Dojin ( 同人 同人 do: jin , lit. “same people” or “like-minded people”) is a Japanese concept meaning a group of friends or like-minded people who share common interests, hobbies, and hobbies.
In Japan, the term is used in reference to amateur self-published works, including manga , ranobe, fanbooks, collections of illustrations , music , anime and video games . Some professionals publish their work in such a way as to avoid the traditional publishing industry . Lovers form dojin circles ( 同人 サ ー ク ル do: jin sa: kuru , from the English circle ) , that is, a circle of people who are engaged in the production and distribution of material (for example, independent manga is called dojinshi , music is called dojin-ongaku , and games - dojin gemu ) for like-minded people at special events - dojin fairs, the largest of which is Komiket .
In a study from the agency Media Create It is said that from the 1.65 billionth industry, otaku in 2007 dojin sales accounted for 48% ($ 792 million) [1] .
Content
Dojin Purpose
Literature
During the Meiji period, people who had common interests and hobbies gathered in societies that published dojin magazines. The oldest recorded among similar magazines in Japan, the doujinshi was called kairan and belonged to the Kenyusha society, led by the novelist Koyo Ozaki . This magazine published a collection of cheap fiction.
Manga
After World War II , dojin magazines began to appear, the main theme of which was comics and their Japanese variety - manga . From the very beginning, many artists worked in this genre, among which are Sotaro Ishinomori and Fujiko Fujio .
Modernity
Cultural Features
On the Komiket, to categorize dojin works, genre categories are used to distinguish from the general mass circles that publish derivatives of popular work franchises. They are used on the official website of the Komiket, as well as in catalogs to indicate the placement of thematic circles at the event, and in statistics. On Komiket-92, franchises such as Touken Ranbu and Yuri on Ice were popular among female audiences, while Kantai Collection , Fate, and The Idolmaster were popular with men [2] [3] .
A dojo derived from a dojo
A dojo derived from a dojo ( 同人 の 同人 do: jin no do: jin ) is a term applied to derivative works , sometimes parodies , for which the dojo work was the source material [4] .
In particular, among the dojo music, arranging the soundtrack of Type-Moon , Touhou Project, and other games became so popular since the mid-2000s that a situation arose that dojo-dojo became the mainstream of dojo music [5] .
Elements such as setting and character relationships are borrowed from the original dojin work, independently used in derivative works and distributed in a fan environment , and then returned to the original work in a modified form [4] .
- Genres
These are genre categories used to denote derivative works on the Comedy , regardless of the genre of the original work.
- Type moon
- Tsukihime , Kagetsu Tohya are used as a source , Kara no Kyoukai . However, in the future, Type-Moon was transformed from a dojo club into a commercial company .
- Touhou project
- Derivative works based on the works of the Team Shanghai Alice dojo club.
- Hetalia and Axis
- Derivative works based on the works of Hidekadu Himaruui .
See also
- Indie culture
- DIY
- Fan fiction
Notes
- ↑ 『新興 国 ゲ ー ム ビ ジ ネ ス レ ポ ー ト』 月報 第三 十三 号 、 2017 年 12 月 25 日 （月） に 発 行 し ま し た。 (Japanese) Media Create . Date of treatment December 29, 2017.
- ↑ Comiket's Genre Categories Reorganized, Expanded . Anime News Network . Date of treatment December 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dōjin Circle Numbers Reveal Top Series at Comiket 92 . Anime News Network . Date of treatment December 29, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 同人 ・ ア マ チ ュ ア 発 キ ャ ラ 事情(unspecified) // ビ ジ ネ ス ア ス キ ー. - ア ス キ ー ・ メ デ ィ ア ワ ー ク ス, 2009. - December ( No. 387 ). - S. 46-49 .
- ↑ 同人 音 楽 を 聴 こ う!. - 三才 ブ ッ ク ス, 2007 .-- P. 29-30. - ISBN 978-4-86199-100-4 .
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