Tool Kits / 2: Key Concepts of Music Language in Anime

This chapter is complementary to Chapters 1 and 6 : it equips all kinds of readers—especially those who do not have a musical training—with knowledge of basic elements and concepts of music; in doing so, it accompanies all the technical descriptions with plenty of examples from older and newer animations made in Japan, both feature-length movies and television series. The chapter is enriched by a clear, useful table that summarises the key concepts with more examples.