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Call for Papers: Teaching Anime and Manga

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Paula

Teaching Anime and Manga Northeast Modern Language Association convention This session proposes to look at what has been a persistent but under-represented section of comics studies: manga (Japanese comics), and associated with it, anime (Japanese animation). Access to anime and manga … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Mechademia: Second Arc, Vol. 1 “Childhood”

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Paula

“Childhood” As the inaugural issue of this “second arc” of the narratives initiated by the Mechademia book series, the topic of “childhood” seems appropriate and timely, for several reasons. Primarily, this new book series expands the vista of the Mechademia series to encompass not … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 100 Years of Japanese Animation

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Paula

This has been making it around the internet in the last couple weeks, so perhaps everyone has already come across it, but the Smithsonian and a number of other outlets have reported on the fantastic Japanese Animated Film Classics (日本アニメーション映画クラシック) site. This project, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Kinema Club Conference on Film and Moving Images from Japan

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Paula

Kinema Club XV at Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany Film and Moving Images From Japan NOW –  Film in the New Media Ecology Dates: June 5 & 6  Goethe University Frankfurt / Nippon Connection Film Festival Deadline for submissions: March … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The real-life shrines of Sailor Moon

Posted on August 28, 2014 by LM

If you’re revisiting classic Sailor Moon or watching Sailor Moon Crystal, check out Rurousha’s post on the Tokyo shrines that appear in the manga and anime. The shrine is written 火川 in the manga, but it’s 氷川 in real life. … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Meine Meinung

Posted on June 6, 2014 by LM

Meine Meinung, a 4-person musical group consisting of Eriko Iwasawa, Kenta Sato, Makoto Suzaki, and Hiroyuki Kato, love recording covers of anime and video game music and playing concerts, many of which they Ustream for free. If you like Studio … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Harry Potter as an ’80s Anime

Posted on May 9, 2014 by LM

Meanwhile at Neo-Hogwarts: What if Harry Potter were a 1980s cyberpunk anime a la Akira? Check it out on Youtube below. Via Wired.

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Fun Link Friday: Lost Treasures of Anime

Posted on April 25, 2014 by LM

Speaking of early animation, a nitrate film version of Kon Ichikawa’s Yowamushi Chinsengumi (Cowardly Samurai Squad) was discovered in the archives of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills and has been moved to UCLA for … Continue reading →

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Summer Program: Media Mix Summer Program 2014

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Paula

The Media Mix Summer Program 2014 is organized by the University of Tokyo and supported by the Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation. It is a two-week summer program to be held at the University of Tokyo, Komaba campus from July 14-26, 2014. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers & Speakers: 2014 AX Anime and Manga Studies Symposium

Posted on March 11, 2014 by LM

Call for Papers / Call for Speakers 2014 AX Anime and Manga Studies Symposium July 3 – July 6 Anime Expo 2014 Los Angeles Convention Center (Los Angeles, CA) http://www.anime-expo.org Keynote Speaker: Prof. Marc Steinberg (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) Submission … Continue reading →

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