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Japanamerica : [Book] : how Japanese pop culture has invaded the U.S. / Roland Kelts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: xi, 242 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781403984760 (pbk.) :
  • 140398476X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4827305209045 22
Other classification:
  • 303.4827305209045
Summary: Japanamerica is the first book that directly addresses the American experience with the Japanese pop culture craze--including anime from Hayao Miyazaki's epics to the burgeoning world of hentai, or violent pornographic anime to Haruki Murakami's fiction. Including interviews with the inventor of Pac-man and executives from TokyoPop, GDH, and other major Japanese and American production companies, this book highlights the shared conflicts both countries face as anime and manga become a global form of entertainment and change both the United States and Japan in the process.
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Originally published: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Includes index.

Japanamerica is the first book that directly addresses the American experience with the Japanese pop culture craze--including anime from Hayao Miyazaki's epics to the burgeoning world of hentai, or violent pornographic anime to Haruki Murakami's fiction. Including interviews with the inventor of Pac-man and executives from TokyoPop, GDH, and other major Japanese and American production companies, this book highlights the shared conflicts both countries face as anime and manga become a global form of entertainment and change both the United States and Japan in the process.

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