Stevie Suan

CFP: Journal of Anime and Manga Studies (JAMS) - Volume 6 (deadline 13 April)

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An informative podcast on The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime with editor Jaqueline Berndt, interviewed by Jingyi Li: shorturl.at/zALIX

There will be a roundtable for The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime with Jaqueline Berndt, Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Patrick W. Galbraith, Bryan Hikari Hartzheim, and Stevie Suan

2/19: 17:30-19:30
Hosei University, Ouchiyama Building Y401
Online attendance available
More info: shorturl.at/2CePn

Thank you for promoting the article! I was asked to discuss recent shows, mainly within 2024, so that's why those anime were chosen. There's a lot of other really good examples that the same framework could work for, so I hope someone else can extend the approach to interpret other isekai as well!

Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization The fantastical genre wherein characters are dropped into unlikely worlds — and sometimes bodies — can be read as an allegory for the structure of the contemporary anime industry.

Happy to have an article on isekai anime published with the Japan Times. Many thanks to editor Mike Fu @wheatfu.bsky.social for all his guidance!
japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/01/11/tv-streaming/isekai-anime-globalization/

For those interested, there's still about a month left for the CFP for Mechademia's Kyoto Conference (June 7-9, 2025) on anime, manga, and games. There's no theme, it's an open call. The deadline is January 15, 2025:
mechademia.net/conferences/asian-conference/