RT Book
T1 Holy Anime!: Japan's View of Christianity
A1 Drazen, Patrick
LA English
PP Lanham, MD
PB Hamilton Books
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1690710020
AB Drazen samples depictions of Christianity in the popular Japanese media of comics and cartoons. The book begins with the work of postwar comics master Tezuka Osamu, with results that range from the comic to the revisionist to the blasphemous and obscene.
AB Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of Christianity in Japan -- 3 Christianity in Japanese Popular Culture through the Lens of Said's Orientalism -- 4 Christian References in the Manga of Tezuka Osamu -- 5 Crucifixion in Manga and Anime -- 6 The Exorcists -- 7 Jinguru Beh! Christmas in Manga and Anime -- 8 Christian Weddings in Japan -- 9 Clergy -- 10 Nuns in Anime/Manga -- 11 Witch Hunter Robin -- 12 Japan's Most Famous Christian Martyr -- 13 Angels and Other Metaphors -- 14 The "Not Safe" Chapter -- Atogaki (Afterword) -- References -- Index.
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
SN 9780761869085
K1 Comic books, strips, etc.--Religious aspects--Christianity
K1 Comic books, strips, etc ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
K1 Electronic books