ABSTRACT The rapid reform of the Akihabara district of Tokyo during the first decade of the twenty-first century, in conjunction with the Japanese government’s policy on the global promotion of Cool Japan, has been envisioned under the Japanese government’s new direction of becoming a ‘ubiquitous society’. From the postwar period when Akihabara became the techno-gadgetry hub of Tokyo, into the twenty-first century where it transforms itself into the Mecca of anime and video games, Akihabara has become the embodiment of national hope and technological future. Noticeably, what also implemented alongside this advance of techno-future is a new form of governance and surveillance. After Katō Tomohiro’s murderous rampage in Akihabara in 2008, numerous CCTVs have been installed to secure the neighbourhood from crime and news of this solution became a spectacle in international media. This form of ubiquitous techno-governance integrated as part of everyday life had already been imagined in anime such as Dennō Koiru (Coil A Circle of Children), which broadcast on Japan’s national broadcast station NHK in 2007. In light of the concerted effort of the Japanese government’s promotion of anime to the global consumers seamlessly integrating the urban developmental project of Akihabara, the production of Dennō Koiru at that historical juncture presents a pertinent foreshadowing of Japan’s ‘society of control’. This article will examine the notion of ubiquitous society and surveillance in Dennō Koiru and situate its production against the backdrop of Japan’s growing techno-governance vis-à-vis its creative industries in the twenty-first century.

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酷治理：日本无处不在的社会、监控和创意产业

摘要 21 世纪头十年，东京秋叶原地区的快速改革，结合日本政府在全球推广酷日本的政策，在日本政府成为“无处不在”的新方向下进行了设想。社会'。从秋叶原成为东京的科技中心的战后时期，到二十世纪它变成动漫和电子游戏的圣地，秋叶原已经成为国家希望和技术未来的体现。值得注意的是，与这种技术未来的进步一起实施的是一种新的治理和监视形式。2008年加藤智博在秋叶原暴虐后，安装了许多闭路电视以保护附近地区免受犯罪的侵害，这种解决方案的消息在国际媒体上引起了轰动。这种作为日常生活一部分的无处不在的技术治理形式已经在 2007 年在日本国家广播电台 NHK 播出的 Dennō Koiru（Coil A Circle of Children）等动画中得到了想象。日本政府向全球消费者推广动漫与秋叶原的城市发展项目无缝结合，在那个历史节点上制作的电王小井，为日本的“控制社会”提供了恰当的伏笔。