The Animated Heart is a book that is designed for the reader to view the world of animation in a new frame of mind. Animation goes well beyond just animation studios, leading animators, and what you see at face value on the TV screen or in the theaters. This book delves into not just animation history and cultural facts from North America and Japan. But other topics including super hero culture, anthropomorphism, and subcultures like otakus, and bronies. All from watching and understanding how a cartoon is designed by ...
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The Animated Heart is a book that is designed for the reader to view the world of animation in a new frame of mind. Animation goes well beyond just animation studios, leading animators, and what you see at face value on the TV screen or in the theaters. This book delves into not just animation history and cultural facts from North America and Japan. But other topics including super hero culture, anthropomorphism, and subcultures like otakus, and bronies. All from watching and understanding how a cartoon is designed by blending in influences from real and fictional world things. It takes these topics and puts them under a scientific microscope to show that they are much more than the stereotypes the world wants you to think. We are all animation fans of some kind no matter the age or gender. The Animated Heart will tell you that we can all grow up and still love watching cartoons.
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