Editor: Joseph Tobin

Publisher: Duke University Press (Durham, NC)

Contents:

I. Contexts and issues

  • Tobin, Joseph. Introduction (pp. 3-11)
  • Buckingham, David, & Sefton-Green, Julian. Structure, agency, and pedagogy in children’s media culture (pp. 12-33).
  • Allison, Anne. Cuteness as Japan’s millennial product (pp. 34-49).

II. Global circulation

  • Iwabuchi, Koichi. How “Japanese” is Pokemon? (pp. 53-79).
  • Katsuno, Hirofumi, & Maret, Jeffrey. Localizing the Pokemon TV series for the American market (pp. 80-107).
  • Yano, Christine R. Panic attacks: Anti-Pokemon voices in global markets (pp. 108-138).

III. Places and practices

  • Sefton-Green, Julian. Initiation rites: A small boy in a Poke-world (pp. 141-164).
  • Lemish, Dafna, & Bloch, Linda-Renee. Pokemon in Israel (pp. 165-186).
  • Brougere, Gilles. How much is a Pokemon worth? Pokemon in France (pp. 187-208).

IV. Pokemon goes to school

  • Bromley, Helen. Localizing Pokemon through narrative play (pp. 211-225).
  • Willett, Rebekah. The multiple identities of Pokemon fans (pp. 226-240).
  • Tobin, Samuel. Masculinity, maturity, and the end of Pokemon (pp. 241-256).

Tobin, Joseph. Conclusion: The rise and fall of the Pokemon empire (pp. 257-292).

Reviews

  • Condry, Ian. The Journal of Asian Studies, 65(1), 200-202.
  • Curtin, Patricia. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 81(3), 712-714.
  • Graham, Fiona. Social Science Japan Journal, 9(1), 144-146.
  • Mannur, Anita. Pacific Historical Review, 74(3), 489-491.
  • McLelland, Mark. Media International Australia, 111, 173-174.
  • Mittell, Jason. Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, 3(3), 209-212.
  • Munson, T.B. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 41(11-12), 2038.
  • Phelan, Brian C. Enterprise & Society, 6(2), 309-311.