The Anime Archives (2025)
A retrospective of anime films and TV shows from indie journal publisher Lost in Cult
Collective
Publisher: Expanse
Wild Minds (2021)
The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation
Publisher: Grove Press
Animation and Advertising (2020)
Dir. Malcolm Cook and Kirsten Moana Thompson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Anime Explosion! (2014)
The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
The Magic Behind the Voices (2004)
A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors
by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
> Other books on the subject of Animation:
The Animation Atlas (2025)
The Ghibliotheque Guide to the World of Animated Film
by Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader
Rediscovered Classics of Japanese Animation (2025)
The Adaptation of Children's Novels into the World Masterpiece Theater Series
The Life and Times of Betty Boop (2023)
The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon
The Essential Anime Guide (2023)
50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces
by Patrick Macias and Samuel Sattin
Cultural Guide to Anime and Manga (2023)
by Pamela Gossin and Marc Hairston
The Industrialization of the Animated Drawing in the United States (2023)
Dir. Jean-Baptiste Massuet
(in English and French)
Contemporary Hollywood Animation (2023)
Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s
by Noel Brown
The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide (2022)
The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema
by Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader
Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-1970 Vol. 2 (2022)
Studio Filmographies with Voice Credits
by Keith Scott
Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Vol. 1 (2022)
The Pioneers of Animation Acting
by Keith Scott
Inspiring Walt Disney (2021)
The Animation of French Decorative Arts
Animated Performance (2021)
Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life
by Nancy Beiman
She Animates (2020)
Soviet Female Subjectivity in Russian Animation
by Lora Mjolsness and Michele Leigh
(Re)Creating Language Identities in Animated Films (2020)
Dubbing Linguistic Variation
A Van Beuren Production (2020)
A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren
by Hal Erickson
Fantasy/Animation (2020)
Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres
Dir. Christopher Holliday and Alexander Sergeant
Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary (2019)
War and the Animated Film
The Computer-Animated Film (2018)
Industry, Style and Genre
Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World (2018)
Background illustrations and scenes from Anime and Manga works
Collective
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 2: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 1: Foundations - The Golden Age
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 3: Contemporary Times
Walt Disney, from Reader to Storyteller (2014)
Essays on the Literary Inspirations
Dir. Kathy Merlock Jackson and Mark I. West
Arthurian Animation (2013)
A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television
Shadow of a Mouse (2012)
Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation
Drawing on Tradition (2012)
Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan
Animation Under the Swastika (2012)
A History of Trickfilm in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
by Rolf Giesen and J.P. Storm
Enviro-Toons (2012)
Green Themes in Animated Cinema and Television
That's All Folks? (2011)
Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features
by Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann
Funny Pictures (2011)
Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood
Dir. Daniel Goldmark and Charles Keil
The Animated Film Encyclopedia (2011)
A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences, 1900–1999
by Graham Webb
Anime and the Visual Novel (2009)
Narrative Structure, Design and Play at the Crossroads of Animation and Computer Games
The Colored Cartoon (2009)
Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954
Anime and Memory (2009)
Aesthetic, Cultural and Thematic Perspectives
The Art of Studio Gainax (2008)
Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime
The Stop-Motion Filmography (2008)
A Critical Guide to 297 Features Using Puppet Animation
Anime Intersections (2007)
Tradition and Innovation in Theme and Technique
American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era (2006)
A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961–1973
Who's Who in Animated Cartoons (2006)
An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators
by Jeff Lenburg
Film Cartoons (2005)
A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts
Hollywood Cartoons (2004)
American Animation in Its Golden Age
Doing Their Bit (2004)
Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945
by Michael S. Shull and David E. Wilt
Reading the Rabbit (1998)
Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Cartoons (1995)
One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation
> Other books related to Animation:
LAIKA (2026)
The Magic Behind a Stop-Motion Dream Factory: Two Decades of Groundbreaking Animation from Coraline to Wildwood
How Walt Disney Changed Animation Forever (2026)
Subject: Others persons > Walt Disney
Directing the Story (2025)
Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding for Animation, Comics and Live Action
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Animation for the People (2025)
An Illustrated History of the National Film Board of Canada
Sylvain Chomet's Distinctive Animation (2025)
From The Triplets of Belleville to The Illusionist
Subject: Director > Sylvain Chomet
Studio Ghibli Animation as Adaptations (2025)
Investigating How the Japanese Animation Powerhouse Reimagines Stories
Dir. Dominic J. Nardi and Keli Fancher
Story Structure and Development (2025)
A Guide for Animators, VFX Artists, Game Designers, and XR Creators
The Nightmare Before Christmas (2025)
Dir. Filipa Antunes
Subject: One Film > The Nightmare Before Christmas
Contemporary Disney Animation (2024)
Genre, Gender and Hollywood
by Eve Benhamou
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Adventures in Animation (2024)
How I Learned Who I Learned From and What I Did with It
Subject: Others persons > Richard Williams
Watership Down (2024)
Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence
Dir. Catherine Lester
Subject: One Film > Watership Down
The Cultural Legacy of Disney (2024)
A Century of Magic
by Robyn Muir, Rebecca Rowe, Hannah Helm and Emily Aguiló-Pérez
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Ghibliotheque (2024)
The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli
by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham
Drawing on Film Animation at NFB (2024)
Dir. Jean-Baptiste Massuet
(in English and French)
Disney Gothic (2024)
Dark Shadows in the House of Mouse
Dir. Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (2024)
The Official Movie Special Book
Collective
Subject: One Film > Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse
The Art of Walt Disney (2023)
From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond: Disney 100 Celebration Edition
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
What Would Velma Do? (2023)
Life Lessons from the Brains (and Heart) of Mystery, Inc.
