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Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews

Fred Patten

First published 2004
Publisher Stone Bridge Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art James Boren
Pages 383
Price $18.95
ISBN 1880656922

Illustrated with photographs, historic ephemera, etc.

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Foreword (Watching Anime, Reading Manga) Carl Macek Essay
15 America's First Manga Advertisements Fred Patten Essay
16 Friends Overseas: Fans in America uncredited Essay
17 Remembrance of Cons Past Fred Patten Essay
19 What's Wrong With Japanese Animation? Fred Patten Essay
22 Fifteen Years of Japanese Animation Fandom, 1977-92 Fred Patten Essay
43 The Best of Anime CD liner notes Fred Patten Essay
50 Who Knows "Best"? Fred Patten Essay
52 Anime in the United States Fred Patten Essay
73 Fred Patten: Anime Man Simon Drax & Fred Patten Interview
80 Anime Expo 2003: Conventions Enter Their Adolescence Fred Patten Essay
85 "Anime" vs. "Japanimation" Fred Patten Essay
89 All Those Japanese Animation Soundtracks Fred Patten Essay
98 Japanese Anime: The Cult Grows Up Fred Patten Essay
103 Anime Licensing Grows Up Fred Patten Essay
104 The World's Biggest Animation Home Video Market? Fred Patten Essay
108 Letter to the Editor: "Anime" as Pejorative Fred Patten Essay
110 The Anime "Porn" Market Fred Patten Essay
119 Go to JAILED Fred Patten Essay
122 The Thirteen Top Developments in Anime, 1985-99 Fred Patten Essay
126 By the Numbers Fred Patten Essay
128 Anime 2000: Money Talks Fred Patten Essay
135 Anime Theatrical Features Fred Patten Essay
139 Academy of Motion Picture Arts Anime Event Fred Patten Essay
142 July 1978: First Anime Fan Magazine, Animage, Published Fred Patten Essay
144 Simba Versus Kimba: The Pride of Lions Fred Patten Essay
185 Simba-Kimba Redux? The Nadia Versus Atlantis Affair Fred Patten Essay
193 Hypersexual Psychoviolence! The Dynamic World of Go Nagai Fred Patten Essay
197 Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) Fred Patten Essay
199 Osamu Tezuka: A Memorial to the Master Fred Patten Essay
206 Shotaro Ishinomori: A Profile Fred Patten Essay
209 Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Trip to the U.S. Fred Patten Essay
219 TV Animation in Japan Fred Patten Essay
232 Mangamania! Fred Patten Essay
247 Japan + Animation = Japanimation! Part 1 Fred Patten Essay
253 Japan + Animation = Japanimation! Part 2 Fred Patten Essay
259 A New Wind from the East Fred Patten Essay
268 Full Circle: Japanese Animation From Early Home Studios to Personal Workshops for Home Video Fred Patten Essay
275 Japan's Anime Fred Patten Essay
278 A Capsule History of Anime Fred Patten Essay
282 Anime: Subliminal Lessons in Japanese History Fred Patten Essay
285 Refighting World War II Fred Patten Essay
287 Less, or More, Than Human Fred Patten Essay
293 Dawn of the Warrior Robots: The Beginnings of A New Breed of Action Hero! Fred Patten Essay
297 Force Five: Previewing an Ambitious New Animated Science-Fiction TV Series! Fred Patten Essay
303 Robotech: Japanimation Invades Comics with a Trio of Comico Titles Fred Patten Essay
313 Profile: Gigantor, the Space-Age Robot Fred Patten Essay
322 Speed Racer: Still In the Lead Fred Patten Essay
325 Momotaro's Gods-Blessed Sea Warriors: Japan's Unknown Wartime Feature Fred Patten Essay
328 Prince of Something: The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Age of Heroes Fred Patten Essay
331 Astro Old and Astro New Fred Patten Essay
336 Pokémon: Ready for Its Next Success Fred Patten Essay
338 Is Digimon Movie Destined for Success? Fred Patten Essay
341 Vampire Hunter D: The Next Anime Hit in America? Fred Patten Essay
345 Blood: The Last Vampire - Anime's First Digital Feature Fred Patten Essay
349 A Retro-Future Metropolis Fred Patten Essay
352 A Winning Spirit Fred Patten Essay
356 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie ... At Last Fred Patten Essay
360 The Animatrix: Anime Reloaded Fred Patten Essay
362 September 1963: Astro Boy Premieres in America Fred Patten Essay
364 Millennium Actress: The Struggle to Bring Quality Animation to Theaters Fred Patten Essay
368 Perfect Blue, Revisited Fred Patten Essay
369 January 1917: First Animation Produced in Japan Is Released Fred Patten Essay