The child has existed in cinema since the Lumière Brothers filmed their babies having
messy meals in Lyons, but it is only quite recently that scholars have paid serious attention …

Abstract Following Casey Brienza's call for drawing on Japanese" otaku theory" in order to
further comics studies, the present article demonstrates how the wider interrelated discourse …

Kulturen sind heute nicht mehr jenseits von Medien vorstellbar: Ob wir an unsere eigene
Kultur oder, fremde'Kulturen denken, diese sind umfassend mit Prozessen der …

Digital games are the fastest growing medium of our time. Their proliferation and prominent
role in society have sparked public debates and led to the development of “game studies” …

In the animation and design of cartoon characters, animators have often turned to the study
of biological theories and observation of human actors and animals to capture lifelike …

Im Zentrum des Beitrags steht die Konturierung eines spezifischen Figurenbegriffs aus dem
japanologischen Diskurs, der in weiten Medienbereichen zur Anwendung kommen kann …

This chapter situates the subgenre of anime-based transmedia fiction called sekai-kei
(“world-type”) against Japan's sociocultural shifts during the late 1990s and early 2000s …

The control room shakes dramatically. Makoto Hyūga looks over his shoulder to relay the
newest information to his superiors in a hurried voice. Data flashes on multiple screens in …

This survey research aimed to examine the relationship among Chinese young adults'
exposure to storytelling elements, viewing film motives, and their perceived reality. Two …

This article analyzes depictions of work in postmillennial Japanese media, particularly
anime and manga, in order to theorize the function of imaginative responses to the social …