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Episode Details: 2D Characters - Origins and Evolution
2D Characters - Origins and Evolution
Series: Japanology Plus
Season: Season 4
Episode Number: 24
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Duration: 28 min
In countless everyday settings, individuals, companies, administrative bodies and others in Japan use anthropomorphized 2D characters to enhance communication. Following a recent Japanology Plus devoted to various manifestations of anthropomorphism, this time we delve deeper to explore the historical roots of this quintessentially Japanese phenomenon. Our expert guest, Professor Sadashige Aoki of Hosei University, specializes in "character culture." And in Plus One, a street of monsters in Kyoto.