Yonebayashi Hiromasa, director. Miyazaki Hayao and Niwa Keiko, script. Kari-gurashi no Arrietti. Translated as The Secret World of Arrietty, subtitled DVD. Studio Ghibli, 2010. Come into the Garden . . . Pamela Gossin When the creative team at Studio Ghibli takes us into the world of The Borrowers, it is in many […]
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Matsuoka Waka, Christina Plaka and Dirk Schwieger. Nichimandoku. Collaborative online manga series. Hosted by Goethe Institut Tokyo, http://blog.goethe.de/nichimandoku/. January-October, 2011. Why Spellbound to Japan? Communities Disarmed and Isolated in a Global Context Toshiro Osawa “Nichimandoku” is a neologism made up of three Japanese words, “nichi (Japan),” “man (manga)” and “doku (Germany).” Translated roughly, it means […]
Tatsumi Yoshihiro. A Drifting Life. Ed. Adrian Tomine. Trans. Taro Nettleton. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2009. Tatsumi Yoshihiro. Gekiga hōryū. 2 Volumes. Tokyo: Seirinkōgeisha, 2008. Ryan Holmberg Since A Drifting Life has been out now for over two years in North America, over a year in France, over two in Spain, and over three in […]