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From Nepal and Jakarta to Paris and New York, the grinning skeletal image of the Jolly Roger of the Straw Hat Pirates has been a transnational emblem of rebellion.
China’s pop culture is a big hit in 2025. It could help the country’s image.
Grok 4’s new AI companions raise concerns about virtual friends disrupting real social relationships, anti-feminist rhetoric and the exploitation of personal data.
Anime characters often face challenges that connect to long-standing Buddhist and Shintō teachings. In this course, students look closely at what anime is saying about life.
Cute characters are often vulnerable, innocent and lovable – and therein lies their power.
A genre of manga raises important questions about the intersections of storytelling, culture and wellness.
The Netflix anime Delicious in Dungeon reminds us that food can be highly political – and that ‘tradition’ can be manufactured.
Live-action anime adaptations have never been more popular. Yet there are many factors that make them difficult – but not impossible – to pull off.
Big classic romcoms feature alongside some rather more unexpected entries in our special Valentine’s movie list.
The series addresses the role of samurai, what life was like for women and people of mixed heritage, and violence in Edo-period Japan, with varying degrees of accuracy.
Pluto follows German robot detective Gesicht as he traces the mysterious killings of robots and humans.
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, the enormously successful Japanese manga and anime franchise, brings the series to a truly global audience.
Sailor Moon has been with us for over 30 years, but the series is still so popular that brands continue producing themed merchandise.
Suzume stands its ground in the large collection of films and literature coming to terms with the memory of Japan’s 2011 triple disaster.
Twenty-five years on from his promise to become “the very best”, Ash Ketchum has won the Pokémon World Championship. But for a franchise that’s always evolving, this is far from the end.
Despite the fact that many of its elements were alien to American audiences, the film became a sensation.
‘Cowboy Bebop’ drew international viewers with its genre-bending fusion of American mafia movies, Italian westerns, Japanese cyberpunk, Hong-Kong style martial arts and its eclectic soundtrack.
It’s widely known as a crowdfunding record-breaker, but the painstaking work to recreate Hiroshima in a new anime film is a nod to its traditional roots.
With the boundaries between film and game eroding, why are more people not exploiting the potential for cross-media creations?
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Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Japanese, University of New England
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Professor of English, University of Waterloo
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Research Associate in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Education, King's College London
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Professor of Media Arts, University of South Carolina
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Senior lecture of Art, Media and American Studies, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer in Writing, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England
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Lecturer in Digital Animation, University of Bristol
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PhD Candidate in Communication and Culture, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities, Adelaide University
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Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in History of Japanese art and architecture, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor of New Testament, Yale University
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Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University