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• Biographies (9 books)(0 book)
How Walt Disney Changed Animation Forever (2025)
Publisher: White Owl
Subject: Others persons > Walt Disney
Sylvain Chomet's Distinctive Animation (2025)
From The Triplets of Belleville to The Illusionist
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Sylvain Chomet
Genndy Tartakovsky (2023)
Sincerity in Animation
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Genndy Tartakovsky
Chuck Jones (2022)
A Flurry of Drawings
by Hugh Kenner
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Director > Chuck Jones
Mary Ellen Bute (2020)
Pioneer Animator
Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
Subject: Director > Mary Ellen Bute
Miyazakiworld (2019)
A Life in Art
by Susan Napier
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki
The Lady from the Black Lagoon (2019)
Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Subject: Others persons > Milicent Patrick
Lotte Reiniger (2017)
Pioneer of Film Animation
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Lotte Reiniger
The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer (2017)
American Animation Pioneer
by Ray Pointer
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Others persons > Max Fleischer
• Autobiographies (5 books)(0 book)
Adventures in Animation (2024)
How I Learned Who I Learned From and What I Did with It
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subject: Others persons > Richard Williams
The Somewhere Out There (2022)
My Animated Life
by Don Bluth
Publisher: Smart Pop
Subject: Others persons > Don Bluth
Iwao Takamoto (2009)
My Life with a Thousand Characters
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Others persons > Iwao Takamoto
Living Life Inside the Lines (2005)
Tales from the Golden Age of Animation
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Others persons > Martha Sigall
• Encyclopedias (12 books)(0 book)
The Animation Atlas (2025)
The Ghibliotheque Guide to the World of Animated Film
by Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader
Publisher: Welbeck
The Art of DreamWorks Animation (2024)
Celebrating 30 Years
Collective
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: Studio > Dreamworks
The Art of Walt Disney (2023)
From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond: Disney 100 Celebration Edition
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Walt Disney Film Archives (2022)
The Animated Movies 1921-1968
Dir. Daniel Kothenschulte
Publisher: Taschen
(in English and French)
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017)
A Character Guide and World Compendium
Collective
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Subject: One Film > He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
Walt Disney Film Archives (2016)
The Animated Movies 1921-1968
Dir. Daniel Kothenschulte
Publisher: Taschen
(previous edition)(in English and French)
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
The World History of Animation (2011)
Publisher: University of California Press
The Animated Film Encyclopedia (2011)
A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences, 1900–1999
by Graham Webb
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Créateurs & créatures (2010)
50 ans de festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy
Collective
Publisher: Glénat
(in French and English)
Subject: Festivals
The Stop-Motion Filmography (2008)
A Critical Guide to 297 Features Using Puppet Animation
Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Dictionaries (4 books)(0 book)
Cultural Guide to Anime and Manga (2023)
by Pamela Gossin and Marc Hairston
Publisher: Referencepoint Pr Inc
Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons (2020)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Who's Who in Animated Cartoons (2006)
An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators
by Jeff Lenburg
Publisher: Applause Books
Film Cartoons (2005)
A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts
Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Essays (14 books)(0 book)
Watership Down (2024)
Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence
Dir. Catherine Lester
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: One Film > Watership Down
The Flesh of Animation (2024)
Bodily Sensations in Film and Digital Media
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: Theory
Grendel Grendel Grendel (2023)
Animating Beowulf
by Dan Torre and Lienors Torre
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: One Film > Grendel Grendel Grendel
DreamWorks Animation (2021)
Intertextuality and Aesthetics in Shrek and Beyond
by Sam Summers
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Studio > Dreamworks
Hayao Miyazaki (2020)
Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki
Princess Mononoke (2019)
Understanding Studio Ghibli's Monster Princess
Dir. Rayna Denison
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: One Film > Princess Mononoke
Norman McLaren (2019)
Between the Frames
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Norman McLaren
That's All Folks? (2011)
Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features
by Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Funny Pictures (2011)
Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood
Dir. Daniel Goldmark and Charles Keil
Publisher: University of California Press
The Illusion of Life II (2011)
More Essays on Animation
Dir. Alan Cholodenko
