My third Studio Ghibli Seed Talk in February 2026 is in Northampton, in the Rodber Suite. You can get tickets here. It’s a 14+ event, so no younger children will be allowed in to the venue.
This is a …
On 10 February I’m in Taunton, talking about the art history of Studio Ghibli at Somerset County Cricket Club. This will be the first time I’ve ever spoken in a sports club, but Ghibli fan audiences are always great, so …
The New Year’s approaching fast and my calendar is already picking up the pace. In February I’m in the West Country giving my first ever Studio Ghibli talks in Plymouth and Taunton. The Quad Theatre is the Plymouth venue, the …
On 26 January I’m doing my first Seed Talk of 2026, taking my successful and widely praised Art History of Studio Ghibli to the White Rock Theatre in Hastings.
Oldschool Ghibli fans have told me they learned something new from …
Justin Sevakis’ groundbreaking video interview series The Anime Business is a must watch. Pulling together businessmen, scholars, critics and fans, he’s created a series of one-on-one interviews capturing people’s own recollections and personal views of the development of the anime …
I’m delighted that the proceedings of the Lancaster symposium on transnational anime are now published as an issue of the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies (JAMS), free to read here.
There really is something for everyone here, from papers …
I really enjoyed looking round MCM ComicCon on Friday afternoon – big thanks to Chris Whittle of Experience12 for inviting me to check out the PopCultr summit. I only had a few hours, so when I wasn’t listening to fab …
At the beginning of July I was privileged to speak at a symposium on Transnational Perspectives in Anime. It was held on the Lancaster University campus, co-hosted by Dr. Zoe Crombie and Japan Foundation London; I took part from my …
I get some absolutely fantastic questions from audiences for my Seed Talks on Studio Ghibli. They often raise points I hadn’t thought about before, or give me completely new angles on topics I’ve been over many times. Having let so …