We are dedicated to the study of the rich legacy and complexity of animated fantasy media, in whatever form it might take.
Fantasy/Animation is an online educational resource examining the relationship between fantasy storytelling and the medium of animation. The website provides a space for discussion and debate among academics, practitioners, special interest groups, and fans of fantasy and/or animation.
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The following excerpts are taken from my recent book Chinese Animated Film and Ideology. Tradition, Innovation, Interculturality (2024) published by the CRC Press. This book will be of great interest to those in the fields of animation and film studies, political science, Chinese area studies, and Chinese philology. It especially considers animation film festivals history, paying particular attention to the culture-building role of the festivals Annecy (France) and Animafest Zagreb (former Yugoslavia) in the 1980s.