Billy Tringali
@billytringali.bsky.social
Founder - Journal of Anime and Manga Studies
Faculty - Indiana University
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Faculty - Indiana University
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Meet The Anime Apostle: Billy Tringali
Meet The Indiana University Indianapolis Librarian Billy Tringali
Billy Tringali, librarian of Indiana University Indianapolis, has combined the use of manga and anime as a teaching tool in literature.
www.indianapolismonthly.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Meet The Anime Apostle: Billy Tringali
Hot off the presses!
What a way to kick off the week - Indianapolis' own "Anime Apostle" is in Indianapolis Monthly!!
A very, very fun interview, and an honor to be highlighted with so many other amazing librarians from the Hoosier State
www.indianapolismonthly.com/featured/bil...
What a way to kick off the week - Indianapolis' own "Anime Apostle" is in Indianapolis Monthly!!
A very, very fun interview, and an honor to be highlighted with so many other amazing librarians from the Hoosier State
www.indianapolismonthly.com/featured/bil...
Meet The Indiana University Indianapolis Librarian Billy Tringali
Billy Tringali, librarian of Indiana University Indianapolis, has combined the use of manga and anime as a teaching tool in literature.
www.indianapolismonthly.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Hot off the presses!
What a way to kick off the week - Indianapolis' own "Anime Apostle" is in Indianapolis Monthly!!
A very, very fun interview, and an honor to be highlighted with so many other amazing librarians from the Hoosier State
www.indianapolismonthly.com/featured/bil...
What a way to kick off the week - Indianapolis' own "Anime Apostle" is in Indianapolis Monthly!!
A very, very fun interview, and an honor to be highlighted with so many other amazing librarians from the Hoosier State
www.indianapolismonthly.com/featured/bil...
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From luxury fashion and Studio Ghibli, to family dynamics in SPYxFAMILY, this issue of JAMS is our biggest one yet!
Explore nearly 350 pages of scholarly work about your favorite anime here in the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies!
Explore nearly 350 pages of scholarly work about your favorite anime here in the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies!
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
From luxury fashion and Studio Ghibli, to family dynamics in SPYxFAMILY, this issue of JAMS is our biggest one yet!
Explore nearly 350 pages of scholarly work about your favorite anime here in the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies!
Explore nearly 350 pages of scholarly work about your favorite anime here in the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies!
Pretty cool guy!
MAGES is excited to welcome Billy Tringali to Super MAGFest 2026!
Billy is a researcher, speaker, & faculty librarian at Indiana University Indianapolis AND the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Anime & Manga Studies and Coordinator of JAMS@AX, the academic conference at Anime Expo!
Billy is a researcher, speaker, & faculty librarian at Indiana University Indianapolis AND the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Anime & Manga Studies and Coordinator of JAMS@AX, the academic conference at Anime Expo!
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Pretty cool guy!
But do anime cons realize that bringing in academic speakers yields a +.2 monthly prestige increase and a +20 percent increase in Personal Scheme Potential?
August 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
But do anime cons realize that bringing in academic speakers yields a +.2 monthly prestige increase and a +20 percent increase in Personal Scheme Potential?
💖 AnimeNYC Art Haul 💖
My favorite part of cons!
My favorite part of cons!
August 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
💖 AnimeNYC Art Haul 💖
My favorite part of cons!
My favorite part of cons!
Had the pleasure of talking about JAMS, anime studies, and librarianship on two amazing panels at AnimeNYC!
I'm so heartened to see so many opportunities for public scholarship emerging for professors and librarians at larger conventions - especially needed right now!
I'm so heartened to see so many opportunities for public scholarship emerging for professors and librarians at larger conventions - especially needed right now!
August 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Had the pleasure of talking about JAMS, anime studies, and librarianship on two amazing panels at AnimeNYC!
I'm so heartened to see so many opportunities for public scholarship emerging for professors and librarians at larger conventions - especially needed right now!
I'm so heartened to see so many opportunities for public scholarship emerging for professors and librarians at larger conventions - especially needed right now!
AnimeNYC Day 0 is a HUGE success!
