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Manga and Anime go to Hollywood, Northrop Davis

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Manga and Anime go to Hollywood

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Northrop Davis

"The first ever look at how major Hollywood movies were adapted from Japanese mangas and animes"--, Provided by publisher"The amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film" --front cover"The media industries in the United States and Japan are similar in much the same way different animal species are: while a horse and a kangaroo share maybe 95% of their DNA, they're nonetheless very different animals-and so it is with manga and anime in Japanese and Hollywood animation, movies, and television. Though they share some key common elements, they developed mostly separately while still influencing each other significantly along the way. That confluence is now accelerating into new forms of hybridization that will drive much of future storytelling entertainment. Packed with original interviews with top creators in these fields and illuminating case studies, Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood helps to parse out these shared and diverging genetic codes, revealing the cross-influences and independent traits of Japanese and American animation. In addition, Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood shows how to use this knowledge creatively to shape the future of global narrative storytelling, including through the educational system. Northrop Davis paints a fascinating picture of the interrelated history of Japanese manga/anime and Hollywood since the Meiji period through to World War II and up to the present day - and even to into the future."--Publisher's description

Introduction : Wind from the East: the worldwide success of manga and anime and an overview of their impact on Hollywood -- Characteristics of manga and anime that make them attractive to Hollywood -- Divergent DNA: modern manga's ancestry leading up to the beginning of modernization of the form by Tezuka in the World War II era -- Modern manga is developed, with heavy Hollywood movie/animation influences (the examples of similar DNA) -- The manga industry today -- Anime is born and invades America (and American TV goes to Japan and influences manga/anime) -- Adaptations of manga and anime to American television and live-action movies (and what creators can learn from them and apply to their own works) -- Hollywood adaptation case study #1: in defense of Speed racer -- Hollywood adaptation case study #2 : Astro boy -- The screenplay and television script's crucial role in adaptations, plus pitching and the green-light (studio approval for production) -- The future of this hybridity -- Afterword : Manga in education: the practical benefits of creating manga; Two manga production teaching examples

Manga & Anime go to Hollywood