Academic // Otaku Culture
For understanding and interpreting otaku culture.
Literature focused on Japanese animation will also reside here.
see list
Freedman, A. (2023) ~ Introducing
Japanese Popular Culture
Friedman, E. (2022) ~ By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
Galbraith, P. W. (2014) ~ The Moe Manifesto !!!
Galbraith, P. W. & Rose, M.C. (2024) ~ Animated Femininities, Queer Discontent: An Interview with Colin Armistead and Phoebe Chan !!!
Hiroki, A. (2001) ~ Otaku: Japan's Database Animals
Kinsella, S. (2000) ~ Adult Manga: Culture & Power in Contemporary Japanese Society !!!
Lamarre, T. (2009) ~ The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
MacWilliams, M. W. (2008) ~ Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime
McLelland, M. (2017) ~ The End of Cool Japan: Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Challenges to Japanese Popular Culture
McLelland, M., Nagaike, K., Suganuma, K., & Welker, J. (2015) ~ Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan
Murakami, T. (2005) ~ Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture !!!
Orr, J. J. (2001) ~ The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan
Saitō, T. & Hiroki, A. (2011) ~ Beautiful Fighting Girl
Tobin, J. (2004) ~ Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon
University of Minnesota Press ~ Mechademia: An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga and the Fan Arts
Yokota, M. & Hu, T. G. (2013) ~ Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives
Friedman, E. (2022) ~ By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
Galbraith, P. W. (2014) ~ The Moe Manifesto !!!
Galbraith, P. W. & Rose, M.C. (2024) ~ Animated Femininities, Queer Discontent: An Interview with Colin Armistead and Phoebe Chan !!!
Hiroki, A. (2001) ~ Otaku: Japan's Database Animals
Kinsella, S. (2000) ~ Adult Manga: Culture & Power in Contemporary Japanese Society !!!
Lamarre, T. (2009) ~ The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
MacWilliams, M. W. (2008) ~ Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime
McLelland, M. (2017) ~ The End of Cool Japan: Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Challenges to Japanese Popular Culture
McLelland, M., Nagaike, K., Suganuma, K., & Welker, J. (2015) ~ Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan
Murakami, T. (2005) ~ Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture !!!
Orr, J. J. (2001) ~ The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan
Saitō, T. & Hiroki, A. (2011) ~ Beautiful Fighting Girl
Tobin, J. (2004) ~ Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon
University of Minnesota Press ~ Mechademia: An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga and the Fan Arts
Yokota, M. & Hu, T. G. (2013) ~ Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives
Academic // Japanese Culture
For understanding and interpreting broader Japanese culture.
Post-war focus.
see list
Anagnost, A., Arai, A., & Ren, H. (2013) ~ Global Futures in East Asia:
Youth, Nation, and the New Economy in Uncertain Times
Buruma, I. (2009) ~ Escape in Japan
Dower, J. (2001) ~ Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II !!!
Frühstück, S. & Walthall, A. (2011) ~ Recreating Japanese Men
Gordon, A. (2019) ~ A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present !!!
Igarashi, Y. (2000) ~ Bodies of Memory: Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970
Imamura, A. E. (1996) ~ Re-Imaging Japanese Women
Jager, S. M. & Mitter, R. (2007) ~ Ruptured Histories: War, Memory, and the Post–Cold War in Asia
Kinsella, S. (2014) ~ Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion in Japan
McGray, D. (2002) ~ Japan's Gross National Cool
Moeran, B. & Skov, L. (1995) ~ Women, Media, and Consumption in Japan
Murakami, H. (2001) ~ Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
Roberson, J. E. & Suzuki, N. (2003) ~ Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa
Selden, K. I. & Selden, M. (1989) ~ The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki !!!
The Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies !!!
Buruma, I. (2009) ~ Escape in Japan
Dower, J. (2001) ~ Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II !!!
Frühstück, S. & Walthall, A. (2011) ~ Recreating Japanese Men
Gordon, A. (2019) ~ A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present !!!
Igarashi, Y. (2000) ~ Bodies of Memory: Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970
Imamura, A. E. (1996) ~ Re-Imaging Japanese Women
Jager, S. M. & Mitter, R. (2007) ~ Ruptured Histories: War, Memory, and the Post–Cold War in Asia
Kinsella, S. (2014) ~ Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion in Japan
McGray, D. (2002) ~ Japan's Gross National Cool
Moeran, B. & Skov, L. (1995) ~ Women, Media, and Consumption in Japan
Murakami, H. (2001) ~ Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
Roberson, J. E. & Suzuki, N. (2003) ~ Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa
Selden, K. I. & Selden, M. (1989) ~ The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki !!!
The Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies !!!
Blogs // Otaku Culture
Also for understanding and interpreting otaku culture, but non-academic. Just some blogs I enjoyed reading.
see list
BONUS: Videos
Whatever videos I feel like including.