| 英文摘要 |
The present study combined cognitive perspectives and intermediality theory to investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying viewers’reception of Japanese manga adaptations to other media. The results from a case study regarding the adaptation of Kotaro Lives Alone provide the following findings. First, viewers’assessment of fidelity heavily depends on their perception of the adapted medium’s specificity or similarity to the source material. Second, personal preferences reduce the applicability of cognitive schemas to the understanding of the reception of such adaptations. Third, memories of unsuccessful adaptations may cause viewers to form rigid heuristic frameworks. Fourth, viewers assess live-action adaptations on the basis of how well these adaptations stay true to the source material. Finally, viewers’intermedial and intertextual anchoring strategies may change after they view a manga adaptation. |