Assistant professor of modern Japanese literature at the University of Florida. I also research/teach about manga and anime.
Joined January 2013
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I pretty much only get on this site anymore to announce a new article, so... Happy to report I've got an article in the latest Journal of Japanese Studies! "Sharks and Revolutionary Girls: The “Imperial Us” in Kaneko Mitsuharu’s “Same” and Ikuhara Kunihiko’s Shōjo kakumei Utena"
Happy to report I have a chapter out in this book, alongside many fine scholars!
"You Can (Not) Restore: Ecocritique and Intergenerational Ecological Conflict in Evangelion"
A colleague altered me that this book quotes my translation of Somehow, Crystal. Which means, you know... AT LEAST ONE PERSON READ THE BOOK!
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Very pleased to announce I have a chapter in this new book, alongside many wonderful scholars whose company I am honored to be in!
"15. The Always Already (But Maybe Not Quite) Pre-Postmodern Edo"
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My book, Samurai With Telephones, is now officially out! And look, it's even open access! But if you want to buy a copy, you can use the code UMF24 for 30% off.
Samurai with Telephones | University of Michigan Press (umich.edu)
Well, it took longer than it should have (thanks COVID), but I'm very pleased to announce my book is finally coming out next month! You can pre-order it at:
press.umich.edu/Books/S/Samu…
I have a 30% off code but... it looks like right now you can get 50% off with the spring sale code.
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This may just be one of the most important resources for scholarship on anime and manga. I’m grateful to @AnimeStudies for putting it together. Bookmark it!
Spent a long time working on this, but - happy to announce!
The Database of Anime and Manga Studies is now open for searching.
animemangastudies.com/biblio…
Just about 4,000 entries, earliest from 1959, newest from - today!
Keep in mind, this is VERY MUCH a work in progress!
Returning to this site briefly just to say: Hey look, I've got a chapter in this new book!
"Machines to Pray for Us: The Mechanization of Religious Labor in Ichikawa Haruko’s Hōseki no Kuni"
vernonpress.com/book/1842
Hey look, we're hiring! Come work with me!
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I'm rarely on here anymore, but every time I visit it seems like more people are gone. Is everyone moving to that blue site now?
Hey look, I've got an article in the latest issue of Japan Forum @JapanForum21 ! Sometimes I write about things other than pop culture 😬
"Becoming inauthentic: capitalism, commodification, and performance in Wataya risa’s Insutōru"
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My review of Stevie Suan's book "Anime's Identity" was just published: doi.org/10.5744/delos.2023.0…
I'm happy to announce I have a new article out in the latest Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies: "'Otoko no ko deshou?' Evangelion and Queer Masculinity." It's open access! #ejcjs
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