“Paprika” panel discussion at UMSL
Youtube.com finally gave me the ability to post videos over 15 minutes, which is great when you have over 60 minutes of
Thoughts on “Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl”
The following are my comments, given on 7/19 at our screening of “Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl” at
New Online Anime Course at UMSL – This Fall!
Hot on the heels of the Summer J-Pop course we are offering at Wash U, I am also designing a new Anime class at the
Summer Course
Our new J-Pop summer course is running from July 18-August 18. I am team-teaching with 2 other fantastic PhD students, Kazue
Unbelievable. 3/11/2011. What now?
On Wednesday, July 13, Ian Condry from MIT came to talk to Wash U and UMSL about Post 3/11 Japan, globalization, and social
Manga as Intellectual Property
Now that Japanese publishers have scanlation sites in their gunsights, perhaps they may consider a few lessons from the
Great happy J-Pop sound: Perfume
Today we covered J-Pop in class. I spent a long time discussing the impact of postwar American sound, tracing Martin
Manga Review: Mushishi
Primarily, Mushishi is a manga centering around Ginko, a “Mushishi” loosely translated as a Mushi-man, or
Box Men in the 21st Century
One of the key questions we can ask ourselves today is regarding what it means to be human. Somehow, after the Enlightenment,