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""Takahata has sometimes been eclipsed by his creative partner at Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki Hayao; but his work is often more moving for the unique ways that it blurs the line between fantasy and everyday life. This volume is a perfect introduction to Takahata, with essays that cover his major films from a range of critical perspectives. Together the chapters reveal new insights about the role of realism and magical realism in Takahata’s work, the threads of adaptation and influence that link his animation to other media, and the interesting and important place he occupies in the history of Japanese film."" - Christopher Bolton, author of Interpreting Anime ""This book brings together key writers on Japanese animation to make an excellent case for the need to pay closer attention to Takahata as a director and writer, public intellectual and educator. The chapters situate him within the context of Japanese animation history and explore in detail key themes of environmental awareness, nostalgia, and civilian wartime experiences, as well as Takahata’s unique approaches to animation itself."" - Lori Morimoto, University of Virginia

Takahata has sometimes been eclipsed by his creative partner at Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki Hayao; but his work is often more moving for the unique ways that it blurs the line between fantasy and everyday life. This volume is a perfect introduction to Takahata, with essays that cover his major films from a range of critical perspectives. Together the chapters reveal new insights about the role of realism and magical realism in Takahata's work, the threads of adaptation and influence that link his animation to other media, and the interesting and important place he occupies in the history of Japanese film.--Christopher Bolton, author of Interpreting Anime This book brings together key writers on Japanese animation to make an excellent case for the need to pay closer attention to Takahata as a director and writer, public intellectual and educator. The chapters situate him within the context of Japanese animation history and explore in detail key themes of environmental awareness, nostalgia, and civilian wartime experiences, as well as Takahata's unique approaches to animation itself.--Lori Morimoto, University of Virginia

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Lindsay Coleman is an educator and academic who has edited numerous books on film, including Killers, Clients, and Kindred Spirits: The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura. Rayna Denison is professor of film and digital arts at the University of Bristol. David Desser is emeritus profess of cinema studies and comparative and world literatures and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Illinois.

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