| VISM 4B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture - Anime: Dreams and Machines 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal arts & sciences (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM). |
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| This lecture/seminar focuses on Japanese animation from the 1960s to the present, and addresses both texts including Astroboy, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Castle in the Sky, and context including media theories, social conditions, national culture/history, transnational/transmedial networks of production and distribution. The course will also address animation techniques and technologies specific to anime, including manga adaptation, digital vs cel, multiplanar camera, superflat imaging, OVA and otaku/social media remix. |
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| Notes: This "Special Topic" course provides more advanced analysis of a topic of general interest or relevance. This course fulfills 0.5 credit toward the Liberal Art & Sciences requirements for a BFA or BDes. |
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| Course was last updated September 25, 2013 - 2:45 PM | |