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Current & Back Issues
Vol. 17.1: Cosplay, Street Fashion, and Subcultures, guest ed. Masafumi Monden (Winter 2024)
Vol. 16.2: Media Platforms and Industries, guest ed. Bryan Hartzheim (Summer 2024)
Vol. 16.1: Media Mix, guest ed. Marc Steinberg (Winter 2023)
Vol. 15.2: 2.5D Cultures, guest ed. Akiko Sugawa-Shimada (Spring 2023)
Vol. 15.1: Modes of Existence, guest ed. Sylvie Bissonnette (Fall 2022)
Vol. 14.2: New Formulations of the Otaku, guest ed. Susan Napier (Spring 2022)
Vol. 14.1: Science Fictions, guest ed. Takayuki Tatsumi (Fall 2021)
Vol. 13.2: Soundscapes, guest ed. Stacey Jocoy (Spring 2021)
Vol. 13.1: Queer(ing), guest ed. James Welker (Fall 2020)
Vol. 12.2: Materialities Across Asia, guest ed. Stevie Suan (Spring 2020)
Vol. 12.1: Transnational Fandom, guest ed. Andrea Horbinski (Fall 2019)
Vol. 11.1: Childhood (Fall 2018)