The dragon and the dazzle
Subtitle: models, strategies, and identities of Japanese imagination : a European perspective
By: Marco Pellitteri ; preface by Kiyomitsu Yui ; with an essay by Jean-Marie Bouissou ; contributions by Gianluca Di Fratta, Cristiano Martorella, Bounthavy Suvilay
Contributors: Di Fratta, Gianluca; Martorella, Cristiano; Suvilay, Bounthavy
Series: Tunué international
Publisher: Tunué
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Latina, Italy
Language: eng
Number of pages: 689
ISBN-13: 9788889613894
Description: Marco Pellitteri examines the growing influence of Japanese pop culture in European contexts in this comprehensive study of manga, anime, and video games. Looking at the period from 1975 to today, Pellitteri discusses Super Mario, Pokémon, kawaii, Sonic, robots and cyborgs, Astro Boy, and Gundam, among other examples of these popular forms. Pellitteri divides this period into two eras ("the dragon" and "the dazzle") to better understand this cultural phenomenon and means by which it achieved worldwide distribution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [619]-689).