2022 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 31-41
Watching animated works brings various psychological experiences to people. On the other hand, it is not fully understood what kind of work factors and viewer factors are related to the occurrence of the experience. The purpose of this study is to clarify the factors that elicit psychological experiences. Therefore, for this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 54 undergraduate and graduate students and was analyzed using the KJ method. The results indicated that the animated work’s factors can be identified as [the way the character lived] and [work’s style]. Viewer-related factors include [the viewer’s traits], [their attitude toward the work], [their desires and inquisitiveness], and [their daily burden on the mind and body in everyday life]. Impeding factors include: [the viewer’s preference], [the sense of discomfort], and [the sense of distance from the work]. In this way, we were able to sort out each factor based on the data. Then, we get suggestions on how each factor works in the process of watching animated works and is related to the psychological experience.
