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 …
62 years ago, in 1963, 35-year-old Osamu Tezuka flew to the USA to present his hit TV series Tetsuwan Atom to the NBC network. According to Tezuka Production’s history, a preview was screened in New York on 10 March, …
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That’s an excellent question, not just because it impacts a key relationship in the film of Howl’s Moving Castle but because it also gives us an example of the contrast between relationships with an equal power balance and relationships where …
Studio Ghibli Animation as Adaptations: Investigating how the Japanese Powerhouse Reimagines Stories is – to adapt an image from another medium and culture – a book like a box of chocolates. To do it justice the metaphor requires extension: it’s …
I’m going to the Isle of Wight to give two talks on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October. Really looking forward to it – Steve and I haven’t been to the Isle of Wight since before the pandemic, and it’s …
A couple of hundred Bristol anime fans joined me at the Hen & Chicken on Thursday (21 August) for a deep dive into Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle. They brought a ton of energy and lots of …
I watched a surprising and very flattering new YouTube video today. It’s constructed, probably by AI (subtitles in that not-quite-grammatical format that says hi, I’m almost human,) from Asha Bardon’s recent interview with me for CBR, and it does …