Anime Ecology: A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game Media

The Anime Machine by Thomas Lamarre is a major work that changes how scholars and students look at television and animation. It broadens his insights to show how animation helps us think through television in the contemporary moment, offering close readings of individual anime and demonstrating how infrastructures and platforms have transformed it into emergent media and launched it worldwide.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 13 March 2018
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

A groundbreaking work that is poised to revolutionize the way scholars and students perceive television and animation, The Anime Machine, authored by Thomas Lamarre, has solidified his position as a prominent figure in the field of Japanese animation. In his latest offering, The Anime Ecology, Lamarre expands his horizons to provide a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between anime and television, while contextualizing it within significant historical and global frameworks.

Lamarre adeptly leverages the intersections between television, anime, and new media, encompassing a wide range of mediums such as console games, video, iOS games, and streaming, to demonstrate how animation serves as a powerful tool for understanding television in the contemporary era. Through meticulous close readings of individual anime, he showcases how infrastructures and platforms have transformed anime into emergent media, including social media and transmedia, enabling its global reach.

The Anime Ecology is a testament to Lamarre's thoughtful and thorough approach, as it is adorned with thoughtful illustrations and extensive research, encompassing a vast scope that makes it an indispensable reference book for scholars, a valuable resource for students, and a foundational textbook for those embarking on the study of anime and its relationship to television.

Weight: 742g
Dimension: 254 x 179 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781517904500