InTO.MANGA – Critical Paths in Manga StudiesTorino, ItalyJanuary 22-24, 2026 This fall, with two leading university presses each publishing a major new scholarly monograph (Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics by Eike Exner from Yale University Press and Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989 by Andrea Horbinski from University| Anime and Manga Studies
When we think about how scholars typically approach Japanese animation, the approaches that come to mind right away are those that use anime as a text to analyze. Just some noteworthy recent examples include journal articles such as Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008): A cli-fi reading of Japanese anime, in […] The post Interview with the Anime Scholar – Francheska M. González Castro appeared first on Anime and Manga Studies. The post Interview with the Anime Scholar ...| Anime and Manga Studies
English-language scholarly writing on Japanese comics is not something that just started last year – or five years ago – or ten. Fred Schodt’s Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga, the first book on the topic from a U.S. publisher, appeared in 1996 – and more than a decade earlier, he had already written Manga! […] The post Call for Papers – Mechademia: Second Arc, 19.2 “Graphic Narratives” appeared first on Anime and Manga Studies. The post Call for Papers – Mechademia...| Anime and Manga Studies
In three weeks, starting on July 3, Anime Expo, the largest Japanese animation and comics convention in the U.S., will once again return to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The AX 2025 schedule is packed with dozens of talks, presentations, premieres, guest appearances, company announcement sessions, and other live events. And, as it has for […] The post Anime Expo 2025 Academic Program Schedule appeared first on Anime and Manga Studies. The post Anime Expo 2025 Academic Program Schedule ...| Anime and Manga Studies
With the release of the new Summer 2025 Methodologies issue, Mechademia: Second Arc, the major “forum for studying objects and practices that have developed around media forms associated with Japan” is now approaching its twentieth anniversary (although publication was paused in 2016 and 2017). The twenty-three issues that have appeared since the journal first launched, […] The post Call for Papers – Mechademia: Second Arc, 19.1 “Semiosis/Symbiosis” appeared first on Anime and Man...| Anime and Manga Studies
Everybody loves an awards ceremony. And if movies can have the Oscars, Broadway theater can have the Tonys, and comics can have, uh, the Eisner Awards, why should manga feel left out! And, later this summer, the organizers of New York City's Anime NYC convention will be holding a gala awards ceremony for the English-speaking| Anime and Manga Studies
First announced at the end of 2023, and running successfully in April of last year, the online symposium Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures represents a major and exciting new stage in the development of Japanese popular culture studies as a vibrant academic field. The 2024 program brought together speakers from academic institutions […] The post Online Symposium – Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures 2025 appeared first on Anime and Manga...| Anime and Manga Studies
What is the stereotype of Japanese animation? Inevitably, and even now too frequently, it is still “Japanese pornographic animation” – the phrasing Susan Napier used for the title of her chapter as far back as 2000, in the essay collection Word and Image in Japanese Cinema. Thinking about this “locally situated transcultural media form” (using […] The post Highlighting New Publications – The Hentai Streaming Platform Wars appeared first on Anime and Manga Studies. The post Highl...| Anime and Manga Studies
Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the U.S., scheduled to run July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, will again feature an Academic Program track of presentations and panel discussions, and the Call for Papers for it is now open. Anime Expo 2025 “will be showcasing an Academia theme” – and although submissions […] The post Call for Papers – AX 2025 Academic Symposium: Academics appeared first on Anime and Manga Studies. The post Call for Papers – AX 2025 Academic ...| Anime and Manga Studies
Building on the success of the inaugural Symposium, which ran from April 15 to April 17 of last year, and featured over 20 speakers and a range of presentations and panel discussions, scholars and practitioners from around the world are invited to submit papers that will explore topics related to intersections between Japanese popular cultures […] The post Call for Papers – 2025 Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium appeared first on Anime and Manga Studie...| Anime and Manga Studies
