Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool

by Brian Ashcraft

Book Overview

From manga and anime to movies, magazines, video games, advertising and music, Japanese schoolgirls are everywhere. For years, schoolgirls have shown up in internationally popular anime such as Sailor Moon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Blood: The Last Vampire. Films such as Battle Royale inspired Quentin Tarantino to include a fighting schoolgirl in Kill Bill; and recently, Rinko Kikuchi received an Oscar nomination for her role as a schoolgirl...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770031157
• ISBN13: 9784770031150
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 5.2"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12