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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.36019/9780813570273-011

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ACADEMY AWARDS FOR ANIMATION 奥斯卡动画奖

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI: 10.36019/9780813570273-010

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Past the End of the Catbus Line: Mushishi’s Apparitional Actants 走过Catbus线的尽头：木石的幻影演员

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719875034

Kevin Cooley

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Carefully Constructed Yet Curiously Real: How Major American Animation Studios Generate Empathy Through a Shared Style of Character Design 精心构建而又奇怪真实:美国主要动画工作室如何通过共同的角色设计风格产生共鸣

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719875071

Malou van Rooij

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Green Cartoons: Toward a Pedagogy of the Animated Parable 绿色卡通:走向动画寓言教学法

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719881701

W. Brown, Terry Lindvall

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Editorial 社论

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719887602

Suzanne H. Buchan

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Animation in the Core of Dystopia: Ari Folman’s The Congress 反乌托邦核心的动画:阿里·福尔曼的《国会》

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719875072

María Lorenzo Hernández

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The Gollum Problem: Empathy and Digital Characters in Cinema 咕噜问题:电影中的移情和数字角色

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719881702

Zachary Sheldon

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Book review: Toy Story: How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature 书评:《玩具总动员:皮克斯如何重塑动画长片》

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719881703

William D. McCarthy

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Book review: Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and Cinema 书评：《隐藏在平淡中：魔幻与电影考古》

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Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/1746847719881704

M. Cook

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