Apocalypse and 200 208 female body in 63 76 119 male

apocalypse and, 200, 208
female body in, 63-76, 119
male body in, 76-83
nature of, in anime, 63-64
romantic comedy and, 154-156
technologized body vs., 87-88
tradition of, in Japan, 21
transforming bodies in, 37
postapocalyptic world, 135-137, 200-
203, 230-231
postmodernism
anxieties, 236
apocalypse and, 204-205
Beautiful Dreamer and, 231-232
fluctuating identity and, 12
fragmentation and, 111
history and, 221
Princess Mononoke, 7, 175-192, 221
apocalypse in, 193-194, 204
Blade Runner vs., 190-191
historical themes of, 12, 160, 176
other world settings of, 123, 124
popularity of, 19, 176
Tarzan vs., 191-192
title of, 179-180
violence in, 159
women in, 33, 125
Prindle, Tamae, 119
pursuit and desire, 49, 60-61
Pursuit and Politics of Sex in Japan, The
(Boronoff), 48
Raffaelli, Luca, 20
Ranma 1/2, 13, 31, 37, 221
adolescent body in, 40, 48-62
competition in, 100
female ability to transform, 119
identity and, 236
male and female in, 55-60, 118
normality and, 114-115
Ranney, Doug, 10
Rashomon, 159
Rayns, Tony, 43
Reader, Ian, 28
Record of a Living Being, 29
Return of the Jedi, 19, 41
revelation, 208-211, 214, 216-217
revenge, 187-189, 191-192, 207, 217
Richie, Donald, 17
Robocop, 88, 89, 90, 114
robot, 11, 16, 88-102
horror for, 97-98
human soul and, 87
sexual subtext in, 37-38
Western sci-fi and, 88, 89
see also cyborg; mecha
romantic comedies, 11, 139-156
appeal of, in West, 156, 250
elegiac in, 32
Princess Mononoke vs., 190
Ross, Andrew, 88
Rur o ni Kenshin, 159
Saber Marionettes, 31, 119, 157
Saeki Junko, 190-191
Sailor Moon, 6, 7, 31, 245
empowerment of women in, 33
and sh o jo culture, 119, 124
transforming bodies in, 37
Saito Minako, 117
samurai, 12, 41, 158, 159, 178
Schodt, Frederik, 20
science fiction, 6, 7, 37
anime fans and, 11, 248
apocalyptic mode and, 29
Miyazaki and, 126
pornography and, 64
sh o jo vs., 119
“statelessness” of, 24
see also mecha
Scott, Ridley, 105, 190
Sedgewick, Eve, 56
Seven Samurai, 158
sexuality, 9
apocalypse and, 200, 208-210
appeal of anime and, 248, 249,
252-253
cyborg herione and, 107
female, 71, 148, 150, 183
festival mode and, 30
frustration and, 78, 80-81
machinery and, 93
romantic fantasy and, 156
sexualized imagery, 37-38
sexual relationships, 96

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sexual transgression, 211, 217
Shimizu Yoshiyuki, 123-124, 130
Shimotsuki, Takanaka, 212
Shinto, 26, 194, 206
apocalypse and, 196
festival mode, 30
Ghost in the Shell and, 113, 114
Princess Mononoke and, 185, 187
Shirow Masamune, 115
Shohat, Ella, 158, 255
sh o jo (young girl), 19, 29
defined, 118-120
Miyazaki and, 121-138, 182
simulacra, world of, 237-238
Sliding Doors, 248
Smoodin, Eric, 236, 239
Some Like It Hot, 13, 50
Sontag, Susan, 207
Space Battleship Yamato, 17-18, 24, 26
“spatial present,” 165
spectacle
apocalypse and, 198
body metamorphoses as, 43-44,
46
sexuality and, 200
Speed Racer, 5, 243
Spiegelman, Art, 166
Spigel, Lynn, 140
spirituality
body and, 89, 104, 114
quest for, 107-108
women and, 93
spiritual loss, 176
Springer, Claudia, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,
94
Stam, Robert, 158, 255
Star Trek, 243-246, 249, 256
Star Wars, 90, 102, 243, 245, 248,
249, 256
“statelessness,” 23-27
subversion, 33, 97, 177, 179-181
Sugawara Michizane (god), 67, 68
Sumiko Iwao, 80
superheroes, 37
superhuman attributes, 206-207
supernatural, 128, 159, 181, 188, 189
surreal, 205-206, 232
Taiitsu Kitano, 222
Takahashi Rumiko, 20, 31, 49, 142,
229
Takahata Isao, 32, 161, 222-225
Takaya Yoshiki, 90
Takeuchi, Melinda, 21
Tale of Genji, The, 78, 143
Tales of Ise, 78
Tampopo, 30-31
Tanner, Ron, 85, 94
Tarzan (Disney film), 191-192
“technoeroticism,” 88
tech noir, 88
technological anime. See mecha, 37
technology, 10, 11, 36
ambivalence toward, 86-89
anxiety over, 235-236
armored body and, 86, 89-102
apocalyptic mode and, 202, 215-
216
combat and, 88-90, 106
embrace of, 112-114
fragmentation and, 149-150, 237