Anime and the Art of Adaptation: Eight Famous Works from Page to Screen

by Dani Cavallaro

Exploring a selection of anime adaptations of famous works of both Eastern and Western provenance, this book is concerned with appreciating their significance and appeal as independent texts. The author evaluates three aspects of anime adaptation--how anime adaptations develop their original sources in stylistic, aesthetic, and psychological terms; how specific features of the anime medium impact alchemically on the original sources to bring into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786458607
• ISBN13: 9780786458608
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher