Second Arc

The Mechademia series continues twice a year from the University of Minnesota Press, edited by Frenchy Lunning and Sandra Annett. Mechademia: Second Arc is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of East Asian popular cultures, broadly conceived. Forthcoming issues and current calls for papers (CFPs) are as follows. (All issues are dated in Minneapolis, i.e. the northern hemisphere.)

Future Issues

Vol. 18.2: Studio Ghibli, guest ed. Rayna Denison and Jacqueline Ristola

• • Coming summer 2026

Vol. 19.1: “Semiosis/Symbiosis,” guest ed. Vincenzo Idone Cassone

• • Coming winter 2026

Vol. 19.2: Graphic Narratives, guest ed. Deborah Shamoon

• • Coming summer 2027

Vol. 20.1: Game Studies, guest ed. Rachael Hutchinson

• • Coming winter 2027

Vol. 20.2: Erotic Bodies – Hentai, BL, and Beyond, guest ed. Tom Baudinette

• • Coming summer 2028

Calls for Papers

All submissions should be sent to the Mechademia submissions editor. Please indicate the title of the volume you are submitting to as follows: “Submission–[volume name]” in the subject line. Submit two copies of your article as a Word document. One of these copies should be anonymized: do not include your name anywhere in the article, and remove the author’s name from the document properties (look under “Info” in Word). Named citations of your own work are acceptable, provided you do not use first-person language to discuss the work in question. Submissions should be 5,000-7,000 words and follow the Mechademia Style Guide, which is based on the Chicago Manual of Style. Figures are limited to eight per essay; image permissions are the responsibility of authors upon acceptance. Figures should be at least 300DPI and in either TIFF or JPG formats submitted in a separate file and not embedded in the text, with captions, submitted in a separate Word document.