superflat

is a world with no transcendent dimension, and as such, an art form emblematic of the larger Japanese postmodern condition in which the pyramidal social structure collapses in favor of horizontal models and the routines of everyday life collapse into a condition of listlessness.

It is, as the philosopher Hiroki Azua has asserted, a tendency emblematic of the larger Japanese postmodern condition: a world with no transcendent dimension, in which the pyramidal social structure collapses in favor of horizontal models and the routines of everyday life collapse into a condition of listlessness' ((in Japan towards total scape. Moriko kiral: 97)

Japan

is an artistic movement that recognizes that with flat colors, forms and shapes take on more significance.

In flat colors forms themselves take no more significance. The world becomes a playground of shapes and space' (McCloud 1992:192)

is an artistic style characterized as a world with no transcendent dimension.

is an artistic style which emphasizes forceful lines and patterns. The superflat spatial realm, in contrast to a finite, closed, circular world-- is an expansive, flat, border-less field.

the precision of computer graphic images is strangely similar to the spacial consciousness of manga, composed of forceful lines and patterns. This 'superflat' spatial realm-- in contrast to a finite, closed, circular world-- is an expansive, flat, border-less field' (in Japan towards total scape. Moriko kiral: 97)

is the expansive, flat, border-less field of forceful lines and patterns in computer graphic images.

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