CRITISM OF MODERNITY IN JAPAN ANIME CINEMA: AN EXAMINATION ON FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION ANIME FILMS
JAPON ANİME SİNEMASINDA MODERNİTE ELEŞTİRİSİ: FANTEZİ VE BİLİM KURGU ANİMELERİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

Author : Onur O. AKŞİT
Number of pages : 120-133

Abstract

The important trauma at the end of the Second World War and rapid modernization process afterwards in Japan take place in anime cinema critically. In this study, Japan anime cinema will be examined through fantasy and science fiction genres. The difference of this anime films between western films of same genre is they have the oriental view on human, culture and nature relation. Fantasy and science fiction anime films have inquiries about science, technology and belief through interesting characters and settings created. Aim of the study is to put forth the modernity critism and the themes of environment, gender, youth, technology, belief, war, politic corruption in the context of the critism that exist in anime films.

Keywords

Anime, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Modernity, Postmodernity

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