Hernandez Perez, M 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9974-7056
2019,
'Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom'
, The Journal of Popular Culture, 52 (6)
, pp. 1512-1535.
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Abstract
The article explores the reasons and narratives behind the anime pilgrimage experiences of Japanese tourists in the UK. Anime or otaku (fan) pilgrimages are a phenomenon widely studied by Japanese and foreign academics in relation to seichi junrei (“pop culture tourism”) and activities such as collecting of snapshots from media (butaitanbou). The article establishes a typology for the study of Otaku Tourism that can be eventually transferred to other media pilgrimages and examines a significant case of anime pilgrimage in England (the Cotswolds).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools: | Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Popular Culture |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0022-3840 |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Manuel Hernandez Perez |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2021 13:57 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2022 02:30 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/60722 |
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