Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
The world’s first serious theory of Japanese anime.
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I’ve listed studies about cultural practices related to anime for girls (“shoujo”) and girls (“shoujo”) who watch anime.
- Akiko Sugawa, Shoujo to mahou – gaaru hiiroo wa ikani juyou saretanoka (Girls and Magic: Representations of Magical Girls and Japanese Female Viewership), NTT Shuppan, 2013
- Masahiro Koyama, Akiko Sugawa, Anime kenkyuu nyuumon – anime wo kiwameru 9 tsu no tsubo zouhoban (Introduction to Anime Studies: Nine Tips for Researching Anime Expanded Edition), Gendai Shokan, 2014
- Taiten Kawakami, Kono anime eiga wa omoshiroi (Anime Films Highly Recommended), Seikyusha, 2015
- Susan Naiper, Gendai nihon no anime – “AKIRA” kara “Sen to chihiro no kamikakushi” made (Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke), Chuko Sosha, 2002
- Anne Allison, Kiku to pokemon – gurobaaruka suru nihon no bunkaryoku (Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination), Shinchosha, 2010
- Mark Steinberg, Nihon ha naze ‘media mikkusu’ suru kuni nano ka (Anime’s Media Mix), Kadokawa Shoten, 2015
- Akira Nogami, Kodomo bunka no gendaishi: asobi, media, sabukarucha no honryuu (A Contemporary History of Kids' Culture: The Torrent of Play, Media and Subculture), Ootsuki Shoten, 2015
- R. Moseley, Hand-Made Television: Stop-Frame Animation for Children in Britain, 1961-1974, Palgrave Pivot, 2015
- Rayna Denison, Anime:A Critical Introduction, Bloomsbury, 2015
The selection of works is extremely limited, but the chapters on magical girl warriors such as “Sailor Moon” and girls in Ghibli anime films are useful references regarding anime created for girls. The original English edition has an expanded revised edition that covers anime through “Howl’s Moving Castle.”