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The Comic/Anime Fan Culture In Taiwan: With A Focus On Adolescents’ Experiences, Jin-Shiow Chen
The Comic/Anime Fan Culture In Taiwan: With A Focus On Adolescents’ Experiences, Jin-Shiow Chen
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
A striking phenomenon in this technology-laden and media-driven modern Taiwanese society is that fan culture has become overly active and enthusiastic. Adolescents make up the major percentage of the fan population. Whenever a famous singer or movie star launches an event, a mass of youngsters are sure to chase him or her throughout the series of fan parties that go on afterwards. This phenomenon also happens in comic/anime fandom. In August of 1995, an event of Meeting Anime Stars given in a department store across the Taipei Train Station attracted more than fifteen thousand adolescents who lined up for hours …