Publisher: Power Publication
Anime and Philosophy (2010)
Wide Eyed Wonder
Dir. Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin
Publisher: Open Court
• Film Reviews (8 books)(0 book)
An Unofficial Guide to the World of Studio Ghibli (2025)
by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing
Ghibliotheque (2024)
The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli
by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing
The Essential Anime Guide (2023)
50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces
by Patrick Macias and Samuel Sattin
Publisher: Running Press
The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide (2022)
The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema
by Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing
100 Animated Feature Films (2010)
Publisher: BFI Publishing
(previous edition)
• Studies (108 books)(0 book)
Animation for the People (2025)
An Illustrated History of the National Film Board of Canada
Publisher: Abrams Books
Rediscovered Classics of Japanese Animation (2025)
The Adaptation of Children's Novels into the World Masterpiece Theater Series
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Surrealism and Animation (2025)
Transnational Connections, 1920-Present
Dir. Abigail Susik
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Studio Ghibli Animation as Adaptations (2025)
Investigating How the Japanese Animation Powerhouse Reimagines Stories
Dir. Dominic J. Nardi and Keli Fancher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Animation in Mexico, 2006 to 2022 (2025)
Box Office, Web Shorts, and Streaming
Dir. David S. Dalton
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Nightmare Before Christmas, The (2025)
Dir. Filipa Antunes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: One Film > The Nightmare Before Christmas
Chinese Animation (2025)
Multiplicities in Motion
Dir. Daisy Yan Du, John A. Crespi and Yiman Wang
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Contemporary Disney Animation (2024)
Genre, Gender and Hollywood
by Eve Benhamou
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Hanna-Barbera, the Recorded History (2024)
From Modern Stone Age to Meddling Kids
by Greg Ehrbar
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
The Cultural Legacy of Disney (2024)
A Century of Magic
by Robyn Muir, Rebecca Rowe, Hannah Helm and Emily Aguiló-Pérez
Publisher: Lexington Books
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Disney Gothic (2024)
Dark Shadows in the House of Mouse
Dir. Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Publisher: Lexington Books
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Anime's Knowledge Cultures (2024)
Geek, Otaku, Zhai
by Jinying Li
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: Sociology
The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution (2023)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Genre > Documentary
The Life and Times of Betty Boop (2023)
The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon
Publisher: Applause Books
What Would Velma Do? (2023)
Life Lessons from the Brains (and Heart) of Mystery, Inc.
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: One Film > Scooby-Doo Where Are You? (TV Series)
Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films (2023)
Dir. Kellie Deys and Denise F. Parrillo
Publisher: Lexington Books
Race and the Animated Bodyscape (2023)
Constructing and Ascribing a Racialized Asian Identity in Avatar and Korra
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: One Film > Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)
Animated Film and Disability (2023)
Cripping Spectatorship
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Sociology
Arab Animation (2023)
Images of Identity
by Omar Sayfo
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Contemporary Hollywood Animation (2023)
Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s
by Noel Brown
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Toy Story and the Inner World of the Child (2022)
Animation, Play, and Creative Life
by Karen Cross
Publisher: Routledge
The Man Who Leapt Through Film (2022)
The Art of Mamoru Hosoda
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: Director > Mamoru Hosoda
The Art of Czech Animation (2022)
A History of Political Dissent and Allegory
by Adam Whybray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
The New Generation in Chinese Animation (2021)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Animation and Memory (2021)
Dir. Maarten van Gageldonk, László Munteán and Ali Shobeiri
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Theory
Animation in the Middle East (2021)
Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca
Dir. Stefanie Van de Peer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Pulses of Abstraction (2021)
Episodes from a History of Animation
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: History of Cinema
Michael Dudok de Wit (2020)
A Life in Animation
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Director > Michael Dudok de Wit
She Animates (2020)
Soviet Female Subjectivity in Russian Animation
by Lora Mjolsness and Michele Leigh
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
(Re)Creating Language Identities in Animated Films (2020)
Dubbing Linguistic Variation
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Animation Behind the Iron Curtain (2020)
Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Fantasy/Animation (2020)
Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres
Dir. Christopher Holliday and Alexander Sergeant
Publisher: Routledge
Chinese Independent Animation (2020)
Renegotiating Identity in Modern China
by Wenhai Zhou
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary (2019)
War and the Animated Film
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Frame by Frame (2019)
A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons
by Hannah Frank and Daniel Morgan
Publisher: University of California Press
Cartoon Vision (2019)
UPA Animation and Postwar Aesthetics
by Dan Bashara
Publisher: University of California Press
Animated Encounters (2019)
Transnational Movements of Chinese Animation, 1940s-1970s
by Daisy Yan Du
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Experimental Animation (2019)
From Analogue to Digital
Dir. Miriam Harris, Lilly Husbands and Paul Taberham
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Experimental
Early British Animation (2019)
From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens
by Malcolm Cook
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Silent Cinema > Grande-Bretagne
Drawn from Life (2018)
Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema
Dir. Jonathan Murray and Nea Ehrlich
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Experimental and Expanded Animation (2018)
New Perspectives and Practices
Dir. Vicky Smith and Nicky Hamlyn
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Genre > Experimental
Music in Disney's Animated Features (2018)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the Jungle Book
by James Bohn
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Interpreting Anime (2018)
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Animating the Science Fiction Imagination (2017)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Genre > Science Fiction
Ink & Paint (2017)
The Women of Walt Disney's Animation
Publisher: Disney Editions
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Studying Waltz with Bashir (2017)
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Subject: One Film > Waltz with Bashir
Identity in Animation (2017)
A Journey into Self, Difference, Culture and the Body
by Jane Batkin
Publisher: Routledge
Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination (2017)
Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture
by Eric Herhuth
Publisher: University of California Press
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 2: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets
Publisher: Routledge
Drawing the Iron Curtain (2016)
Jews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Birth of an Industry (2015)
Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation
Publisher: Duke University Press
Subject: History of Cinema
The Late Works of Hayao Miyazaki (2014)
A Critical Study, 2004–2013
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki
French Animation History (2014)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Arthurian Animation (2013)
A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Shadow of a Mouse (2012)
Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation
Publisher: University of California Press
Drawing on Tradition (2012)
Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Soviet Animation and the Thaw of the 1960s (2012)
Not Only for Children
Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Animation Under the Swastika (2012)
A History of Trickfilm in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
by Rolf Giesen and J.P. Storm
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Animating the Unconscious (2012)
Desire, Sexuality, and Animation
Dir. Jayne Pilling
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Subject: Sociology
When Magoo Flew (2012)
The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA
by Adam Abraham
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Subject: One Film > Mister Magoo (TV Series)
The Anime Machine (2009)
A Media Theory of Animation
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: Theory
Anime and the Visual Novel (2009)
Narrative Structure, Design and Play at the Crossroads of Animation and Computer Games
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Colored Cartoon (2009)
Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
The Art of Studio Gainax (2008)
Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams (2007)
Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Dir. Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. and Takayuki Tatsumi
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era (2006)
A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961–1973
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii (2006)
Fantasy, Technology and Politics
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Mamoru Oshii
Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales (2005)
An Animator's Journey
by Clare Kitson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: One Film > The Tale of Tales (Norstein)
Yellow Crocodiles and Blue Oranges (2005)
Russian Animated Film since World War II
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Doing Their Bit (2004)
Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945
by Michael S. Shull and David E. Wilt
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Alexeieff. (2001)
Itinéraire d'un maître - itinerary of a master
Publisher: Dreamland
(in French and English)
