It’s the End of the World and We’re Okay With That: Looking at the Apocalyptic in Japanese Pop Culture
When you imagine an apocalypse, what comes to mind? Probably images...
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Stagnant Youth: the NEET, freeter, and hikikomori phenomena
By Kaitlyn Smith In the last 25 years a large focus...
Not Your Typical Magical Girl: The subculture of Grand Narrative Consumption.
Hiroki Azuma proposes that within postmodern otaku culture there is a...
Shoot ‘Em Up & Slice ‘Em Down: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Western and Samurai Cinema
At first glance, one may look upon films such as Akira...
Sleeping Together, Living Alone: Sex, Celibacy, and Commodified Intimacy in Contemporary Japan
A Scene It’s a plain room. Blue foam mattress, a few...