Badge acquired, and managed to grab last minute tickets to a show!
"Death Becomes Her" was AMAZING!
It's also fun making small talk with folks and being able to say I'm here in NYC to talk about anime! I wish I could tell younger Billy the way his life would go!
Badge acquired, and managed to grab last minute tickets to a show!
"Death Becomes Her" was AMAZING!
It's also fun making small talk with folks and being able to say I'm here in NYC to talk about anime! I wish I could tell younger Billy the way his life would go!
August 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
AnimeNYC Day 0 is a HUGE success!
Badge acquired, and managed to grab last minute tickets to a show!
"Death Becomes Her" was AMAZING!
It's also fun making small talk with folks and being able to say I'm here in NYC to talk about anime! I wish I could tell younger Billy the way his life would go!
Badge acquired, and managed to grab last minute tickets to a show!
"Death Becomes Her" was AMAZING!
It's also fun making small talk with folks and being able to say I'm here in NYC to talk about anime! I wish I could tell younger Billy the way his life would go!
Thrilled to share I'll be speaking at AnimeNYC next week!
Here me talk about anime and manga scholarship, and rep JAMS and IU Library in:
"From Fandom to Faculty: The Academic Life of Anime and Manga" on Friday!
And
"Oh Grow Up!: Seinan and Josei Manga/Anime" on Saturday!
My first AnimeNYC! 🥳
Here me talk about anime and manga scholarship, and rep JAMS and IU Library in:
"From Fandom to Faculty: The Academic Life of Anime and Manga" on Friday!
And
"Oh Grow Up!: Seinan and Josei Manga/Anime" on Saturday!
My first AnimeNYC! 🥳
August 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thrilled to share I'll be speaking at AnimeNYC next week!
Here me talk about anime and manga scholarship, and rep JAMS and IU Library in:
"From Fandom to Faculty: The Academic Life of Anime and Manga" on Friday!
And
"Oh Grow Up!: Seinan and Josei Manga/Anime" on Saturday!
My first AnimeNYC! 🥳
Here me talk about anime and manga scholarship, and rep JAMS and IU Library in:
"From Fandom to Faculty: The Academic Life of Anime and Manga" on Friday!
And
"Oh Grow Up!: Seinan and Josei Manga/Anime" on Saturday!
My first AnimeNYC! 🥳
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Hey, if y’all need an respected academic at your show and it’s not AX weekend, I know a guy…
@billytringali.bsky.social
@billytringali.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hey, if y’all need an respected academic at your show and it’s not AX weekend, I know a guy…
@billytringali.bsky.social
@billytringali.bsky.social
32 years old today!
I'm so lucky to have built a wonderful little community both in Indy and of academic anime researchers all around the world. I'm lucky to now call colleagues I respect so much my very dear friends!
Here's to another big year of adventures! I am so grateful!
I'm so lucky to have built a wonderful little community both in Indy and of academic anime researchers all around the world. I'm lucky to now call colleagues I respect so much my very dear friends!
Here's to another big year of adventures! I am so grateful!
August 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
32 years old today!
I'm so lucky to have built a wonderful little community both in Indy and of academic anime researchers all around the world. I'm lucky to now call colleagues I respect so much my very dear friends!
Here's to another big year of adventures! I am so grateful!
I'm so lucky to have built a wonderful little community both in Indy and of academic anime researchers all around the world. I'm lucky to now call colleagues I respect so much my very dear friends!
Here's to another big year of adventures! I am so grateful!
This year I was named a Library Journal "Mover and Shaker" for serving as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies @animestudies.bsky.social , and Indiana University Indianapolis sent me to HARVARD this week to solidify my leadership skills!
THANK YOU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY! 🎓💖
THANK YOU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY! 🎓💖
July 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This year I was named a Library Journal "Mover and Shaker" for serving as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies @animestudies.bsky.social , and Indiana University Indianapolis sent me to HARVARD this week to solidify my leadership skills!
THANK YOU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY! 🎓💖
THANK YOU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY! 🎓💖
Closing Ceremonies crew for Anime Expo!
Where else do you get to see dance performers, a J-Pop group, and academic researchers all in one place?
