Week One - Anime Culture Mon 4/21 Introduction, Syllabus Early history of Japanese animation Screening: Various Early Animation Clips Wed 4/23 Readings: JVC ch. 2 (pp. 48-67) “Earth in My Window” (Little Boy pp. 99-149) “Otaku Talk” (Little Boy pp. 165-185) Various excerpts from Little Boy Video: Daicon III and Daicon IV opening animation clips Film Screening: Clips from Space Battleship Yamato Mobile Suit Gundam Neon Genesis Evangelion The Animatrix Fri 4/25 Readings: Anime Ch. 1-2 (pp. 3-34) “Anime in the United States” (Patten, Animation in Asian and the Pacific pp. 55-71) “1990s and Beyond” (Impressionism to Anime pp. 125-148) “Anime Nation” (Impressionism to Anime pp. 149-167) Film Screening: Akira Back to Main Page