Tag Archives: adventures in academia

Why does Nanoha serve?

I am delighted to hear the news of forthcoming 25 year old Nanoha. Because it means the possibility of seeing MOAR Nanoha x Fate yuri love love. In a timely note, DKellis posed and explored a fascinating question: Could Nanoha … Continue reading

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CIO-KCL research seminar on Japan’s manga and anime industries

Got wind of this seminar, organized by the Creative Industries Observatory, via Anime Infatuation, and popped by Strand Poly yesterday. A quick rundown of my main takeaways and reflections on the presentations.

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Missing Mom This Spring

I’ve definitely been reading too much about comparative methodology recently. While having lunch, out of the blue, the thought just popped into my mind that the common thread running through the small handful of anime series that I’m watching this … Continue reading

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We don’t need no comment function

I never really understood why Author disabled comments on Ani惻Nouto, mainly because I am a comment whore; on the whole, I’ve enjoyed the witticisms, benefited from pointers, been introduced to new artists/pr0n as well as being reassured that the posts … Continue reading

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Anime piracy as a demand creation and sales generation phenomenon

Dr Nissim Kadosh Otmazgin, Kyoto University, recently published an article ‘Contesting soft power: Japanese popular culture in East and Southeast Asia’, International Relations of the Asia Pacific, Vol.8 No.1 (2007) which examines the relationship between Japanese cultural products and Japanese … Continue reading

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Belgian researcher needs Asian survey respondents

Ah yes, I know the pain of trying to get a decent sample size for a survey questionaire. And so, this is an appeal to help out Dirk Haas who needs respondents who live in Asia in particular but others … Continue reading

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Pun with Kabitzin: An Ethnographic Note on Anime Blog Tagline Construction

Aims. This post locates itself within the context of anime culture research. Its main contribution to knowledge is the record of empirical material of interest, namely the archiving of taglines by Kabitzin of the Sea Slugs! Anime Blog. It also … Continue reading

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