Congratulations Daniel Ambord for Best Academic Presentation, and to Janine Sun, Daniel Ambord, and Raylene Gomez for winning Best Academic Panel! 🥳💖
Where else do you get to see dance performers, a J-Pop group, and academic researchers all in one place?
Congratulations Daniel Ambord for Best Academic Presentation, and to Janine Sun, Daniel Ambord, and Raylene Gomez for winning Best Academic Panel! 🥳💖
Had an absolute blast at the JAMS Conference at the Los Angeles Anime Expo! @animestudies.bsky.social @billytringali.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Closing Ceremonies crew for Anime Expo!
Where else do you get to see dance performers, a J-Pop group, and academic researchers all in one place?
Congratulations Daniel Ambord for Best Academic Presentation, and to Janine Sun, Daniel Ambord, and Raylene Gomez for winning Best Academic Panel! 🥳💖
Where else do you get to see dance performers, a J-Pop group, and academic researchers all in one place?
Congratulations Daniel Ambord for Best Academic Presentation, and to Janine Sun, Daniel Ambord, and Raylene Gomez for winning Best Academic Panel! 🥳💖
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Had an absolute blast at the JAMS Conference at the Los Angeles Anime Expo! @animestudies.bsky.social @billytringali.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Had an absolute blast at the JAMS Conference at the Los Angeles Anime Expo! @animestudies.bsky.social @billytringali.bsky.social
When you, the Anime Apostle (Library Movers and Shakers, 2025) and the Manga Maven (Library Movers and Shakers, 2022) meet upat Anime Expo to discuss how to most effectively maximize your joint slay
Love you to bits @jrlibrarian.bsky.social ! 🤣
Love you to bits @jrlibrarian.bsky.social ! 🤣
July 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
When you, the Anime Apostle (Library Movers and Shakers, 2025) and the Manga Maven (Library Movers and Shakers, 2022) meet upat Anime Expo to discuss how to most effectively maximize your joint slay
Love you to bits @jrlibrarian.bsky.social ! 🤣
Love you to bits @jrlibrarian.bsky.social ! 🤣
Hello Anime Expo!
The JAMS@AX Conference starts TODAY with an amazing Keynote from the brilliant Emilie Waggoner !!
Stop by Panel Room 411 at 10am to hear how anime goes to college!
The JAMS@AX Conference starts TODAY with an amazing Keynote from the brilliant Emilie Waggoner !!
Stop by Panel Room 411 at 10am to hear how anime goes to college!
July 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hello Anime Expo!
The JAMS@AX Conference starts TODAY with an amazing Keynote from the brilliant Emilie Waggoner !!
Stop by Panel Room 411 at 10am to hear how anime goes to college!
The JAMS@AX Conference starts TODAY with an amazing Keynote from the brilliant Emilie Waggoner !!
Stop by Panel Room 411 at 10am to hear how anime goes to college!
So excited to announce the conference program is LIVE for JAMS@AX!
If you will be at Anime Expo, be sure to come and see these amazing scholars!
If you will be at Anime Expo, be sure to come and see these amazing scholars!
June 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
So excited to announce the conference program is LIVE for JAMS@AX!
If you will be at Anime Expo, be sure to come and see these amazing scholars!
If you will be at Anime Expo, be sure to come and see these amazing scholars!
It's not every day your university writes a whole news article about you, nor every day that they include a picture of you, your mom, and your grandma from the 2014 Anime Boston Death Match!
So honored to have been highlighted by Indiana University!
news.iu.edu/live/news/45...
So honored to have been highlighted by Indiana University!
news.iu.edu/live/news/45...
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's not every day your university writes a whole news article about you, nor every day that they include a picture of you, your mom, and your grandma from the 2014 Anime Boston Death Match!
So honored to have been highlighted by Indiana University!
news.iu.edu/live/news/45...
So honored to have been highlighted by Indiana University!
news.iu.edu/live/news/45...
Hello! I'm in this!
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hello! I'm in this!
In 2019, I was a panicked graduate student wondering if I'd ever get anywhere at all researching anime.
