The Anime Machine

The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
AuthorThomas Lamarre
GenreReference
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2009
Pages408
ISBN978-0-8166-5155-9
OCLC503575450
TextThe Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation at the Internet Archive

The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation is a 2009 reference work by the animation scholar Thomas Lamarre. It focuses primarily on analyzing anime, through which Lamarre presents his theory of "animetism", a different perspective with which to view a world saturated with modern technology. The book was published in 2009 by the University of Minnesota Press, and received positive reviews from scholars.