![]() ![]() However, fans use 2.5-D very differently, usually taking pleasure in realistic reproduction and reenactment of anime/manga/videogame characters (“virtual corporality”), fictional worlds, and the interaction between characters/actors and fans. The Japan 2.5 Dimensional Musical Association, founded in 2014, defines 2.5-dimensional musicals as “theatrical presentations based on Japanese manga, popular animation and video games.” 2 This is the typical categorization of 2.5-D stages as seen from the production side for promotional purposes. These magazines primarily focus on 2.5-D stages as cultural products. Academic critical attention has been also drawn by some publications such as art and culture magazines Yuriika (2015, Eureka) and Bijutsu techô (20, The Art Handbook), featuring special issues on the 2.5-D cultural phenomenon. 1 These magazines usually focus on 2.5-D stages under the name of “2.5 jigen.” In 2018, when NHK’s year-end traditional entertainment event, Kôhaku utagassen (Red and White Singing Festival) invited the singing group, Tôken danshi, from one of the most famous 2.5-D musicals, Musical Tôken ranbu as a guest, 2.5-D theatrical performances gained national recognition in Japan. Within Japanese anime fandom, fans often use “two dimensions” to mean anime characters, stating, “I am only capable of loving the two-dimensional (2 jigen shika aisenai).” However, due to the growing success of cosplay and 2.5-D stage performances (theatrical adaptations of manga, anime, and videogames) since the early 2000s, the 2.5-D has begun to be used as an umbrella term to express virtuality embodied by actual human bodies as well as human bodies that look unreal, which I call “virtual corporality” (kyokô teki shintai).Ī magazine specializing in 2.5-D theatrical performances, Stage Push!, was published in 2014, and in 2016, the March issue of Da Vinci, Kadokawa’s entertainment magazine featuring 2.5-D, was immediately sold out. The term “2.5 jigen” roughly means the space between the two-dimensional (fictional space where our imaginations and fantasy work) and the three-dimensional (reality where we physically exist). In recent years, the term “2.5-dimension (ni-ten-go jigen)” has gained much attention within popular culture studies. ![]()
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