The Dragon and the Dazzle: Models, Strategies, and Identities of Japanese Imagination : a European Perspective

The Dragon and the Dazzle: Models, Strategies, and Identities of Japanese Imagination : a European Perspective
ISBN-10
8889613890
ISBN-13
9788889613894
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
689
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Tunué
Authors
Marco Pellitteri, Jean-Marie Bouissou, Bounthavy Suvilay

Description

Marco Pellitteri examines the growing influence of Japanese pop culture in European contexts in this comprehensive study of manga, anime, and video games. Looking at the period from 1975 to today, Pellitteri discusses Super Mario, Pokémon, kawaii, Sonic, robots and cyborgs, Astro Boy, and Gundam, among other examples of these popular forms. Pellitteri divides this period into two eras ("the dragon" and "the dazzle") to better understand this cultural phenomenon and means by which it achieved worldwide distribution.

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