Anime's media mix [[electronic resource] ] : franchising toys and characters in Japan / / Marc Steinberg

• Autore: Steinberg Marc <1977->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 381/.45791453
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Anime's media mix
• ISBN: 1-4529-4752-X; 0-8166-8023-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461201703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II