Mikhail Koulikov
@animemangastudies.com
Promoting and facilitating academic approaches to Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga).
News, announcements, links, commentary, questions, thoughts.
www.animemangastudies.com
- featuring the Anime and Manga Studies Database
News, announcements, links, commentary, questions, thoughts.
www.animemangastudies.com
- featuring the Anime and Manga Studies Database
The local H-Mart knows what all the Cool Kids want!
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The local H-Mart knows what all the Cool Kids want!
Will I go to cat hell?
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Will I go to cat hell?
Thank you, Japanese RPG.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Thank you, Japanese RPG.
The 30 anniversary was a couple of days ago.
Still.
When I watched the first episode off the probably hecto fansub, nobody could imagine this is where we would end up.
Still.
When I watched the first episode off the probably hecto fansub, nobody could imagine this is where we would end up.
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The 30 anniversary was a couple of days ago.
Still.
When I watched the first episode off the probably hecto fansub, nobody could imagine this is where we would end up.
Still.
When I watched the first episode off the probably hecto fansub, nobody could imagine this is where we would end up.
I've reposted this a bunch of times, but for a hell of a look at Gen from *way back when*.
Gen Fukunaga - Fort Worth Business Press, April 2000
web.archive.org/web/20220121...
Gen Fukunaga - Fort Worth Business Press, April 2000
web.archive.org/web/20220121...
October 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I've reposted this a bunch of times, but for a hell of a look at Gen from *way back when*.
Gen Fukunaga - Fort Worth Business Press, April 2000
web.archive.org/web/20220121...
Gen Fukunaga - Fort Worth Business Press, April 2000
web.archive.org/web/20220121...
The Bloomsbury online access site doesn't have the full titles of the individual chapters.
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
September 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Bloomsbury online access site doesn't have the full titles of the individual chapters.
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
Cute anime girls gacha game says it like it is!
September 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Cute anime girls gacha game says it like it is!
Hey, right out, @limitedrungames.com had September 19-30 as the estimated shipping date.
So, you know, I shouldn't even get too riled up to begin with!
#trailsinthesky1st SteelBook - still not there, but, getting closer?
So, you know, I shouldn't even get too riled up to begin with!
#trailsinthesky1st SteelBook - still not there, but, getting closer?
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hey, right out, @limitedrungames.com had September 19-30 as the estimated shipping date.
So, you know, I shouldn't even get too riled up to begin with!
#trailsinthesky1st SteelBook - still not there, but, getting closer?
So, you know, I shouldn't even get too riled up to begin with!
#trailsinthesky1st SteelBook - still not there, but, getting closer?
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Take the tram! Just for the hell of it!!!
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Take the tram! Just for the hell of it!!!
NGE gave us many things.
Like.
Like.
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
NGE gave us many things.
Like.
Like.
When you didn't have a book on Sailor Moon - you got together with your buddies and wrote and self-published one.
From 2005.
From 2005.
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
When you didn't have a book on Sailor Moon - you got together with your buddies and wrote and self-published one.
From 2005.
From 2005.
Since the actual game is still delayed because of the @limitedrungames.com failure, just finding comfort where I can.
We have Trails at home.
#trailsinthesky1st
We have Trails at home.
#trailsinthesky1st
September 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Since the actual game is still delayed because of the @limitedrungames.com failure, just finding comfort where I can.
We have Trails at home.
#trailsinthesky1st
We have Trails at home.
#trailsinthesky1st
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have Gunbuster at home!
September 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I have Gunbuster at home!
The main reason to watch anime!
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The main reason to watch anime!
Thank you, anime.
My True Self / My Two Moods.
My True Self / My Two Moods.
September 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thank you, anime.
My True Self / My Two Moods.
My True Self / My Two Moods.
Из нашего прошлого.
September 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Из нашего прошлого.
Since we're coming into just a month before 30 years since ... the first episode of that show aired for the first time.
Amazing that this book is here for the world to read - in #openaccess
396 pages!
12 chapters!
doi.org/10.16993/bbp
Amazing that this book is here for the world to read - in #openaccess
396 pages!
12 chapters!
doi.org/10.16993/bbp
September 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Since we're coming into just a month before 30 years since ... the first episode of that show aired for the first time.
Amazing that this book is here for the world to read - in #openaccess
396 pages!
12 chapters!
doi.org/10.16993/bbp
Amazing that this book is here for the world to read - in #openaccess
396 pages!
12 chapters!
doi.org/10.16993/bbp
I include this in my presentations - and I really think just HAVING something like this is f-ing awesome!
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I include this in my presentations - and I really think just HAVING something like this is f-ing awesome!
Now we're f-ing talking!
In the new issue of the journal Carte Semiotiche.
"I propose that freedom in One Piece is the condition for and the result of (re)creating one’s own 伝説 (legend), i.e. an enacted story, which makes action a semiopraxis."
#openaccess
www.lacasausher.it/wp-content/u...
In the new issue of the journal Carte Semiotiche.
"I propose that freedom in One Piece is the condition for and the result of (re)creating one’s own 伝説 (legend), i.e. an enacted story, which makes action a semiopraxis."
#openaccess
www.lacasausher.it/wp-content/u...
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Now we're f-ing talking!
In the new issue of the journal Carte Semiotiche.
"I propose that freedom in One Piece is the condition for and the result of (re)creating one’s own 伝説 (legend), i.e. an enacted story, which makes action a semiopraxis."
#openaccess
www.lacasausher.it/wp-content/u...
In the new issue of the journal Carte Semiotiche.
"I propose that freedom in One Piece is the condition for and the result of (re)creating one’s own 伝説 (legend), i.e. an enacted story, which makes action a semiopraxis."
#openaccess
www.lacasausher.it/wp-content/u...
Maybe should actually open at some point?
Nah, who knows what might happen *if* I open!
Nah, who knows what might happen *if* I open!
September 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Maybe should actually open at some point?
Nah, who knows what might happen *if* I open!
Nah, who knows what might happen *if* I open!
I literally have BOXES and BOXES and BOXES sitting around - many that I get purely for the designs.
Though, also...
Though, also...
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I literally have BOXES and BOXES and BOXES sitting around - many that I get purely for the designs.
Though, also...
Though, also...
Full figures for this year are not available yet - but - for scale, and because the numbers are relatively easy to get.
Last year's Top 10 events at the DC Convention Center
Last year's Top 10 events at the DC Convention Center
September 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Full figures for this year are not available yet - but - for scale, and because the numbers are relatively easy to get.
Last year's Top 10 events at the DC Convention Center
Last year's Top 10 events at the DC Convention Center
For scale, and b/c the numbers are easy to get - this is last year's top 10 at the DC convention center.
September 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For scale, and b/c the numbers are easy to get - this is last year's top 10 at the DC convention center.