Fanthropologies

Passionate fans of anime and manga, known in Japan as otaku and active around the world, play a significant role in the creation and interpretation of this pervasive popular culture. Routinely appropriating and remixing favorite characters, narratives, imagery, and settings, otaku take control of the anime characters they consume. Fanthropologies-the fifth volume in the Mechademia series, an annual forum devoted to Japanese anime and manga-focuses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081667387X
• ISBN13: 9780816673872
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"