Animation Books

A guide from the director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

The technique of stop-motion model animation - bringing models to life by filming them one frame at a time - was the most important way of creating cinematic monsters and fantasy creatures before the advent of computer-generated imagery. This book gives readers an insight into the patience and ingenuity of the animators.

Focuses on the artists behind the cartoons; and provides information you wanted to know about best animation specialists. This work features about 80 of the world's most prominent artists/studios, including examples and descriptions of their work as well as biographies, filmographies, lists of awards received, and contact information.

The Very Best in Japanese Animation. '500 Essential Anime Movies' reveals the huge range of titles available in English, making them accessible to everyone from newcomers to experts.

The Aardman Studio, makers of Wallace & Gromit, is one of the biggest successes in the new wave of British animation. This book sets Aardman's achievements and the history of the studio within the context of the tradition of 3-D animation, and provides the reader with a guide to making a 3-D animated film.

Beat Cinema. A vital collection of essays and interviews exploring the film aspect of Beat culture. Contains the last interview with Allan Ginsberg.

The completely revised, expanded and updated edition.

Serves as a cartoon fan reference which is divided into five sections - silent cartoon series, theatrical sound cartoon series, full-length animated features, television cartoon series, and animated television specials. This encyclopedia includes a historical overview of animation and information about Academy and Emmy award winners.

Documenting Studio Gainax's achievements, this book provides a critical overview of both the company and its prolific catalog of films. It details Gainax's rise to success, outlining the most salient aspects of the company's professional development and assessing the studio's distinctive aesthetic vision.

From the Acadamy Award-winning studio that brought us Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and the blockbuster Finding Nemo, comes The Incredibles, a hilarious and action-packed story of a family of superheroes banished to a boring suburban existence. Until...Mr.

The Dark Knight returns - to the big screen! After four blockbuster movies, director Christopher Nolan (Memento) goes back to the origins of Batman in Batman Begins, with a stellar cast including Christian Bale and Michael Caine, joined by Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Cillian Murphy! The Art of Batman Begins is the must-have official companion to this highly anticipated re-imaginin

Features a collection of more than 250 pieces of concept art, including storyboards, digital and pencil sketches, color scripts, maquettes, color illustrations, as well as material from the fabled Disney archives. This title contains essays that explore Disney's past, present, and future in animation.

In An Animated Life (Aurum, 2003) Ray Harryhausen told the story of his career as the acknowledged grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer era, the creator of classics such as One Million Years BC, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of Titans. In this new book the focus is not on the movies themselves, but on the vast hoard of artwork which Harryhausen has carefully preserved in his ...

Everything you need to know about Kubrick in one essential guide. First time every film examined, including his last, Eyes Wide Shut.

Everything you need to know about Hitchcock in one essential guide. Every film examined; Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window and The Birds.

Offers a discussion of the topic that is suitable for die-hard anime fans. This collection charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production over the years.

Covering more than 80 years of anime history and over 3,000 titles, the authors show how the anime universe has influenced creative cultures far beyond its native Japanese shores. The anime scene has exploded into pop culture, coming out of the peripheral world of comic-conventions and otaku obsession to become a mainstream phenomenon.

Looks at the way Europe and European culture influenced Walt Disney in the making of animated feature films from Snow White to the Jungle Book . Through archival research and interviews with many of those who worked closely with Walt Disney himself, this work gives an account of the films and their links with Europe.