The Anime Paradox -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- I Introduction -- Sympathy for the Devil -- The White Which Lives Within the Inkstone -- Brief Introductions -- Comparing Forms -- II A Simultaneous Part and Whole -- Pieces of a Shooting Star -- Narrative and Pacing Patterns -- Jo-Ha-Kyū -- Mapping the Stars: Dissecting Anime Structure -- Splitting of the Beast: Mapping Evangelion -- Intertextuality and Pattern Utilization -- Weaving A Story: An Examination of Ga-Rei Zero -- Weaving A Story 2: Repetition, Reversals, and Intertext -- Internal and External -- Character and World -- III Mixture of Realism and Unreality -- Like a Dream: Realism and Unreality in Anime and Japanese Theater -- Outer Elements -- Inner Elements -- What Lies Beneath -- IV Hyperbolized Aesthetics -- Aesthetic Visions -- Form Into Content -- Different Styles -- An Expression of Reality -- V Scattering Blossoms, Falling Leaves -- The Scent of Gardenias Lingers in the Rain: Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen, A Case Study -- Sentiments for the Remaining Flower: Some Final Observations -- Towards a Conclusion: The Form of Anime -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.