{"product_id":"9783030174156","title":"Japanese Influence on American Children's Television: Transforming Saturday Morning","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJapanese Influence on American Children's Television: Transforming Saturday Morning\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eO’Melia, Gina\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapanese Influence on American Children’s Television\u003c\/i\u003e examines the gradual, yet dramatic, transformation of Saturday morning children’s programming from being rooted in American traditions and popular culture to reflecting Japanese popular culture.  In this modern era of globalization and global media\/cultural convergence, the book brings to light an often overlooked phenomenon of the gradual integration of narrative and character conventions borrowed from Japanese storytelling into American children’s media.  The book begins with a brief history of Saturday morning in the United States from its earliest years, and the interaction between American and Japanese popular media during this time period.  It then moves onto reviewing the dramatic shift that occurred within the Saturday morning block through both an overview of the transitional decades as well as an in-depth analysis of the transformative ascent of the shows \u003ci\u003eMighty Morphin Power Rangers, Pokémon,\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYu-Gi-Oh!\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-07-23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030174156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-17416-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 244\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47526752977036,"sku":"9783030174156","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030174156.jpg?v=1776036757","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030174156","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}