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  The Noodle Master

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  Michelle Wildgen Tin House Magazine

  March 01, 2011

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  a freshly shucked oyster, a young girl, a gangster, and a bloody lip. But the movie begins with this scene ...
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  "Genki Dama Saves the World": Japanese Popular Culture, Globalization, and Relief Efforts

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  April 25, 2011

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  can begin to mean something more than just entertainment in times of crisis; it embodies a moment ...
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  Gacha Gonna Get Ya: Watching Mobile Card Collecting

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  Caitlin Casiello Yale University

  January 07, 2018

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  Gacha Gonna Get Ya: Watching Mobile Card Collecting card collecting games Japan mobile games video game spectatorship Curator's Note In the Japanese mobile game market, free-to-play games centered around card collecting have proliferated in a multitu ...
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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2007

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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan Lost in Translation Kiefer Sutherland Japan globalization celebrity endorsement advertisement 24 Curator's Note The subway hurtles through the tunnel, paralleling Jack Bauer’s dogged, singular intention. No one—not even ...
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  Sonoda Kenji's The Sakura of Madness

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  David Z. Morris University of South Florida

  September 06, 2012

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  Sonoda Kenji's The Sakura of Madness nationalism Japan Hip Hop Cinema Week Fascism Curator's Note Kyouki no Sakura (2002) is a hugely compelling film from Japan, directed by Sonoda Kenji from a novel by Hikita Kunio. The focus of the film is a t ...
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  Holding Out For A Hiro

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  October 24, 2006

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  Holding Out For A Hiro transnationalism superheroes NBC comic books Heroes X-men Japan Curator's Note Hiro Nakamura, salary man, otaku, "superhiro," superfan, has emerged as the most popular character on NBC's new Heroes. Here are a fe ...