100 Anime [Paperback]

An exploration of the wonderfully complex and beautifully disorienting world of Japanese animation - anime. Provides an overview of the importance of the anime industry in Japan by analysing 100 of its most important and influential productions. An ideal introduction to a fascinating genre.PHILIP BROPHY is a film director, composer& sound designer. He is founder of the Cinesonic International Conference of film Scores& Sound Design from which he has edited three books on film sound and music, the most recent being Cinesonic: Experiencing The Soundtrack, (AFTRS Publishing, Sydney 2002) He has also written for The Wire, London, and Film Comment. Prviosu publications include 100 Modern Soundtracks (bfi, 2004)....small, to the point and relevant. Filmwerk