reviews
Reviews and Commentary
Editors Margherita Long & Miri Nakamura
Manga
- Ryan Holmberg. Review of A Drifting Life [Gekiga hōryū]. By Tatsumi Yoshihiro.
- Toshiro Osawa. Review of Nichimandoku. By Matsuoka Waka, Christina Plaka and Dirk Schwieger.
Anime
- Jonathan E. Abel. Review of Summer Wars. By Hosoda Mamoru.
- Pamela Gossin. Review of The Secret World of Arrietty [Kari-gurashi no Arrietti]. By Yonebayashi Hiromasa.
Academic Titles
- Nina Cornyetz. Review of Beautiful Fighting Girl. By Saitō Tamaki.
- Ada Palmer. Review of Anime and Philosophy. Edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin.
- Deborah Shamoon. Review of Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shōjo Manga. By Jennifer S. Prough.
- Marc Steinberg. Review of Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals. By Azuma Hiroki.
- Shige CJ Suzuki. Review of Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater. By Eric Peter Nash.
