This handbook fills a substantial gap in the international academic literature on animation at large, on music studies, and on the aural dimensions of Japanese animation more specifically. It offers a unique contribution at the intersection between music and popular culture studies on the one hand, and research on Japanese animated productions (often called 'anime') as popular art forms and formats of entertainment, on the other. The book is designed as a reference work consisting of an organic sequence of theory-grounded essays on the development of music, sounds, and voices in Japanese animation for cinema and television since the 1930s. Each chapter deals with a phase of this history, focusing on composers and performers, films, series, and genres used in the soundtracks for animations made in Japan. The chapters also offer valuable interviews with prominent figures of music in Japanese animation, as well as chapter boxes clarifying specific aspects.
| ISBN: | 9789819704286 |
| Publication date: | 14th September 2024 |
| Author: | Marco Pellitteri |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1040 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Sound |
| Genres: |
Sociology Animated films and animation Cultural studies Media studies Society and culture: general |
This handbook fills a substantial gap in the international academic literature on animation at large, on music studies, and on the aural dimensions of Japanese animation more specifically. It offers a unique contribution at the intersection between music and popular culture studies on the one hand, and research on Japanese animated productions (often called 'anime') as popular art forms and formats of entertainment, on the other. The book is designed as a reference work consisting of an organic sequence of theory-grounded essays on the development of music, sounds, and voices in Japanese animation for cinema and television since the 1930s. Each chapter deals with a phase of this history, focusing on composers and performers, films, series, and genres used in the soundtracks for animations made in Japan. The chapters also offer valuable interviews with prominent figures of music in Japanese animation, as well as chapter boxes clarifying specific aspects.
The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Japanese Animation features in the following genres: Sociology, Animated films and animation, Cultural studies, Media studies, Society and culture: general
The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Japanese Animation is available in Hardback
The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Japanese Animation was written by Marco Pellitteri and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore
The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Japanese Animation has 1040 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Sound series
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