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Mechademia 1 Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga Frenchy Lunning, editor |
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A groundbreaking exploration of anime, manga, and Japanese popular culture. After decades in which American popular culture dominated global media and markets, Japanese popular culture—primarily manga and anime, but also toys, card and video games, and fashion—has exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. From Pokémon and the Power Rangers to Paranoia Agent and Princess Mononoke, Japanese popular culture is consumed by an eager and exponentially increasing audience of youths, teenagers, and adults. Mechademia, a new annual edited by Frenchy Lunning, begins an innovative and fresh conversation among scholars, critics, and fans about the complexity of art forms like Superflat, manga, and anime. The inaugural volume, Mechademia 1 engages the rise of Japanese popular culture through game design, fashion, graphic design, commercial packaging, character creation, and fan culture. Promoting dynamic ways of thinking, along with state-of-the-art graphic design and a wealth of images, this cutting-edge work opens new doors between academia and fandom. The premiere issue features the interactive worlds that anime and manga have created, including the origins of cosplay (the manga and anime costume subculture), Superflat, forgotten images from a founding manga artist, video game interactivity, the nature of anime fandom in America, and the globalization of manga. "A fascinating glimpse inside the more esoteric aspects of anime/manga, and one that fans and scholars alike will welcome." —Foreword Magazine "The book is a fascinating read into the many different aspects of history and culture of Japan and how it has affected the world." —Nichi Bei Times "This is the inaugural volume of an academic-level annual devoted to anime, manga, and related art forms and issues. A great first effort, recommended for all academic and public libraries." —Library Journal Contributors: Anne Allison, William L. Benzon, Christopher Bolton, Vern L. Bullough, Martha Cornog, Patrick Drazen, Marc Hairston, Mari Kotani, Thomas LaMarre, Antonia Levi, Thomas Looser, Susan Napier, Michelle Ollie, Timothy Perper, Sara Pocock, Brian Ruh, Takayuki Tatsumi, Toshiya Ueno, Theresa Winge, Mark J. P. Wolf, Wendy Siuyi Wong. Frenchy Lunning is professor of liberal arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 184 pages | 32 halftones, 13 color photos | 7 x 10 | 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Anifesto The Japan Fad in Global Youth Culture and Millennial Capitalism Globalizing Manga: From Japan to Hong Kong and Beyond The World of Anime Fandom in America Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay Assessing Interactivity in Video Game Design Mori Minoru’s Day of Resurrection Superflat and the Layers of Image and History in 1990s Japan Kurenai no metalsuits, “Anime to wa nani ka/What is animation” The Multiplanar Image The Werewolf in the Crested Kimono: The Wolf-Human Dynamic in Anime and Manga Metamorphosis of the Japanese Girl: The Girl, the Hyper-Girl, and the Fighting Beauty Revolutionary Girl Utena: Manga and Anime Citations Review and Commentary The Song at the End of the World: Personal Apocalypse in Rintarô’s Metropolis The Influence of Manga on Japan The Shock of the Newtype: The Mobile Suit Gundam Novels of Tomino Yoshiyuki The Yin and Yang of Schoolgirl Experiences: Maria-sama ga miteru and Azumanga Daioh Historicizing Anime and Manga: From Japan to the World In the Sound of the Bells: Freedom and Revolution in Revolutionary Girl Utena ƒgƒŒƒ“ƒh TORENDO: Interview with Lindsay Cibos Call for Papers |
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