Thomas Lamarre. The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. Miri Nakamura Thomas Lamarre’s Anime Machine is an enlightening work of astounding intellectual depth. In the first scholarship to treat anime as technology, Lamarre propounds his own theory of animation, one that does not rely purely […]
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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 […]
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, […]