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Bikini nel bakumatsu, intimi anacronismi. Il caso di Ōka Sabaki

  • Luca Paolo Bruno

Japanese Adult Computer Games feature a plethora of setting and themes, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to romantic comedies set in present-day Japan. A subset of these video games features historical or pseudo-historical backdrops for their narratives. An illustrative instance of this approach is the bakumatsu period in Japan, characterized by its unique societal mores and representational affordances. Despite such a setup, this video games remain firmly entrenched in anime-manga industry conventions. This brief contribution explores how these industry practices take precedence over strict adherence to historical accuracy, and what this means for approaches based in Japanese studies.

  • Keywords:
  • adaruto gēmu,
  • Game Studies,
  • Japanese Studies,
  • Character Intimacy,
  • Anime-manga Media,
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Luca Paolo Bruno

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3172-8358

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Chapter Title

Bikini nel bakumatsu, intimi anacronismi. Il caso di Ōka Sabaki

Authors

Luca Paolo Bruno

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Italian

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10.36253/979-12-215-0422-4.26

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2024

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Il dono dell’airone

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Scritti in onore di Ikuko Sagiyama

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Luca Capponcelli, Diego Cucinelli, Chiara Ghidini, Matilde Mastrangelo, Rolando Minuti

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2024

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Firenze University Press

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Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History

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