Otaku: beyond the word and the prejudices
For those of you out there who have had issues with the concept of “otaku” and wish to go deeper into its implication for (post-)modern mass media consumption, this new book is for you! Hiroki Azuma, one of the most prominent young Japanese literary critic and philosopher, has been writing about Otakus for some years … Read more
Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human
I should have blogged this a while ago, but I have been quite busy and it got lost in my “to blog” box. Anyway, the latest issue of the academic magazine on Japanese popular entertainment from the University of Minesota, Mechademia, has been published two months ago, and I’m sure it isn’t too late to … Read more
Thinking aloud: International Brotherhood of Otakus : Really?
Diigo is definitely a great tool and the Let’s Manga group on Diigo really a goldmine to keep up with the news coming from the world of Japanese popular culture. This morning again, I was pleased to find a very interesting article in the digest mail from the group. Entitled On the International Brotherhood of … Read more
Another American book on Japanese pop culture
The Japanification of Children’s Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki by Mark I. West I haven’t read it yet, but I just happened to stumble on it when I read the digest mail sent by “Let’s Manga” group on diigo. The link posted leads directly to the Amazon.com page, where you can buy it. I … Read more
Il problema delle origini del fumetto italiano e… | NIM
[FR] Marco Pellitteri, auteur du livre Il drago e la saeta, vient de publier un nouvel article, sur le site Newsletter Italiana di Mediologia. Il s’agit d’un commentaire critique sur une nouvelle étude de l’histoire de la bande dessinée italienne couvrant une période allant du 19ème siècle aux années 1930, intitulé Notes on the Early … Read more
