An empirical approach based on the comparison of Japan and the United States on manga / comic 'reader community'

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25380714
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University
Principal Investigator	URYU Yoshimitsu 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (40513205)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	読者共同体 / ファンカルチャー / マンガ / 文化産業 / マンガ／コミック / コミック / ファン / カルチャー / ファン・カルチャー
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this reserch, I compared the differences between amateurs and professionals in both countries, with the comic events(comic markets and comic conventions) gathered by Japanese and American comic lovers. In Japan, the code (promise) of the "reader community" is easy to share regardless of Ama / Pro, whereas in the United States the boundary between them is relatively strongly drawn. As this background, there exists a historical formation process of comic publisher as a cultural industry.

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