Cover title in Japanese script.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accidental Anime / Margo Coughlin Zimmerman -- Body. 1. Take a Ride on the Catbus / Shana Heinricy -- 2. The Making of Killer Cuties / Christie Barber, Mio Bryce, and Jason Davis -- 3. Just a Ghost in a Shell? / Angus McBlane -- Mind. 4. I Am Tetsuo / Benjamin Stevens -- 5. The CPU Has Its Reasons / John Hartung -- 6. Eye Am / Josef Steiff -- Spirit. 7. Nothing that Happens Is Ever Forgotten / Cari Callis -- 8. Did Santa Die on the Cross? / Adam Barkman -- 9. Why nice princesses don't always finish last / Daniel Haas -- Conflict. 10. Just War Is No Gouf / Louis Melancon -- 11. The Search for Vengeance / Ian M. Peters -- 12. The Possibility of Perfection / Andrew Terjesen -- Heroes. 13. Alchemic Heroes / Benjamin Chandler -- 14. Astro Boy and the Atomic Age / Alicia Gibson -- 15. Grave of the Child Hero / Hal Shipman -- Devils. 16. Human Alchemy and the Deadly Sins of Capitalism / D.E. Wittkower -- 17. Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Sex and Were Afraid to Watch / Andrew A. Dowd -- 18. The Devil Within / Sara Livingston -- Future Perfect. 19. Cyborg Songs for an Existential Crisis / Sarah Penicka-Smith -- 20. Cyborg Goddess / Dan Dinello -- 21. It's the End of the Species as We Know It, and I Feel Anxious / Andrew Wells Garnar -- Special Features. Alternate Ending: Bide Your Time and Hold Out Hope / Tristan D. Tamplin.