The Essence of 2.5-Dimensional Musicals? Sakura Wars and Theater Adaptations of Anime
This paper examines 2.5-Dimensional musicals, or theater adaptations of anime/manga/videogames. As the genre has been gaining popularity in Japan since around 2007, criticism on the genre began to appear. What they uncritically assume is that the pioneer of the genre was the theater adaptation of Pr...
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MDPI AG
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Arts |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/7/4/52 |