Bibliograph

Type

Label

Mechademia, editor, Frenchy Lunning, 1

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mechademia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71284987

Responsibility statement

editor, Frenchy Lunning

Series statement

Mechademia, 1

Summary

"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 Pokemon 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."--Publisher

Table Of Contents

Anifesto / Frenchy Lunning and Christopher Bolton -- The Japan fad in global youth culture and millennial capitalism / Anne Allison -- Globalizing manga: from Japan to Hong Kong and beyond / Wendy Siuyi Wong -- The world of anime fandom in America / Susan Napier -- Costuming the imagination: origins of anime and manga cosplay / Theresa Winge -- Assessing interactivity in video game design / Mark J.P. Wolf -- More Minoru's day of resurrection / Tatsumi Takayuki -- Superflat and the layers of image and history in 1990s Japan / Thomas Looser -- Kurenai no metalsuits, "Anime to wa nani ka/What is animation"/Ueno Toshiya -- The multiplanar image / Thomas Lamarre -- The werewolf in the crested kimono: the wolf-human dynamic in anime and manga / Antonia Levi -- Metamorphosis of the Japanese girl: the girl, the hyper-girl, and the battling beauty / Mari Kotani

resource.variantTitle

Mechademia 1, emerging worlds of anime and manga

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