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- Title
Children's fiction and anime : The case of Shōkōjo Sēra.
- Authors
Oltolini, Maria Chiara
- Abstract
This article considers the case of Shōkōjo Sēra (1985), a Japanese animated series based on the novel A Little Princess, within the context of the World Masterpiece Theater, a television staple that popularized the practice of adapting classic children's books into long-running anime. The analysis identifies the changes occurring in the adaptation, casting a light on the creative and productive choices undertaken by the Japanese staff. In doing so, the original novel and its reception in Japan are taken into account, with regard to the role of translated literature for local children's and girls' fiction. The study thus demonstrates that the alterations found in the series are both genre-related and explicable in terms of cultural-filtered interpretations, as can be seen in the negotiation of the protagonist as a Christian damsel-in-distress, combining melodramatic tropes, a signifier of westernization and a domesticating rationale of her alleged passivity.
- Subjects
JAPAN; ANIME; ANIMATED television programs; CHILDREN'S books; CHILDREN'S television programs; FICTION; CHILDREN'S literature; ANIMATED films
- Publication
Journal of Screenwriting, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
1759-7137
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/josc_00068_1