Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation is a 1998 book written by Antonia Levi. The book was published in North America by Open Court Publishing Company[1] on December 30, 1998.[2]

Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation
Cover for Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation
AuthorAntonia Levi
LanguageEnglish
Subjectmanga
GenreEncyclopedia
PublisherOpen Court Publishing Company
Publication date
December 30, 1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages180 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-8126-9332-4

Reception

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Anime News Network's Mikhail Koulikov commends the book for its "accessible introduction to looking at anime from an academic perspective" but criticises it for being "limited in scope, sloppy in execution, and badly dated".[3] Animation World Magazine's Fred Patten commends the book for "breaking new ground" by delivering "the first detailed discussion of the popular-culture sociology of anime." However, he criticises the book for mis-dating, "a couple of minor titles are consistently misspelled" and "the color plates are beautiful but notably pixillated [sic], as though printed from enlarged color faxes or "video screen captures" rather than from clear film transparencies."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Samurai from Outer Space Understanding Japanese Animation". Open Court Publishing Company. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ^ Levi, Antonia (1996). Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation. ISBN 0812693329.
  3. ^ Koulikov, Mikhail (January 29, 2004). "Samurai From Outer Space Understanding Japanese Animation". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  4. ^ Patten, Fred. "Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation". Anime World Magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-24.