Subject: Director > Alexandre Alexeieff
Animating Culture (1993)
Hollywood Cartoons from the Sound Era
by Eric Smoodin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Interviews (1 book)(0 book)
Working with Disney (2011)
Interviews with Animators, Producers, and Artists
by Don Peri
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
• Stories (28 books)(0 book)
The Anime Archives (2025)
A retrospective of anime films and TV shows from indie journal publisher Lost in Cult
Collective
Publisher: Expanse
On the Animation Trail (2024)
20 Years of Animation Festival History
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Festivals
The Art of Dreamworks the Wild Robot (2024)
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: One Film > The Wild Robot
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (2024)
The Official Movie Special Book
Collective
Publisher: Titan Books
Subject: One Film > Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse
Coraline (2023)
A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft
Dir. Mihaela Mihailova
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
The Disney Animation Renaissance (2022)
Behind the Glass at the Florida Studio
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Wild Minds (2021)
The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation
Publisher: Grove Press
Aardman Animations (2021)
Beyond Stop-Motion
Dir. Annabelle Honess Roe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Studio > Aardman Animations
New York's Animation Culture (2020)
Advertising, Art, Design and Film, 1939–1940
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man (2020)
15 Years at Studio Ghibli
by Steve Alpert
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Animation and Advertising (2020)
Dir. Malcolm Cook and Kirsten Moana Thompson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Toy Story (2019)
How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature
Dir. Susan Smith, Noel Brown and Sam Summers
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat (2019)
The Making of Roger Rabbit
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: One Film > Who Frames Roger Rabbit
The Life and Times of Ward Kimball (2019)
Maverick of Disney Animation
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Readme: 1995-2017
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Subject: One Film > Ghost in the Shell
How He-Man Mastered the Universe (2017)
Toy to Television to the Big Screen
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
He-Man and She-Ra (2016)
A Complete Guide to the Classic Animated Adventures
by James Eatock
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Subject: One Film > He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV Series)
Animators of Film and Television (2011)
Nineteen Artists, Writers, Producers and Others
Publisher: McFarland & Co
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
• Photos (17 books)(0 book)
The Art of Invincible Season Two (2025)
by Marc Sumerak
Publisher: Image Comics
Subject: One Film > Invincible (TV Series)
Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
The Art of the Movie
by Ramin Zahed
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: One Film > Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse
The Amazing Maurice (2023)
The Art of the Film
by Ramin Zahed
Publisher: Titan Books
Subject: One Film > The Amazing Maurice
The Art of the Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2022)
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Subject: One Film > The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Art of Incredibles 2 (2018)
by Karen Paik
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Subject: One Film > Incredibles 2
Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World (2018)
Background illustrations and scenes from Anime and Manga works
Collective
Publisher: PIE books
The Art of Archer (2016)
by Neal Holman
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Subject: One Film > Archer (TV Series)
A Sky Longing for Memories (2015)
The Art of Makoto Shinkai
Publisher: Vertical
Subject: Director > Makoto Shinkai
The Art of Pixar (2014)
The Complete Colorscripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation
by Amid Amidi
Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Didactic (18 books)(1 book)
Unlocking Animation Layout (2025)
Expert Techniques for Effective Backgrounds
by Dan Hansen
Publisher: CRC Press
Story Structure and Development (2025)
A Guide for Animators, VFX Artists, Game Designers, and XR Creators
Publisher: CRC Press
Drawing on Film Animation at NFB (2024)
Publisher: CinéMédias
(in English and French)
Making the Cut at Pixar (2022)
The Art of Editing Animation
by Bill Kinder and Bobbie O'Steen
Publisher: Routledge
The Animator's Survival Kit (2021)
Dialogue, Directing, Acting and Animal Action
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games (2021)
by Christy Marx
Publisher: CRC Press
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Your Career in Animation (2021)
How to Survive and Thrive
Publisher: Allworth
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Animated Performance (2021)
Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life
by Nancy Beiman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Adaptation for Animation (2019)
Transforming Literature Frame by Frame
by Hannes Rall
Publisher: CRC Press
• Filmmakers' writings (1 book)(0 book)
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