Des images qui bougent – un blog de cours sur l’animation japonaise à la Sorbonne
Voici un blog que je recommande à tous ceux qui désirent comprendre le monde de l’animation japonaise d’un point de vue plus approfondi. Son auteur, Marie Pruvost-Despre est professeur à l’Université de Paris 3 et ce blog lui permet de proposer des prolongements à son cours à la Sorbonne Nouvelle intitulé “Le cinéma d’animation japonaise … Read more
Terrain #1 – Japan Impact 2010
Et voilà arrivé le moment tant attendu…mais aussi craint: celui de la sortie sur le terrain! En effet, jusqu’à maintenant, ma recherche a essentiellement consisté en lectures de dizaines d’ouvrages et articles, ainsi qu’en une réflexion théorique, synthétisée sur ce blog. On peut dire donc que c’était une situation relativement confortable, même si je dois … Read more
Reading report #3: Anime DVD and placelessness
I’m now reading the textbook entitled Doing Cultural Studies, The Story of the Sony Walkman, edited by Paul du Gay et al. One key aspect of the Cultural Studies approach they highlight in the second section of the book, is the importance of describing the economic and technical circumstances out of which is born a … Read more
Time of Eve 1 – Official Time of Eve 1 Anime Videos
Thanks to a member of the Soleil Romand Forum, a Swiss-French group of popular Japanese entertainment fans, I have discovered a new expression: ONA – Original Net Animation. For those familiar with the acronym OAV (Original Animation Video), this should appear as a natural transposition of practices around home video entertainment into the electronic space … Read more
Ph.D. front update #4: Vinyl DVD
As part of my dissertation, I’m now watching some animes which I didn’t know before and were recommended to me by people I’m in touch with for my fieldwork. One of these is the famous Cowboy Bebop series and I was very lucky to be lent the Dybex Deluxe limited edition box. When I opened … Read more
