Paper short abstract:

This presentation talk about the relationships between dogs and humans in Japan and its media coverage. I will analyze different story-lines about Hachikō and how the story has spread in transmedia and how it relates to reality.

Paper long abstract:

This presentation talk about the relationships between dogs and humans in Japan and its media coverage. The true story took place in the 1920s and 1930 with a dog called Hachikō (ハ チ 公)'. Hachikō story has been made into a number of films, theatre plays and been written into variety of books (about 500 different editions). Hachikō and his masters story belong to the main narratives of postwar Japan. In the presentation I will analyze different story-lines about Hachikō and how the story has spread in transmedia and how it relates to reality. Additionally how people viewed the Hachiko's story in the 1920s and nowadays.