Kanji: Lost in Translation
For most avid manga-readers, there have been times when a joke has gone right over our heads, or it has seemed like a character is speaking repetitively. The main culprit of this is the way that Kanji...
View ArticlePortrayals of Female Sexuality in Boruto Next Generations
After Naruto ended, it didn’t take long for a sequel- Boruto- to emerge from the woodwork. The manner in which Ukyo Kodachi and Mikio Ikemoto portray the women/girls in their creation is vastly...
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Psycho-Pass: Understanding Structural Violence
Airing in October of 2012, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and written by Gen Urobuchi, Psycho-Pass has received continuous praise for its psychological and technological exploration of a young dystopian...
View ArticleThis is America
Donald Glover has been a topic of conversation- some praise, some critiquing- for his recent release of the song “This is America,” and the music video that followed. Analyze and/or critique Childish...
View ArticleExistentialism in Anime
What is living, and what does it mean to be human? Analyze themes of existentialism through various anime series; this could include series such as Evangelion, Haibane Renmei, or Ghost in the Shell.
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Akira: An Analysis of the A-Bomb and Japanese Animation
The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed on August 6th and 9th, 1945, respectively. The first use of the atomic bomb on a highly populated area would come to embed itself in the cultural psyche...
View ArticleChannel Zero: Candle Cove
Channel Zero, a new anthology series based off of popular stories on Creepy Pasta (a horror “microfiction” platform), has two seasons available on Shudder, a media platform similar to Netflix that...
View ArticleWe Appreciate Power
Grimes has just recently released a new single, “We Appreciate Power,” along with an accompanying music video. Analyze the message(s) that Grimes is attempting to send with her lyrics, the aesthetics...
View ArticleGhost in the Shell & Akira: Manga vs. Anime
Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Akira (1988) are each widely acknowledged for their impact on the cinematic world as well as for propelling anime into the global world of popular culture. However, each...
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Can Manga and Anime Contribute to Feminism and Gender Studies?
In 2014, Laura Pope Robbins published Bringing Anime to Academic Libraries. The purpose of the article was to provide a decisive argument as to why experiencing anime can be beneficial within the...
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