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Ariane Beldi

Australian Anime, Manga & Slash Fans May Run Afoul of Law | Dru Pagliassotti - 1 views

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shared by Ariane Beldi on 19 Jan 10 - Cached
  • However, the Australian law is very vaguely worded, and I fear it’s going to cause as much harm as it may cause good. For example, from an academic’s perspective, it’s clear that one of the problems of this legislation is that it will have a very strong chilling effect on Australian scholars interested in studying anime, manga, slash, and yaoi, or even other forms of sex/uality, because of the sheer possibility that clicking on a link, ordering a movie or manga, or even purchasing an academic book or reading a journal article on the subject might expose one to an image that could be interpreted as “child pornography” under Australian law.
  • Ariane Beldi on 20 Jan 10
     
    In 2010 the Australian Government proposes to go ahead with a mandatory ISP-level internet filtering scheme which, if passed into law, could have a massive impact on anime, manga and slash fans. Why manga and slash fans? Because the main target of the law is to prevent the circulation of 'child abuse sexual imagery' - BUT in Australia 'child abuse sexual imagery' covers even FICTIONAL representations and includes 'under age' characters in anime, manga and slash. If the law is passed, any fan site that contains or links to this material could be added to a government 'blacklist' and access denied in Australia.
  • Ariane Beldi on 20 Jan 10
     
    This is an important news for both fans and scholars of fanfictions and dojinshi.
Nele Noppe

Promoting 'Cool Japan' | The Japan Times Online - 3 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 16 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Eight years have passed since American journalist Douglas McGray first coined the phrase, but now the Japanese government is getting behind "Cool Japan" in a big way. A new Creative Industries Promotion Office was established in June within the Manufacturing Industries Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to coordinate the promotion of "cultural industries" by various arms of government such as the Agency for Cultural Affairs, METI, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Mr. Kondo believes that the free market was originally a tool for increased prosperity and a richer nonmaterial life, but that it somehow became an end in itself. A task for the 21st century is to move toward a richer spiritual life, and he thinks Japan is in a unique position for that as a non-Western economic power. While a bureaucratic-led push for creativity has its problems, any soft power contribution Japan can make to the world will surely be welcomed, especially if it can also stimulate renewed self-confidence and vitality within Japan itself.
Nele Noppe

The Rules of Play: National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure - 0 views

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  • Nele Noppe on 15 Feb 09
     
    by David Leheny "Since the Meiji Restoration, successive Japanese governments have stressed the nation's need to act like a "real" (that is, a Western) advanced industrial power. As part of their express desire to catch up, generations of policymakers have examined the ways Americans and Europeans relax or have fun, then tried to persuade Japanese citizens to behave in similar fashion-while subtly redefining these recreational choices as distinctively "Japanese." In tracing the development of leisure politics and the role of the state in cultural change, the author focuses on the importance of international norms and perceptions of Japanese national identity. Leheny regards globalization as a "failure of imagination" on the part of policymakers. When they absorb lessons from Western nations, they aim for a future that has already been revealed elsewhere rather than envision a locally distinctive lifestyle for citizens."
Nele Noppe

Industry urged to utilize 'Japan cool' : DY Weekend : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (... - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 21 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Japanese pop culture, such as fashion, manga and anime, has been considered "cool" overseas for a while, but the government and domestic business community are not making the most of such popularity.
  • The Economy, Trade and Industry Minister' Industrial Structure Council recently released a report that devoted a great deal of space to the Japan cool issue. Following is an extract from the report.
  • It has been 10 years since Japan cool became popular, but Japanese industry is not doing a good job of making the most of it, as it is often mocked: The biggest gainer from Japanese anime is Hollywood.
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  • Japan cool is not only limited to manga, anime and fashion, but also food and traditional handicrafts.
  • How to use Japan cool is not only the responsibility of the government, but also private enterprise and the nation as a whole.
Nele Noppe

