2018: Kandō Conservatism

The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus Volume 16 | Issue 15 | Number 5 | Aug 01, 2018


Kandō Conservatism – “Moving” war narratives in Japanese online fan videos
Aleksandra Jaworowicz-Zimny


Abstract
Stories of kamikaze pilots thinking about their loved ones while flying their last mission, or of wrecked toys and their missing owners in Hiroshima, elicit an emotional response. This essay analyses and provides examples of warthemed fan-produced videos, defining their conservatism in relation to Japanese war history, and showing how it relates to the kandō experience of fan viewing practices. ....


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