The Japanese Cell Phone Novel
About this episode
This episode explores the Japanese cell phone novel and the story of Train Man, discussing its background and cultural context.
In this episode, we take a look at the Japanese cell phone novel and the classic story of Train Man. We’re going to start today by explaining the Japanese cell phone novel, including some relevant background like the history of serialized publishing in Japan and the rise of Japanese cell phone culture. We’ll spend some time on the early 2000s internet culture, especially on-line message boards. And today’s focus text is Train Man, attributed to Hitori Nakano and translated into English by B...
People in this episode
Host: Alison Fincher
Topics covered
- Japanese cell phone novel
- Train Man
- serialized publishing
- Japanese cell phone culture
- internet culture
- online message boards
Keywords
- Japanese literature
- cell phone novel
- Train Man
- Hitori Nakano
- serialized publishing
- internet culture
- online message boards
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Train Man
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