Japanese to build £80m 'shrine' to manga cartoons - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 13 Apr 09 - Cached
  • From video games to pop art, the government reportedly plans to establish a major collection of modern Japanese media arts to showcase and promote internationally at the new centre.The government plans to collaborate with regional museums, galleries and institutions such as the Kyoto International Manga Museum and the NTT InterCommunication Centre in Tokyo in the establishment of the new centre.
Nele Noppe

"Rape Games" and Free Speech - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 01 Jun 09 - Cached
  • I personally am pleased with the EOCS’ decision. It is an important rejection of a deeply offensive form of expression. I would not have been pleased if it had been the Japanese government that had decided to ban such material. There is a world of difference between government censorship and the rejection of certain forms of expression as unacceptable by private groups.
Nele Noppe

Osaka Considers Regulating Boys-Love Materials - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 06 Apr 10 - Cached
  • The announcement says that the government is "considering the regulation of women's (josei) comic magazines and boys-love materials." In addition to women's comic magazines and boys-love materials, the government is investigating the true extent of child pornography (particularly via online distribution) and "sexual, visual depictions of youths."
Nele Noppe

Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Persepolis: The Video Game? - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 14 Apr 08 - Cached
  • One can imagine a virtual world in which citizens have simple behaviors. They wake up, eat, socialize, work, and go to bed... sort of like in The Sims. But they have to do all these things within a strict framework of government rules that sometimes conflict with their desires. For example, citizens might be expected to dress a certain way, stand at attention during a patriotic hymn, etc. If any deviation from this behavior was witnessed by patrolling police, citizens might be arrested, which would affect the happiness levels (like in The Sims) of the citizens around them.
Nele Noppe

Japan culture promotion body launched in Brazil - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 15 Jun 09 - Cached
  •  In response to the Japanese Consulate General's call for establishing such a body, Brazilian student groups launched the Instituto Japao Pop Br, or the J-pop Brazil association, with support from the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a Brazilian government-backed research institute.
Nele Noppe

China's manga drive 'is all fake' - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 15 Jun 09 - Cached
  • It is about the spread of ideas, Mr Lu said. A comic does not need to be anti-government to be restricted from being printed; it simply needs to offer ideas that could be interpreted as being so. In essence, the world’s next super power is not keen on super heroes.The first Chinese comics were used as propaganda during the Japanese occupation as a way to build resentment. During Mao’s 10-year Cultural Revolution, manga was used to teach communist ideals to the largely illiterate masses. “We want to export our own culture,” said Zheng Jun, the rock star turned writer behind the comic Tibetan Rock Dog, which is gaining interest from the Japanese animation company Mad House towards turning it into a movie.As China continues to export its own culture, it could be used as part of the nation’s soft power, Mr Douglas said.
Nele Noppe

New university library puts focus on the fans - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 16 Jun 09 - Cached
  • At last count, there were more than 20 manga museums in its home country, including The Kyoto International Manga Museum, and now there is talk of creating a National Center for Media Arts to include manga and anime. Bound for glory: Manga being readied for Tokyo's upcoming Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures. YOSHIHIRO YONEZAWA MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF MANGA AND SUBCULTURES window.google_render_ad(); But as the national government swings belatedly into action, some experts are saying it is time to shift the focus from manga itself onto the fans' subculture that has fed its success.
  • In another indication of the new library's focus on the fan subculture surrounding manga, it will be the first facility of its kind in Japan to house a substantial collection of doujinshi,
Nele Noppe

German government slaps restrictions on Finder - 0 views

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shared by Nele Noppe on 01 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Several of my German correspondents have contacted me to let me know that vol. 1 of Ayano Yamane’s Finder has been “indexed” in Germany. That means that it has been deemed harmful to minors and not only is its distribution restricted, it cannot be “advertised”—which means that bloggers in Germany can’t even mention it, which is why they passed the news along to me. Here’s the gist of the law:
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