215 Appendix C: Matsumoto Collaborations and Other Works 229 About the Contributors 233 Index 235

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“the real deal, honestly a one-of-a-kind must-have. Informative, unique essays, revealing interviews, and an exhaustive appendix of Matsumoto's manga and anime career guarantee you'll be returning to this again and again.”—Let’s Anime

the real deal, honestly a one-of-a-kind must-have. Informative, unique essays, revealing interviews, and an exhaustive appendix of Matsumoto's manga and anime career guarantee you'll be returning to this again and again. --Let's Anime

Author Information

Helen McCarthy has been researching anime and manga since 1981. She has edited two classic British anime magazines, curated exhibitions and film seasons, lectured widely, and written a dozen books translated into seven languages including Japanese. She lives in London, England. Darren-Jon Ashmore holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Sheffield. His main area of research is in Japanese media arts, especially the literature, theater and film of the 1960s-1980s. He is Head of Japan Studies at Yamanashi Gakuin University.

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