Did you say “Krazy”?

And one more! Yes, one more book on animation and comics, including animes and mangas to add to your piling up reading list. These last two or three years, we have witnessed a flurry of works from a variety of disciplines on visual popular culture, especially on mangas and animes. This was somewhat long overdue [...]

First fieldwork, first mission

The general fun of fieldwork:
Alright, here is the first part of the account from my week-end at JapAniManga Night. I’m sorry, I can’t put it all in one post, so I hope you’ll be able to keep up with me as I organize my thoughts and notes. The first part is more a general assessment [...]

Japanese entertainment thunderbolt

The trumpets can start ringing, a new born has joined the increasingly fast-growing body of scholarly works focusing on the spread of Japanese entertainment and its success around the world!
In the wake of the many Manga Network projects, several publications are on the line and Marco Pellitteri’s book entitled “Il drago e la Saetta. Modelli, [...]

Polymanga - Souk des univers mangas

Polymanga, grande messe printanière du divertissement japonais en Suisse romande, ressemble chaque année un peu plus à un grand souk, où se croisent divers publics d’autant plus bigarés, qu’une partie d’entre eux arrivent grimés des façons les plus extravagantes. Travailler en tant que volontaire sur un stand offre la belle opportunité d’entrer en contacts [...]

Imaginary Japan

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Imaginary Japan:
Japanese Fantasy in Contemporary Popular Culture
18, September – Saturday 20, September 2008
University of Helsinki, Finland
Conference pages: http://sets.wordpress.com/
We invite papers on intercultural encounters in all areas of popular culture covering cultural, economical, political and social issues.
Deadlines:
Proposals including an abstract (max. 250 words) and a short CV should be submitted to Conference Secretary Varpu [...]