From manga and anime to movies, magazines, video games, advertising and music, Japanese schoolgirls are everywhere. For years, schoolgirls have shown up in internationally popular anime such as Sailor Moon and Blood: The Last Vampire . Films such as Battle Royale inspired Quentin Tarantino to include a fighting schoolgirl in Kill Bill ; and recently, Rinko Kikuchi received an Oscar nomination for her role as a schoolgirl in the film Babel . There are schoolgirl characters in video games such as Street Fighter . And ...
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From manga and anime to movies, magazines, video games, advertising and music, Japanese schoolgirls are everywhere. For years, schoolgirls have shown up in internationally popular anime such as Sailor Moon and Blood: The Last Vampire . Films such as Battle Royale inspired Quentin Tarantino to include a fighting schoolgirl in Kill Bill ; and recently, Rinko Kikuchi received an Oscar nomination for her role as a schoolgirl in the film Babel . There are schoolgirl characters in video games such as Street Fighter . And the "Japanese Schoolgirl Watch" column in WIRED magazine has long kept an eye on the trends emerging among these stylish teens. In effect, the Japanese schoolgirl has all but replaced the " geisha -girl" as Japan's new female icon. Brian Ashcraft and his sidekick, Shoko Ueda, take the reader beneath the surface to discover the secrets of this iconic figure. They talked to Japanese women, including former and current J-pop idols, well-known actresses, models, writers, and artists-along with film directors, historians and marketers-to reveal the true story behind Japan's obsession with schoolgirls, and answer the burning question, "why are Japanese schoolgirls so very, very cool?"
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