Designed for use on undergraduate and graduate courses, this textbook offers an overview of a wide variety of media forms. Using particular case studies, it examines the broader themes in Japanese culture, providing an analysis of the trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as, politics, society, and economics in Japan.

Designed for teaching undergraduates, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook providing up-to-date and in-depth insights into a wide range of topics, from manga and anime to cinema and fashion, magazines and novels to videogames, food, and contemporary art.
Useful as an expansive and detailed overview for university courses on Japanese culture, this book will guide students through the key objects, the history, and the good, bad, and the ugly theories of contemporary Japanese popular culture.