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Sto caricando le informazioni... Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from Japan (edizione 2007)di Matt Alt (Autore), Hiroko Yoda (Autore), Alice Chau (Designer)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. http://www.nonfictioncomics.net/2010/08/working-characters-smiling-politely/ "The design of the book isn’t perfect; there are no page numbers for most of the book, making the individual sections hard to locate, and a few of the captions encompass more than one page but that isn’t always clear at a first glance. The book also feels as if its going to detach from the spine, though on closer inspection of the binding I don’t think it will. Overall this book is highly informative in different ways: it can be an intriguing look into the Japanese mindset and culture, or a good primer on advertising and character design. While it is not comprehensive, it does provide a good starting point." nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
A menagerie of mascots and characters inhabit the islands of Japan, cheerfully guiding citizens through all sorts of daily activities and situations.Hello, Please! collects photographs of hundreds of the these cute (orkawaii) creatures in their native habitats, which are virtually everywhere: from public street signs to supermarket shelves, in doctor'soffices and instruction manualseven emblazoned on the sides of Tokyo's emergency vehicles. Authors Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda explore the cultural context of these ubiquitous, hard-working critters and their relationship to anime and manga, commercial characters like Hello Kitty, and the cult of cute, while introducing readers to a host of adorable new best friendsthey never knew they had. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The book is divided into five sections: Official Characters, Instructional Characters, Warning Characters, Advertising Characters, and Food Characters. Each section has an introduction that gives a little background on the various types of characters and the reason for their existence. The information struck me as being very light and surface level, quick attempts to explain what made the different types of characters so special and uniquely Japanese. I don't think I ever quite understood what made these characters so different from mascot characters outside of Japan - it seemed to boil down to "there are a lot of them" and "they are used in more situations." Also, I was left with lots of questions.
For example, the characters are repeatedly referred to as “reassuring.” Are they really perceived that way by Japanese people, or is that just the effect that companies, designers, and organizations are going for? The Official Characters section, which covered characters used by various official services, such as police departments, hospitals, and public transportation, left me wondering how many of the characters specific to certain locations would be recognizable outside those locations.
The greatest appeal of this book is its pictures. Alt and Yoda include a dizzying array of characters, and each one only gets one or two photos. The photos have short captions describing the purpose of the character and giving its name if it has one. The only characters in the book that I was familiar with were the OS-Tan, which were mentioned in the text but not pictured, due to “murky rights issues” (151).
All in all, this was an okay book, but I was left wanting something more. More depth on the origins of the characters, or an in-depth look at one or two of the characters, or brief interviews with creators of some of the characters, or even just “what do you think about this mascot character?” interviews with average Japanese folks. Still, the pictures were nice, and I appreciated getting to see so many of these characters.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )