Popular Mass Entertainment in Japan: Manga, Pachinko, and Cosplay |
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| Authors: | Kinko Ito Paul A Crutcher |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, UALR, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
2. Department of English, UALR, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
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| Abstract: | The Japanese, just like any other people of the world, love entertainment. In this article we discuss and analyze three kinds of popular, Japanese mass entertainment utilizing a semiotic approach. We are concerned with what and how manga (Japanese comics), pachinko (vertical Japanese pinball machines), and cosplay (costume play) represent and reflect Japanese-ness: its culture, tradition, history, and society. |
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