Anime Aesthetics: Japanese Animation and the 'Post-Cinematic' Imagination

by Alistair D. Swale

Japanese animation has been given fulsome academic commentary in recent years. However, there is arguably a need for a more philosophically consistent and theoretically integrated engagement. While this book covers the key thinkers of contemporary aesthetic theory, it aims to reground reflection on anime within the aesthetics of R.G. Collingwood.

173 pages, Hardcover

First published August 11, 2015