
Anime Impact
# 1 Best Seller in Movies, Video Guides & Reviews — The Life-Changing Power of Anime
A celebration of Anime: Many books on anime simply offer a list of “essential titles” and recommendations. Anime Impact goes deeper by showcasing the many voices of anime’s biggest fans. You’ll find many distinct stories that only each specific writer could tell, all painting a fun and surprisingly touching portrait of the true impact of anime over multiple generations.
Iconic movies and TV shows from Japan: Japanese animation—or anime—holds a special place in the hearts of countless fans around the globe. Since the early days of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy to Makoto Shinkai’s astounding success with Your Name, anime has left an undeniable impact on our culture.
Insights from filmmakers, authors, and YouTube stars: Anime Impact explores the impression the medium has left on various fans with detailed discussions on television shows and movies from the 1960s all the way to the present. You’ll hear from YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann and many others like Ready Player One author Ernest Cline and YouTube stars Robert Walker, Bennett “BennettTheSage” White, Tristan "Arkada" Gallant of Glass Reflection and manga artist Mark Crilley. Learn how anime has impacted culture from authors, artists, critics, anime enthusiasts, and super fans such as John Rodriguez, Alicia Malone, Emma Fyffe, and many more.
You will learn about the impact of:
- Anime classics such as Gundam, Akira, Sailor Moon, Spirited Away and other Studio Ghibli films
- The biggest names in anime like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Naruto, and Attack on Titan
- Movies and shows both legendary and niche alike
- Truly unique hidden gems rarely seen outside of Japan
- And much more
Anime Impact explores the effects and lasting appeal of anime across all genres and across five decades!
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Book details
- Author
- Chris Stuckmann, Ernest Cline, Alicia Malone
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 350
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Performing Arts › Film › Genres › Animated
Comics & Graphic Novels › Anthologies
Performing Arts › Film › Guides & Reviews - Topics
- Japanese animation · film history · animation · Studio Ghibli · fan essays · anime films and series
- ISBN-13
- 9781633537323
About the author
CHRIS STUCKMANN is a film critic, filmmaker, and writer with more than 600,000 YouTube subscribers and over 128 million views on his channel.
Stuckmann is recognized as a certified critic on Rotten Tomatoes.
When not writing, Stuckmann reviews films on YouTube, where he has built a body of work rooted in the tradition of respectful critical debate. His approach to film criticism was shaped by the work of Roger Ebert and Ebert’s televised reviews alongside Gene Siskel.
