TY - BOOK AU - Steinberg,Marc ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Anime's media mix: franchising toys and characters in Japan AV - HF5415.17 .S74 2012eb U1 - 381/.45791453 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Character merchandising KW - Japan KW - Character toys KW - Cartoon characters KW - Comic strip characters KW - Animated television programs KW - History and criticism KW - Animated films KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: rethinking convergence in Japan -- Anime transformations: Tetsuwan Atomu. Limiting movement, inventing anime -- Candies, premiums, and character merchandizing: the Meiji-Atomu marketing campaign -- Material communication and the mass media toy -- Media mixes and character consumption: Kadokawa books. Media mixes, media transformations -- Character, world, consumption; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10555668 ER -