Patrick Drazen: 3 books
Holy Anime!
Japan's View of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Christianity has been in Japan for five centuries, but embraced by less than one percent of the population. It’s a complicated relationship, given the sudden appearance in Japan of Renaissance Catholicism which was utterly unlike the historic faiths of Shinto and Buddhism; Japan had to invent a...
A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition
From Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
"Prepare for a sampling of Japanese ghosts and spirits, from sources that include the worlds oldest novel, the urban legends of contemporary Japanese schoolchildren, movies both classic and modern, anime, manga, and more." For hundreds of years Japan has lived in a reality consisting of...
Anime Explosion!
The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
An updated look at Japanese animation, and the manga that inspired them. New chapters on "Fullmetal Alchemist," manga/anime by CLAMP, and Satoshi Kon. It brings fans up to date on Studio Ghibli movies after the Academy Award-winning "Spirited Away," new titles like "Negima" and "Ouran High School Host Club," and breakthrough same-sex stories "Gravitation" and "Mother Mary is Watching."