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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Roland Kelts |
ISBN: | 140398476X 9781403984760 9781403974754 1403974756 |
OCLC Number: | 141386561 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2006. Includes index. |
Description: | 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | May the G-force be with you -- Atom boys -- The business of anime -- Toy story -- Japan's IP problem -- Strange transformations -- Cosplay and otakudom : the draw of DIY -- Future shocks -- Anime appeals. |
Other Titles: | Japan America |
Responsibility: | Roland Kelts. |
Abstract:
Addresses our experience with anime and the Japanese pop phenomenon, covering everything from Hayao Miyazaki's epics, the burgeoning world of hentai, or violent pornographic anime, and Puffy Amiyumi, and more. This book highlights the shared conflicts as American and Japanese pop cultures dramatically intersect.
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