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Patrick Galbraith

The Moe Manifesto

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MOE is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga—not just in Japan now, but throughout the world.In Japan, avid fans of manga comics, anime films and videogames use the term MOE to refer to the strong sense of emotional attachment they feel for their favorite characters. These fans have a powerful desire to protect and nurture the young, beautiful and innocent characters they adore—like Sagisawa Moe in Dinosaur Planet and Tomoe Hotaru in Sailor Moon. They create their own websites, characters, stories, discussion groups, toys and games based around the original manga and anime roles.Author Patrick Galbraith is the world's acknowledged expert on MOE and a journalist based in Tokyo. For this book, he interviewed twenty important figures in the world of Japanese manga and anime to gain their insights on the MOE phenomenon. These interviews provide us with the first in-depth survey of this subject. Galbraith uncovers how MOE is influencing an entire generation of manga artists and readers. For those new to anime, manga, and youth culture in Japan, he discusses what constitutes the ideal MOE relationship and why some fans are even determined to marry their fictional sweethearts. He reveals key moments in the development of MOE, and current and future trends in the spread of MOE works and characters from Japan to other parts of the world.The Moe Manifesto provides an insider's look at the earliest MOE characters such as Ayame by Tezuka Osamu. The book has over 100 illustrations of the most famous MOE characters, many in color, and it is sure to delight manga and anime fans of every age.
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386 printed pages
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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  • Agnieška Ružičkahas quoted5 years ago
    Vocaloids, which are virtual idol characters that sing songs in a synthetic voice, fit naturally into this kind of context. Techno music is based on the pleasure of repetition, and is what is left after the lyrics and message are gone. To me, moé is the pleasure of repetitious images of cute girl characters without story or meaning.
  • Agnieška Ružičkahas quoted5 years ago
    Ito also separates “character,” which is fully contained within a particular story, and kyara, which has its own existence outside the story.
  • Agnieška Ružičkahas quoted5 years ago
    you’re not doing too much, then you’re not doing enough. You may as well do nothing. If you’re not stimulating people, they won’t pay attention

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