Drawing on tradition : manga, anime, and religion in contemporary Japan /

Thomas, Jolyon Baraka.

Drawing on tradition : manga, anime, and religion in contemporary Japan / Jolyon Baraka Thomas. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2012. - xiv, 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Visualizing religion -- Recreating religion -- Entertaining religious ideas -- Depicting religions on the margins.



9780824836542 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.--Japan
Comic books, strips, etc.--Religious aspects.
Animated films--History and criticism.--Japan
Animated films--Religious aspects.


Japan--Religion--21st century.

741.5952 / T452d