Dagashi Kashi is about Candy
Originally published April 2016
Commentary
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Stray Notes
I really want some candy.
Texts
Clements, Jonathan and Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Muramasa Industries, 2015.
Lamarre, Thomas. The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation. University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Steinberg, Marc. Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Steinberg, Marc. "The emergence of the Anime Media Mix: Character Communication and Serial Consumption." Thesis, 2009.
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