Tag Archives: anime

Fun Link Friday: The Ghibli Museum: The Most Magical Place on Earth

Posted on January 20, 2012 by reedra01

I was a Ghibli fan long before I heard of Hayao Miyazaki or even realized that Disney and Ghibli were two separate things. Back when Japan was just a funny word and my backyard was the most similar thing to a … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, fun links, living abroad | Tagged animation, anime, cinema, film, fun link friday, Ghibli museum, Ghilbi, Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film, movies | 5 Comments

Book Announcement: Mechademia 6

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Paula

As passive consumers of manga and anime become active users of cultural commodities, this volume explores the possibilities of, and challenges for, engagement. MECHADEMIA 6: User Enhanced Edited by Frenchy Lunning University of Minnesota Press | 336 pages | 2011 … Continue reading →

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Call for Participants: Japanese Media & Popular Culture Master Class, Montreal

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Paula

Call for Participants: Japanese Media & Popular Culture Master Class, Montreal Location: Quebec, Canada Call for Papers Date: Feb 6, 2012 JAPANESE MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE MASTER CLASS CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS In conjunction with the conference Experiencing the Media Mix: … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, conferences, culture, graduate school | Tagged anime, Canada, class, Concordia University, Japan, Japanese media, manga, media, popular culture, Quebec | Leave a comment

Call for Papers: Mechademia 8 (1/9/12) “Tezuka Osamu: Manga Life”

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Paula

CFP: Mechademia 8. Tezuka Osamu: Manga Life We seek submissions for the eighth volume of Mechademia, an annual, peer-reviewed forum for critical work on Japanese manga, anime, and related arts. The theme of volume 8 is “Tezuka Osamu: Manga Life” … Continue reading →

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Multimodal literacies and using manga/anime in the classroom

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Paula

This week’s feature article is a guest post by Laura Bolling, who is interested in a variety of topics related to contemporary Japan, including manga literacy. She explores the benefits of using manga and anime in the classroom, as well … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, main posts, study tools, useful links | Tagged animation, anime, classroom, education, grammar, Japanese, language studies, literacy, manga, manga literacy, text | 5 Comments

Call For Papers: Transnational Boys’ Love Fan Studies

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Paula

TWC (Transformative Works and Cultures) Special Issue CFP: Transnational Boys’ Love Fan Studies (March 2013) Edited by Kazumi Nagaike and Katsuhiko Suganuma, Oita University http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/19 “BL” (Boys’ Love), a genre of male homosexual narratives (consisting of manga, novels, animations, games, … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, conferences, culture | Tagged anime, BL, boys' love, call for papers, fan studies, homosexuality, Japan, literature, manga, Transformative Works and Cultures, transnational studies | Leave a comment

Job opening: Manga and Animation Instructor

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Paula

The IES Abroad Tokyo Center seeks a qualified instructor for Anthropology 343 “Japanese Manga & Animation,” for the fall (September through December) semester, 2011.The course meets one afternoon per week for three hours; instruction to be conducted in English. IES … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, job openings, jobs, living abroad | Tagged animation, anime, IES Abroad, instructor, job opening, manga, Tokyo | Leave a comment

Conference announcement: The 1st Annual Mechademia Conference

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Paula

The 11th Annual Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits (SGMS) Workshop Presents: The 1st Annual Mechademia Conference SGMS 2011: Culture and Direction September 30th-October 2nd, 2011 Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Submission Information: Abstracts of no more than 200 words for … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, conferences, culture | Tagged animation, anime, Japan, Japanese culture, manga, Mechademia, Minneapolis, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota, Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits, workshop | Leave a comment

Fun Link Friday: Anna the Red

Posted on April 29, 2011 by LM

Bento enthusiasts, Japanophiles, and gamers, take note! Whether you want to learn how to make fancy bento or just like looking at (and salivating over) Anna’s gorgeous kyaraben (character bento), check out http://www.annathered.com/ for bento-making, geekery, and fun. (All images … Continue reading →

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Conference: Anime Expo 2011 Anime and Manga Studies Symposium

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Paula

Location: California, United States Conference Date: 2011-07-01 The continuing popularity of Japanese comics and animation outside Japan has been a topic of interest to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, fields and approaches. However, much of the English-language research … Continue reading →

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