Subject: One Film > Scooby-Doo Where Are You? (TV Series)
Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
The Art of the Movie
by Ramin Zahed
Subject: One Film > Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse
Race and the Animated Bodyscape (2023)
Constructing and Ascribing a Racialized Asian Identity in Avatar and Korra
Subject: One Film > Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)
Grendel Grendel Grendel (2023)
Animating Beowulf
by Dan Torre and Lienors Torre
Subject: One Film > Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Disney Animation Renaissance (2022)
Behind the Glass at the Florida Studio
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Walt Disney Film Archives (2022)
The Animated Movies 1921-1968
Dir. Daniel Kothenschulte
(in English and French)
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out (2022)
10th Anniversary Edition
Animation and Memory (2021)
Dir. Maarten van Gageldonk, László Munteán and Ali Shobeiri
Subject: Theory
The Animator's Survival Kit (2021)
Runs, Jumps and Skips
The Animator's Survival Kit (2021)
Flexibility and Weight
The Animator's Survival Kit (2021)
Dialogue, Directing, Acting and Animal Action
Animation in the Middle East (2021)
Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca
Dir. Stefanie Van de Peer
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Aardman Animations (2021)
Beyond Stop-Motion
Dir. Annabelle Honess Roe
Subject: Studio > Aardman Animations
DreamWorks Animation (2021)
Intertextuality and Aesthetics in Shrek and Beyond
by Sam Summers
Subject: Studio > Dreamworks
New York's Animation Culture (2020)
Advertising, Art, Design and Film, 1939–1940
Subject: Countries > United States
The Queens of Animation (2020)
The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Hayao Miyazaki (2020)
Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator
Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki
Václav Trojan (2019)
Music Composition in Czech Animated Films
Toy Story (2019)
How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature
Dir. Susan Smith, Noel Brown and Sam Summers
Princess Mononoke (2019)
Understanding Studio Ghibli's Monster Princess
Dir. Rayna Denison
Subject: One Film > Princess Mononoke
Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat (2019)
The Making of Roger Rabbit
Subject: One Film > Who Frames Roger Rabbit
The Lady from the Black Lagoon (2019)
Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
Subject: Others persons > Milicent Patrick
Experimental Animation (2019)
From Analogue to Digital
Dir. Miriam Harris, Lilly Husbands and Paul Taberham
Subject: Genre > Experimental
The Life and Times of Ward Kimball (2019)
Maverick of Disney Animation
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Early British Animation (2019)
From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens
by Malcolm Cook
Subject: Silent Cinema > Grande-Bretagne
Drawn from Life (2018)
Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema
Dir. Jonathan Murray and Nea Ehrlich
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Experimental and Expanded Animation (2018)
New Perspectives and Practices
Dir. Vicky Smith and Nicky Hamlyn
Subject: Genre > Experimental
Music in Disney's Animated Features (2018)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the Jungle Book
by James Bohn
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017)
A Character Guide and World Compendium
Collective
Subject: One Film > He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
How He-Man Mastered the Universe (2017)
Toy to Television to the Big Screen
Subject: One Film > He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer (2017)
American Animation Pioneer
by Ray Pointer
Subject: Others persons > Max Fleischer
Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination (2017)
Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture
by Eric Herhuth
Walt Disney Film Archives (2016)
The Animated Movies 1921-1968
Dir. Daniel Kothenschulte
(in English and French)
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
He-Man and She-Ra (2016)
A Complete Guide to the Classic Animated Adventures
by James Eatock
Subject: One Film > He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
Drawing the Iron Curtain (2016)
Jews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Birth of an Industry (2015)
Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation
Subject: History of Cinema
The Late Works of Hayao Miyazaki (2014)
A Critical Study, 2004–2013
Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki
The Art of Pixar (2014)
The Complete Colorscripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation
by Amid Amidi
Directing for Animation (2013)
Everything You Didn't Learn in Art School
Soviet Animation and the Thaw of the 1960s (2012)
Not Only for Children
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Animating the Unconscious (2012)
Desire, Sexuality, and Animation
Dir. Jayne Pilling
Subject: Sociology
When Magoo Flew (2012)
The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA
by Adam Abraham
Subject: One Film > Mister Magoo (TV Series)
Animators of Film and Television (2011)
Nineteen Artists, Writers, Producers and Others
Rotoscoping (2011)
Techniques and Tools for the Aspiring Artist
Working with Disney (2011)
Interviews with Animators, Producers, and Artists
by Don Peri
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Créateurs & créatures (2010)
50 ans de festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy
Collective
(in French and English)
Subject: Festivals
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams (2007)
Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Dir. Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. and Takayuki Tatsumi
Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales (2005)
An Animator's Journey
by Clare Kitson
Subject: One Film > The Tale of Tales (Norstein)
Yellow Crocodiles and Blue Oranges (2005)
Russian Animated Film since World War II
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Living Life Inside the Lines (2005)
Tales from the Golden Age of Animation
Subject: Others persons > Martha Sigall
Alexeieff. (2001)
Itinéraire d'un maître - itinerary of a master
by Giannalberto Bendazzi
(in French and English)
Subject: Director > Alexandre Alexeieff
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