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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790115403321

Autore

Steinberg Marc <1977->

Titolo

Anime's media mix : franchising toys and characters in Japan / / Marc Steinberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2012

ISBN

9780816680238

9781299943421

9781452947525

1-4529-4752-X

0-8166-8023-X

9780816675494

9780816675500

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

381/.45791453

Soggetti

Character merchandising - Japan

Character toys - Japan

Cartoon characters - Japan

Comic strip characters - Japan

Animated television programs - Japan - History and criticism

Animated films - Japan - History and criticism

Comic books, strips, etc - Japan - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: rethinking convergence in Japan -- Anime transformations: Tetsuwan Atomu. Limiting movement, inventing anime -- Candies, premiums, and character merchandizing: the Meiji-Atomu marketing campaign -- Material communication and the mass media toy -- Media mixes and character consumption: Kadokawa books. Media mixes, media transformations -- Character, world, consumption.

Sommario/riassunto

In Anime's Media Mix , Marc Steinberg convincingly shows that anime is far more than a style of Japanese animation. Beyond its immediate form of cartooning, anime is also a unique mode of cultural production and consumption that led to the phenomenon that is today called "media



mix" in Japan and "convergence" in the West. According to Steinberg, both anime and the media mix were ignited on January 1, 1963, when Astro Boy hit Japanese TV screens for the first time. Sponsored by a chocolate manufacturer with savvy marketing skills, Astro Boy quickly became a cultural icon in Japan. He was the po