Chinese Animation and Socialism

Daisy Yan Du is Associate Professor, Division of Humanities at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is the author of Animated Encounters: Transnational Movements of Chinese Animation 1940s-1970s (University of Hawaii Press, 2019) and the founder of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies (http://acas.ust.hk/), an organization dedicated to promoting Chinese animation to the English-speaking world.

"Apart from the informative and valuable resources, Du also shares her personal academic experience in this area… In a way, the establishment of this marginalized field can be attributed to her outstanding efforts. This book showcases her endeavours to push the field forward. As an excellent reference book containing useful textual accounts of Chinese socialist animations, it is not only essential for scholars and students interested in the fields of Chinese animation and even worldwide animation but also beneficial to animators who strive to learn from the past." -Shasha Liu, University of Toronto, The China Quarterly (2022).

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresList o ContributorsIntroductionChinese Animation and SocialismDaisy Yan DuPART 1The Splendor of Socialist Animation1 Mochinaga Tadahito in Early Socialist ChinaMochinaga Noriko, translated by Nick Stember and Yan Chen2 Walking Our Own Path and InnovatingDuan Xiaoxuan, translated by Nick Stember3 An Authentic AnimatorYan Dingxian, translated by Nick Stember4 Dribs and DrabsLin Wenxiao, translated by Nick Stember5 National Style and CharacterizationPu Jiaxiang, translated by Isabel Galwey6 On the Art of Papercutting AnimationPu Yong, translated by Isabel Galwey and Eva ChangPART 2The Transition to Postsocialist Animated Filmmaking7 From Layman to AnimatorYan Shanchun, translated by Isabel Galwey and Eva Chang8 In Love with Science Fiction AnimationDai Tielang, interviewed by Daisy Yan Du, organized by Song Han, translated by Yixing Li9 Tradition and InnovationChang Guangxi, translated by Sean Macdonald10 Yilimei and the Shanghai Animation Film StudioZhou Keqin, translated by Yixing LiPART 3The Soundscape of (Post)Socialist Animation11 Synesthesia of Music and ImageJin Fuzai, translated by Sean Macdonald12 My Career as an Animation Voice ActressDing Jianhua, interviewed by Daisy Yan Du, organized by Song Han, translated by Yixing LiPART 4The Literary Landscape of (Post)Socialist Animation13 My Career as a ScreenwriterLing Shu, translated by Yixing LiPART 5In Memory of Socialist Animators14 Those Who Should Not Be ForgottenYin Xiyong, translated by Eva Chang15 In Memory of My Father Wang ShuchenWang Yiqian, translated by Yixing LiPART 6More than a Fairy Tale: Politics and Chinese Animation16 A Tradition of Political PropagandaFung Yuk Song, translated by Isabel Galwey and Shaopeng ChenPART 7Chinese Animation Goes Abroad17 Chinese Animation in Japan, 1940s–80sOno Kōsei, translated by Isabel Galwey, Eva Chang, and Yan ChenEpilogueSocialist Legacy in the Digital AgeDaisy Yan DuBibliographyIndex