Alex Martin. “Future of ‘anime’ industry in doubt”. The Japan Times. The Japan Times Ltd. Mar 4, 2009. Web: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/04/national/future-of-anime-industry-in-doubt/#.XdfmzehKhPa

Summary: This article summarizes the hidden dangers in the anime industry, such as low quality in art creation and lack of new workers. It says the current industrial conditions cannot continue to support the development of anime in further. Its analysis of the future environment and current industrial situation can help me to find how the anime industry could survive and develop by its special advantages. Facing the currently hidden problem is a necessary thing for the future project.

Brown, Steven T. Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat02755a&AN=cul.b1059405&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Summary: This academic book talks about the overall situation of anime development in recent decades. It further analyzes anime’s advantage in the industrial competition in the term of the globalization. This author’s main topic is kind of similar to mine, although our opinions are not exactly the same, this book can still provide a lot of deep thinking in a different view to help my research.

Condry, Ian. “Dark Energy: What Fansubs Reveal about the Copyright Wars.” Mechademia, vol. 5, 2010, p. 193-208. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/400557.

Summary: Some of the main problems that the anime industry currently faces is illustrated in this article. It is always hard for the anime to solve the copyright problems because balancing the interests and harm from fans need to consider a lot about the current situation and market requirement. This kind of consideration is also a part of the prospecting future that can help me to more comprehensively think of the position of anime in future society.

Marco Pellitteri. “Kawaii Aesthetics from Japan to Europe: Theory of the Japanese ‘Cute’ and Transcultural Adoption of Its Styles in Italian and French Comics Production and Commodified Culture Goods.” Arts, no. 3, 2018, p. 24. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3390/arts7030024.

Summary: This article makes a very deep reflection on a specific characteristic of anime. It really talks in detail about how this unique anime characteristic as a kind of Japanese culture largely influences the world. This culture-related influence is one of the biggest topics that must be focused on when talking about anime because this is its most obvious value in the social view. I think study more about this ability of anime can help me to find a way that maintains anime constantly developing in the future.

Swale, Alistair. Anime Aesthetics: Japanese Animation and the Post-Cinematic Imagination. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat02755a&AN=cul.b926850&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Summary: Anime is taken to a higher aesthetic level in this academic book, it aims to remake the current social reflection on anime. The author wants to invoke more people to treat anime more formally in an artistic and cultural perspective. This book is very helpful to analyze the exact advantage of anime. It is a good tool to help people to see the artistic achievement of the modern anime industry.