Ito, Mizuko, Daisuke Okabe and Izumi Tsuji, eds. Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. Andrew Campana What does it mean to be an “otaku” when once-unusual otaku-esque practices of participatory media engagement and fan production have become the norm in the age of […]
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Nash, Eric Peter. Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater. New York: Abrams, 2009. Shige CJ Suzuki Given the increasing international scholarly interest in manga, anime, and other forms of popular culture in Japan, it is not surprising to observe renewed attention to what many regard as a crucial progenitor: Japanese kamishibai, […]
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 […]