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December 06, 2004
Anime in Urban Space
Check out the December 2 entry up at Natsume Maya. It presents a pic of one of the train signs at Akihabara station as an ad for the Genshiken manga. (I've been keeping up with the Genshiken anime -- you know, it's for research -- but I have yet to read the manga.)
The sign is an interesting example of how anime/manga can spill over into "regular" space in Japan. Of course, this is happening in Akihabara, ground zero for all the geeks in Tokyo. I don't know what kind of arrangements the station has with anime production companies, but this isn't the first time I've seen anime invade Akihabara station. When I was in Tokyo in March 2003 I saw the floor of one of the entrances plastered with a giant ad for the new Neon Genesis Evangelion DVDs that were coming out, and I've seen pics of a giant Comic Party ad at what looks like that same entrance.
Posted by brianruh at December 6, 2004 08:42 AM