Selling the spectacle of destruction - The films of Rintaro, and Japanese animation’s transnational transformation from ‘cult’ to ‘commercial’

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Green, Laurence (2019) Selling the spectacle of destruction - The films of Rintaro, and Japanese animation’s transnational transformation from ‘cult’ to ‘commercial’. In: London Screen Studies Group Conference, 8 June 2019, Birkbeck, University of London.

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Type of Research:	Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item
Creators:	Green, Laurence
Description:	As one of the most acclaimed figures working in Japanese animation, Rintaro (aka. Shigeyuki Hayashi) has come to be known- particularly amongst Western anime fandom- as one of the most stylistically distinct directors working in the medium; fronting a body of cinematic work that stretches from the late 70s through to the 00s.1 From his early days as a disciple of ‘the God of Manga’ Osamu Tezuka at studio Mushi Productions to his co-founding of Studio Madhouse- now one of the most popular and prolific anime studios in the industry- his work is often characterised as being cinematically epic, profiling life and death struggles against darkly fantastical backdrops.
Official Website:	https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/research/screen-studies-group/
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > Central Saint Martins
Date:	8 June 2019
Event Location:	Birkbeck, University of London
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2023 13:09
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2026 11:52
Item ID:	19879
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/19879
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Selling the spectacle of destruction - The films of Rintaro, and Japanese animation’s transnational transformation from ‘cult’ to ‘commercial’