LEADER 03514nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910790115403321 005 20240205210437.0 010 $a9780816680238$b(online) 010 $a9781299943421$b(online) 010 $a9781452947525$b(online) 010 $z9780816675494 010 $z9780816675500 010 $a1-4529-4752-X 010 $a0-8166-8023-X 035 $a(OCoLC)794492279 035 $a(CKB)2670000000180169 035 $a(EBL)902560 035 $a(OCoLC)792688105 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632003 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11420422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632003 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10617329 035 $a(PQKB)11350077 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001170705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC902560 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29897 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL902560 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555668 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525593 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000180169 100 $a20110801d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auraz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnime's media mix $efranchising toys and characters in Japan /$fMarc Steinberg 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-7550-3 311 $a0-8166-7549-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aIn 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 606 $aCharacter merchandising$zJapan 606 $aCharacter toys$zJapan 606 $aCartoon characters$zJapan 606 $aComic strip characters$zJapan 606 $aAnimated television programs$zJapan$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAnimated films$zJapan$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$zJapan$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aCharacter merchandising 615 0$aCharacter toys 615 0$aCartoon characters 615 0$aComic strip characters 615 0$aAnimated television programs$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAnimated films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a381/.45791453 700 $aSteinberg$b Marc$f1977-$01484129 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bEBZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790115403321 996 $aAnime's media mix$93702664 997 $aUNINA