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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/74922

Cooperation Between Anime Producers and the Japan Self-Defense Force : Creating Fantasy and/or Propaganda?

英語

pop culture

2017-12-22

Taylor & Francis

Journal of war and culture studies

12(1)

8-23

This paper presents examples of collaboration between anime producers and the Japan Self-Defense Force. By situating the transitions within the context of the broader trends in collaboration between anime producers and locations (namely, the development of contents tourism), the key turning point in anime producer - JSDF collaboration is be identified and explained. Then, the reasons why in recent years JSDF has been actively collaborating with the production of pop culture contents in the realms of fantasy and fiction with an anime fanbase will be discussed. What is happening in Japan today is a fantasization (= contentsization) and consumption of the military, rather than a 'drift to the right' or resurgence of militarism. The pressures to produce military or 'moe military' anime are driven by the market rather than the military.

学術雑誌論文

Accepted Manuscript

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of War & Culture Studies on 22 Dec 2017, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17526272.2017.1396077.

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