FMMC0175
Anime: Japanese Animation
Anime: Japanese Animation
Animated films (Japanese anime) have generated new excitement worldwide. Anime films raise serious questions about our existence and identity, about the relationship of the present to myths of the past, about the body and its transformations, about the power of the erotic, and about human aspirations in a mechanized world. In this course we will investigate the anime genre in its cultural contexts with special attention to the relations anime has with cinema. Films for study include Metropolis, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. (Not open to students who have taken FYSE 0178). 3 hrs. lect./disc./screening.
Animated films (Japanese anime) have generated new excitement worldwide. Anime films raise serious questions about our existence and identity, about the relationship of the present to myths of the past, about the body and its transformations, about the power of the erotic, and about human aspirations in a mechanized world. In this course we will investigate the anime genre in its cultural contexts with special attention to the relations anime has with cinema. Films for study include Metropolis, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. (Not open to students who have taken FYSE 0178). 3 hrs. lect./disc./screening.
- Subject:
- Film & Media Culture
- Department:
- Film & Media Culture
- Division:
- Arts
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AAL ART
- Equivalent Courses:
- JAPN0175 *