Review of Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation (2001/2005)
Susan J. Napier (writer).
Read as Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle in its extended, 2005 edition.
Literary criticism applied to the narrative contents of late-20th-century Japanese animation, including among other titles:
- Urusei Yatsura (1981) and especially Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
- Barefoot Gen (1983)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
- Guyver: Out of Control (1986)
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
- Legend of the Overfiend (1987)
- Wicked City (1987)
- Akira (1988)
- Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
- Ranma ½ (1989)
- Only Yesterday (1991)
- La Blue Girl (1992)
- Video Girl Ai (1992)
- Oh My Goddess (1993)
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- “Magnetic Rose” (1995)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
- Twin Dolls (1995)
- Princess Mononoke (1997)
References here: The title of Princess Mononoke, Weathering with You (2019).