Volume 19 – Animation Studies

Steven Malliet, John Buckley, Guido Devadder et al. – Expanded Memories: Artistic Experiments into Hybrid Analogue-Digital Animation

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Cristina Formenti

Introduction In this essay, we present the results of an artistic research project, exploring the boundaries of animation through the exhibition of, and reflection upon, a series of collaborative artworks. We will discuss a range of animation installations that share a focus on the connection between animation, human cognition, and memory. While this connection has […]

Sergei Glotov – Yefim Gamburg’s Passion of Spies: Parody in Soviet Animation

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Cristina Formenti

Introduction Soviet animation director Yefim Gamburg worked across various genres and styles, producing more than thirty films for both children and adults. While his filmography includes satirical shorts, fairytale adaptations, and musicals, he is most well-known for creating animated parodies (Bendazzi 292). Gamburg is the only Soviet animation director who produced three parody films in […]

Daniel Johnson – “The Emotions that Get Stuck in Your Throat”: Expressivity in Speech, Script, and Sound in Japanese Animation

Posted on June 15, 2024June 15, 2024 by Cristina Formenti

The final episode of the first season of the TV anime My Dress-Up Darling (Sono bisuku dōru ha koi wo suru) (Tokyo MX, 2022) concludes with a phone call between its two protagonists, Gojo Wakana and Kitagawa Marin. The duo are high school classmates and have grown close over their collaborations on Kitagawa’s cosplay hobby, […]

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Animation Studies

Category: Volume 19

Steven Malliet, John Buckley, Guido Devadder et al. – Expanded Memories: Artistic Experiments into Hybrid Analogue-Digital Animation

Sergei Glotov – Yefim Gamburg’s Passion of Spies: Parody in Soviet Animation

Daniel Johnson – “The Emotions that Get Stuck in Your Throat”: Expressivity in Speech, Script, and Sound in Japanese Animation