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Drawing on Tradition: Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan Paperback – Illustrated, 30 September 2012
by Jolyon Baraka Thomas (Author)
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Manga and anime (illustrated serial novels and animated films) are highly influential Japanese entertainment media that boast tremendous domestic consumption as well as worldwide distribution and an international audience. Drawing on Tradition examines religious aspects of the culture of manga and anime production and consumption through a methodological synthesis of narrative and visual analysis, history, and ethnography. Rather than merely describing the incidence of religions such as Buddhism or Shinto in these media, Jolyon Baraka Thomas shows that authors and audiences create and re-create "religious frames of mind" through their imaginative and ritualized interactions with illustrated worlds. Manga and anime therefore not only contribute to familiarity with traditional religious doctrines and imagery, but also allow authors, directors, and audiences to modify and elaborate upon such traditional tropes, sometimes creating hitherto unforeseen religious ideas and practices.
The book takes play seriously by highlighting these recursive relationships between recreation and religion, emphasizing throughout the double sense of play as entertainment and play as adulteration (i.e., the whimsical or parodic representation of religious figures, doctrines, and imagery). Building on recent developments in academic studies of manga and anime--as well as on recent advances in the study of religion as related to art and film--Thomas demonstrates that the specific aesthetic qualities and industrial dispositions of manga and anime invite practices of rendition and reception that can and do influence the ways that religious institutions and lay authors have attempted to captivate new audiences.
Drawing on Tradition will appeal to both the dilettante and the specialist: Fans and self-professed otaku will find an engaging academic perspective on often overlooked facets of the media and culture of manga and anime, while scholars and students of religion will discover a fresh approach to the complicated relationships between religion and visual media, religion and quotidian practice, and the putative differences between "traditional" and "new" religions.
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Amry Theriot
3.0 out of 5 stars I ordered this online and the only thing that was ...Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 15 September 2015
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I ordered this online and the only thing that was not enjoyable was the fact that there were no page numbers in the text.
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野口永朋
5.0 out of 5 stars 宮崎アニメがすでに古典であることに気づかせてくれた本Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on 27 July 2013
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本書との出会いは奇妙だった。『脳の右側で描け』の原本をアマゾンで検索した時、
“Drawing on”にマッチして現れた。題名とカバーデザインに興味をひかれ購入した。
(その時はなか見！検索がついてなかったように思う)
本書は一般書ではない。宗教学の研究書である。
研究書なので、本文とは離れたところに注釈、文献があり、
一つひとつの文章が長く、英語であるので読みにくい。
ただ研究テーマが、「現代日本でのマンガ、アニメと宗教の関わり」で親近感があり、
著者も日本語(ローマ字だが)をできるだけ取り込もうと努力しているので、なんとか読める。
多くのマンガを扱っているが、漫画やアニメを見る習慣がないので、ほとんど知らず、
第3章は全編が宮崎アニメに関することなので、ここを主に参考にさせてもらった。
この章の節目次は次のとおり。()は評者が記す。
Miyazaki's Moving Pictures/Framing Miyazaki as Religious/Watching Films Religiously/JAI SANTOSHI MAA/"Playing with Religion"/Animated Audiences/NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND(ナウシカ)/MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO(トトロ)/PRINCESS MONONOKE(もののけ姫)/SPIRITED AWAY(千と千尋の神隠し)/MIYAZAKI'S WORLD/Beyond Borders/Drawing on Miyazaki in the Classroom/Segue
この影響で、宮崎アニメをナウシカからポニョまでのほぼ全てをDVDで見直し、
一部のものは絵コンテ(ビデオと本)で、さらに詳細に鑑賞することになった。
これらは大人が、子供とは関わりなく、正面から見るべき、内容の豊富な作品群であり、
すでに古典の域にあると考えるに至った。
同時代の古典という稀有な存在に気づかせてくれたことに感謝したい。
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Alexandra Ask
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 12 July 2013
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Well-written book about manga, anime and religion in Japan! Thomas talks about manga and anime as mediums and also how media can affect people and how media reflects religious views and ideas.
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