In 2025, I'm a faculty member on a funded trip to Kyoto about to present my research on anime internationally.
Life is very good, I'm very grateful.
In 2025, I'm a faculty member on a funded trip to Kyoto about to present my research on anime internationally.
Life is very good, I'm very grateful.
June 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In 2019, I was a panicked graduate student wondering if I'd ever get anywhere at all researching anime.
In 2025, I'm a faculty member on a funded trip to Kyoto about to present my research on anime internationally.
Life is very good, I'm very grateful.
In 2025, I'm a faculty member on a funded trip to Kyoto about to present my research on anime internationally.
Life is very good, I'm very grateful.
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What benefit is there to Crunchyroll to cut off libraries? In this political climate, it's a pretty awful PR choice and yet another way of booting the medium's target demo.
Anime fans start young and they don't have credit cards.
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Anime fans start young and they don't have credit cards.
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May 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What benefit is there to Crunchyroll to cut off libraries? In this political climate, it's a pretty awful PR choice and yet another way of booting the medium's target demo.
Anime fans start young and they don't have credit cards.
www.reddit.com/r/librarians...
Anime fans start young and they don't have credit cards.
www.reddit.com/r/librarians...
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Coop Bicknell interviewed librarians across the country about how the latest Executive Orders and lists targeting LGBTQ+ are affecting students' ability to read age-appropriate comics.
Manga in The Crosshairs: The State of Manga Bans in 2025
www.animenewsnetwork.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Coop Bicknell interviewed librarians across the country about how the latest Executive Orders and lists targeting LGBTQ+ are affecting students' ability to read age-appropriate comics.
I'm honored to be named a Library Journal "Mover and Shaker" for my work on #anime !
Founding the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies @animestudies.bsky.social and the JAMS@AX Conference at Anime Expo have meant the world to me, and I'm overjoyed at this honor!
www.libraryjournal.com/story/billy-...
Founding the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies @animestudies.bsky.social and the JAMS@AX Conference at Anime Expo have meant the world to me, and I'm overjoyed at this honor!
www.libraryjournal.com/story/billy-...
May 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm honored to be named a Library Journal "Mover and Shaker" for my work on #anime !
Founding the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies @animestudies.bsky.social and the JAMS@AX Conference at Anime Expo have meant the world to me, and I'm overjoyed at this honor!
www.libraryjournal.com/story/billy-...
Founding the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies @animestudies.bsky.social and the JAMS@AX Conference at Anime Expo have meant the world to me, and I'm overjoyed at this honor!
www.libraryjournal.com/story/billy-...
I had the most incredible time presenting my "Anime Convention Attendee" data at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference!
I'm eager to see this year's data, but we need a lot more responses - take it today if you can!
go.iu.edu/animesurvey
I'm eager to see this year's data, but we need a lot more responses - take it today if you can!
go.iu.edu/animesurvey
April 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I had the most incredible time presenting my "Anime Convention Attendee" data at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference!
I'm eager to see this year's data, but we need a lot more responses - take it today if you can!
go.iu.edu/animesurvey
I'm eager to see this year's data, but we need a lot more responses - take it today if you can!
go.iu.edu/animesurvey
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Looking for people who attend anime cons!
If you…
● Are 18 years of age or older
● Live in the United States
● Attend anime cons
... then we would love to hear from you!
Click here go.iu.edu/animesurvey to learn more and to begin the Anime Conventions Survey 2025!
If you…
● Are 18 years of age or older
● Live in the United States
● Attend anime cons
... then we would love to hear from you!
Click here go.iu.edu/animesurvey to learn more and to begin the Anime Conventions Survey 2025!
February 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Looking for people who attend anime cons!
If you…
● Are 18 years of age or older
● Live in the United States
● Attend anime cons
... then we would love to hear from you!
Click here go.iu.edu/animesurvey to learn more and to begin the Anime Conventions Survey 2025!
If you…
● Are 18 years of age or older
● Live in the United States
● Attend anime cons
... then we would love to hear from you!
Click here go.iu.edu/animesurvey to learn more and to begin the Anime Conventions Survey 2025!