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Patten, Fred. Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews. Foreword by Carl Macek. 2004. Stone Bridge Press. 383pp. ISBN-10: 1880656922; ISBN-13: 978-1880656921 (paperback).


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Foreword by Carl Macek ... 7

Preface ... 9

Part I: Anime Fandom ... 13
  • America's First Manga Advertisements (1972) ... 15
  • Friends Overseas: Fans in America, by Animedia Staff (1982) ... 16
  • Remembrance of Cons Past (1984) ... 17
  • What's Wrong with Japanese Animation? (1994) ... 19
  • Fifteen Years of Animation Fandom, 1977-92 (1997) ... 22
  • The Best of Anime CD Liner Notes (1998) ... 43
  • Who Knows "Best"? (1998) ... 50
  • Anime in the United States (2001) ... 52
  • Fred Patten, Anime Man, by Simon Drax (2002) ... 73
  • Anime Expo 2003: Convention Enter Their Adolescence (2003) ... 80
  • "Anime" versus "Japanimation" (2003) ... 85

Part II: The Business of Anime ... 87
  • All Those Japanese Animation Soundtracks (1986) ... 89
  • Japanese Anime: The Cult Grows Up (1990) ... 98
  • Anime Licensing Grows Up (1996) ... 103
  • The World's Biggest Animation Home Video Market? (1997) ... 104
  • Letter to the Editor: "Anime" as Pejorative (1998) ... 108
  • The Anime "Porn" Market (1998) ... 110
  • Go to JAILED (1999) ... 119
  • The Thirteen Top Developments in Anime, 1985-99 (1999) ... 122
  • By the Numbers (1999) ... 126
  • Anime 2000: Money Talks (2000) ... 128
  • Anime Theatrical Features (2000) ... 135
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts Anime Event (2002) ... 139
  • July 1978: First Anime Fan Magazine, Animage, Published (2003) ... 142
  • Simba Versus Kimba: The Pride of Lions (First Publication) ... 144
  • Simba-Kimba Redux? The Nadia Versus Atlantis Affair (First Publication) ... 185
Part III: Artists ... 191
  • Hypersexual Psychoviolence! The Dynamic World of Go Nagai (1988) ... 193
  • Osamu Tezuka (1926-89) (1990) ... 197
  • Osamu Tezuka: A Memorial to the Master (1993) ... 199
  • Shotaro Ishinomori: A Profile (2002) ... 206
  • Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Trip the the U.S. (2002) ... 209

Part IV: Japanese Culture in Anime ... 217
  • TV Animation in Japan (1980) ... 219
  • Mangamania! (1984) ... 232
  • Japan + Animation = Japanimation! Part 1 (1986) ... 247
  • Japan + Animation = Japanimation! Part 2 (1986) ... 253
  • A New Wind from the East (1987) ... 259
  • Full Circle: Japanese Animation from Early Home Studios to Personal Workshops for Home Video (1987) ... 268
  • Japan's Anime (1995) ... 275
  • A Capsule History of Anime (1998) ... 278
  • Anime: Subliminal Lessons in Japanese History (2001) ... 282
  • Refighting World War II (2003) ... 285
  • Less, or More, Than Human (2003) ... 287
Part V: Titles ... 291
  • Dawn of the Warrior Robots: The Beginnings of a New Breed of Action Hero! (1980) ... 293
  • Force Five: Previewing an Ambitious New Science-Fiction TV Series! (1980) ... 297
  • Robotech: Japanimation Invades Comics with a Trio of Comic Titles (1985) ... 303
  • Profile: Gigantor, the Space-Age Robot (1991/2003) ... 313
  • Speed Racer: Still in the Lead (1993) ... 322
  • Momotaros' Gods-Blessed Sea Warriors: Japan's Unknown Wartime Feature (1996) ... 325
  • Prince of Something: The Heroic Legend of Arslan--Age of Heroes (1999) ... 328
  • Astro Old and Astro New (2000) ... 331
  • Pokémon: Ready for its Next Success (2000) ... 336
  • Is Digimon Movie Destined for Success? (2000) ... 338
  • Vampire Hunter D: The Next Anime Hit in America? (2000) ... 341
  • Blood: The Last Vampire--Anime's First Digital Feature (2001) ... 345
  • A Retro-Future Metropolis (2002) ... 349
  • A Winning Spirit (2002) ... 352
  • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie . . . At Last (2003) ... 356
  • The Animatrix: Anime Reloaded (2003) ... 360
  • September 1963: Astro Boy Premieres in America (2003) ... 362
  • Millennium Actress: The Struggle to Bring Quality Animation to Theaters (2003) ... 364
  • Perfect Blue Revisited (2003) ... 368
  • January 1917: The First Animation Produced in Japan Is Released (2004) ... 369
Index ... 371


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