The Mecha's Blind Spot: Patlabor 2 and the Phenomenology of Anime.

The giant "labors" (robots) and their human pilots featured in Oshii Mamoru's "mecha" anime "Patlabor 2" (1993) are split figures that reflect technology's power to magnify or enhance the human while simultaneously threatening dehumanization. In "Patlabor 2," these machines enhance perception while...

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Publicado en:Science Fiction Studies Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 453 - 475
Autor principal: Bolton, Christopher
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of California Press Nov2002
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