Role-Playing Games of Japan
Role-Playing Games of Japan

Author: Björn-Ole Kamm

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-28

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 3030509532

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This book engages non-digital role-playing games—such as table-top RPGs and live-action role-plays—in and from Japan, to sketch their possibilities and fluidities in a global context. Currently, non-digital RPGs are experiencing a second boom worldwide and are increasingly gaining scholarly attention for their inter-media relations. This study concentrates on Japan, but does not emphasise unique Japanese characteristics, as the practice of embodying an RPG character is always contingently realised. The purpose is to trace the transcultural entanglements of RPG practices by mapping four arenas of conflict: the tension between reality and fiction; stereotypes of escapism; mediation across national borders; and the role of scholars in the making of role-playing game practices.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute

Author: Mine Yoshizaki

Publisher: Dark Horse Manga

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781616551148

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute is an officially authorized one-shot anthology of parody stories. Inside, Mine Yoshizaki leads a band of manga pranksters including Hideki Ohwada, Yun Kouga , Nawoki Karasawa , Yoko Sanri , ComiPo! Mastermind Keiichi Tanaka, Rui Takato , Astroguy II , Kotaro Yamada , Sessyu Takemura , Jun Abe, and Tony Takezaki . Also contains contributions from normal people, like Rikdo Koshi.

Media on the Move
Media on the Move

Author: Daya Kishan Thussu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-10-31

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1134325894

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Transnational in perspectives and in themes Provides extensive and up-to-data empirical data on media globalization as well as innovative theoretical perspectives from some of the leading figures in the field Comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of media contra-flow Multi-media approach, with case studies covering various genres of the media (news, cinema, television drama, animation and on-line media)

The Devil Does Exist
The Devil Does Exist

Author: Mitsuba Takanashi

Publisher: CMX

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781401205485

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Shy high school girl Kayano is teased by the school's most notorious student, Edogawa Takeru, the devilishly handsome son of the principal. Things go from bad to worse when Kayano learns that her mother is engaged to the school principal.

Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning
Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning

Author: John A. Lent

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780879727796

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Today, comic art is the favorite reading fare for millions of Asians, and is a government-sanctioned, value-added product, as in the case of Korean and Japanese animation. Yet not much is known about Asian cartooning. Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning uses overviews and case studies by scholars to discuss Asian animation, humor magazines, gag cartoons, comic strips, and comic books. The first half of the book looks at contents and audiences of Malay humor magazines, cultural labor in Korean animation, the reception of Aladdin in Islamic Southeast Asia, and a Singaporean comic book as a reflection of that society’s personality. Four other chapters treat gender and Asian comics, concentrating on Japanese anime and manga and Indian comic books.

Seraph of the End, Vol. 4
Seraph of the End, Vol. 4

Author: Takaya Kagami

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1421582910

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A vampire attack reunites childhood friends Yuichiro and Mika, though they now face each other from opposing sides of the battlefield. Mika begs Yuichiro to forget about the conflict between humans and vampires and escape with him, but Yuichiro is unable to abandon his new friends. Then, everything changes when Yuichiro suddenly transforms into a monstrous being with one seraphic wing! -- VIZ Media