A review by ctrack
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Takayuki Tatsumi, Christopher Bolton

3.0

There’s a lot to like in this book. The first part, all about Japanese print SF, was incredibly interesting on a historical level. The second part, about anime and SF, was also very interesting historically but the technical jargon on some of them was almost impenetrable. Additionally, some of the views on psychology, gender, sexuality, etc… are noticeably dated both for then and now. Otherwise, a fairly good intro into the history of SciFi in Japan and the influence it had on the country’s literary and animated works.