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...................... 27  \nTopics .............................. 39  \nCommon Approaches ...................... 41  \n1 FROM LITERARY TO CINEMATIC 45  \n1.1 MANGA COMICS ....................... 52  \n1.1.1 Origin .......................... 52  \n1.1.2 Visual Style ....................... 57  \n1.1.3 The Manga Reader ................... 61  \n1.2 ANIME FILM .......................... 65  \n1.2.1 The History of Anime ................. 65  \n1.2.2 Technique and Aesthetic ................ 69  \n1.2.3 Anime Viewers ..................... 75  \n1.3 DIGITAL MANGA ....................... 82  \n1.3.1 Participation, Subjectivity And Transport ....... 82  \ni  \n~~i ~~ ~~ i~~  \n~~i~~  \n~~i ~~  \n~~i~~  \n~~ i~~  \n1.3.2 Digital Graphic Novel: The Manga And Anime Convergence ........................ 86  \n1.4 ANIME VIDEOGAMES .................... 90  \n1.4.1 Prolongament ...................... 90  \n1.4.2 An Audience of Control ................ 104  \n1.4.3 The Videogame-Film Symbiosis 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