Animation in Germany

This book provides a comprehensive account of German animation history, as well as an analysis of the current state of the industry in competition with American and cheaper international products in the face of dwindling budgets.

Covering film and TV, 2D and 3D animation, this book considers how Europe has lost its domestic territory of narratives to international competitors. A connection is made between film history and contemporary history: World War I, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, World War II, the Federal Republic and German Democratic Republic, Reunification, the European Union, Digitalization and Globalization, and a turn of eras initiated by pandemic, war, and inflation. This book will be of great interest to academics, students, and professionals working and researching in the field of animation.

本書全面介紹了德國動畫的歷史，並分析了在預算減少的情況下，德國動畫工業與美國和更便宜的國際產品競爭的現狀。

本書涵蓋了電影和電視、2D和3D動畫，探討了歐洲如何失去了國內敘事的領域，被國際競爭對手取而代之。本書將電影歷史與當代歷史聯繫起來：第一次世界大戰、魏瑪共和國、國家社會主義、第二次世界大戰、聯邦共和國和德意志民主共和國、統一、歐洲聯盟、數字化和全球化，以及由疫情、戰爭和通脹引發的時代轉變。本書對於在動畫領域工作和研究的學者、學生和專業人士將具有很大的興趣。

Rolf Giesen, PhD, is a German film historian, screenwriter, lecturer, and collector who specializes in VFX and animation. He has shared his knowledge through numerous university and public lectures, cinematheque exhibitions, and monographic, historiographic, and lexicographic books such as Acting and Character Animation. He received the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies, 32nd World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2022.

Rolf Giesen博士是一位德國電影史學家、編劇、講師和收藏家，專注於視覺效果和動畫。他通過眾多大學和公開講座、電影院展覽以及專題、歷史和詞典類的書籍（如《演技與角色動畫》）分享他的知識。他獲得了2022年第32屆世界動畫電影節-Animafest Zagreb的傑出貢獻獎。