欧米で注目されるヴィジュアル領域における達成に比べて不当な軽視にさらされている日本の散文ＳＦの伝統を現代のアニメ文化に接続する試み。Connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime. Bringing together Western scholars and leading Japanese critics, this groundbreaking work traces the beginnings, evolution, and future direction of science fiction in Japan, its major schools and authors, cultural origins and relationship to its Western counterparts, the role of the genre in the formation of Japan’s national and political identity, and its unique fan culture.