Title: The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Abridged Edition Editors: J. Thomas Rimer and Van C. Gessel Poetry Editors: Amy Vladeck Heinrich, Leith Morton, and Hiroaki Sato Publicati...
If you’re an otaku, Tokyo is the best place to be. No other city on the face of the earth can hold a candle to Tokyo in terms of vibrant subcultures and amazing subcultural experiences that are...
Title: はたらけ、ケンタウロス！(Hatarake, kentaurosu!) Artist: est em (えすとえむ) Year Published: 2011 Publisher: Libre Shuppan Pages: 160 Hatarake Kentauros is a one-shot manga by the BL author est em that contains...
Title: Villain Japanese Title: 悪人 (Akunin) Author: Yoshida Shūichi (吉田 修一) Translator: Philip Gabriel Year Published: 2010 (Britain); 2007 (Japan) Publisher: Pantheon Books Pages: 296 Yoshida Shūichi...
I started taking Japanese language classes as a college freshman in 2002, and I will begrudgingly admit that, almost ten years later, I’m still not entirely fluent in the language. True linguis...
Title: The Fox’s Window: And Other Stories Japanese Title: きつねの窓 (Kitsune no mado) Author: Awa Naoko (安房 直子) Translator: Toshiya Kamei Publication Year: 2010 Publisher: University of New Orlean...
Title: 1Q84 Author: Murakami Haruki (村上 春樹) Translators: Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel Publication Year: 2011 (America); 2009-2010 (Japan) Publisher: Knopf Pages: 944 This review contains mild spoiler...
Title: March Was Made of Yarn: Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown Editors: Elmer Luke and David Karashima Publication Year: 2012 Publisher: Vintage Pages: 216 As th...
Title: Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy Editors: Gene van Troyer and Grania Davis Publication Year: 2007 Publisher: Kurodahan Press Pages: 290 As a short s...
Title: Loups-Garous Japanese Title: ルー=ガルー (Rū=Garū) Author: Kyōgoku Natsuhiko (京極 夏彦) Translator: Anne Ishii Year Published: 2010 (America); 2001 (Japan) Publisher: Haikasoru Pages: 450 Spoiler: The...
It would be many years before I would understand that femininity, the practice of femininity, and the fetishization of femininity degrades all women. That femininity is not a “choice” when the altern...
Title: Bunny Drop Japanese Title: うさぎドロップ (Usagi doroppu) Artist: Unita Yumi (宇仁田 ゆみ) Serialization: 2005-2011 (Japan) Japanese Publisher: Shōgakukan American Publisher: Yen Press Pages (per volume):...
Title: Schoolgirl Japanese Title: 女生徒 (Joseito) Author: Dazai Osamu (太宰 治) Translator: Allison Markin Powell Year Published: 2011 (America); 1939 (Japan) Publisher: One Peace Books Pages: 94 At the b...
Title: Ico: Castle in the Mist Japanese Title: イコ：霧の城 (Iko: Kiri no shiro) Author: Miyabe Miyuki (宮部 みゆき) Translator: Alexander O. Smith Publication Year: 2011 (America); 2004 (Japan) Publisher: Haik...
Title: Tokyo on Foot Author/Artist: Florent Chavouet Publication Year: 2011 Publisher: Tuttle Pages: 206 While I was in New York City for the New York Comic Con last weekend, I met a friend of mine f...
Title: Snow Country Japanese Title: 雪国 (Yukiguni) Author: Kawabata Yasunari (川端 康成) Translator: Edward G. Seidensticker Publication Year: 1956 (America); 1947 (Japan) Publisher: Vintage International...
Title: Fires on the Plain Japanese Title: 野火 (Nobi) Author: Ōoka Shōhei (大岡 昇平) Translator: Ivan Morris Publication Year: 1957 (America); 1951 (Japan) Publisher: Tuttle Pages: 246 The Pacific War is ...
Title: The Restaurant of Love Regained Japanese Title: 食堂かたつむり (Shokudō Katatsumuri) Author: Ogawa Ito (小川 糸) Translator: David Karashima Publication Year: 2011 (United Kingdom); 2008 (Japan) Publish...
Even though plenty of scholars have written essays about the Pokémon franchise, almost no one seems to take it seriously as literature. Despite this academic trend, I think the Pokémon video games ca...
Title: Gate 7 Artist: CLAMP Publication Year: 2011 Publisher: Shūeisha Pages: 180 (per volume) There is a haiku by Bashō that goes something like “even in Kyoto, I miss Kyoto” (Kyō nite mo kyō natsuk...
This is a visual essay that I hope will help to answer some questions about the visual aesthetic often referred to as moe (pronounced moé). If I poke fun at this aesthetic in this essay, it is not ou...
This is an introductory guide to doing research that I wrote for an undergraduate class on Japanese literature that I’m teaching this fall. Because I wish someone had given me this sort of informatio...
Title: The Friends Japanese Title: 夏の庭 (Natsu no niwa) Author: Yumoto Kazumi (湯本 香樹実) Translator: Cathy Hirano Publication Year: 1996 (America); 1992 (Japan) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Page...
Title: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Japanese Title: 時をかける少女 (Toki o kakeru shōjo) Author: Tsutsui Yasutaka (筒井 康隆) Translator: David Karashima Publication Year: 2011 (Britain); 1967 (Japan) Publis...
Title: The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories Editors: John L. Apostolou and Martin H. Greenburg Publication Year: 1997 Publisher: Barricade Books Pages: 176 In the introduction of The Best Japane...
Title: Reimagining Japan: The Quest for a Future That Works Editors: Brian Salsberg, Clay Chandler, and Heang Chhor Publication Year: 2011 Publisher: VIZ Media Pages: 464 Reimagining Japan is a colle...
Title: Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals Japanese Title: 動物化するポストモダン：オタクから見た日本社会 (Dōbutsuka suru posutomodan: Otaku kara mita Nihon shakai) Author: Azuma Hiroki (東 浩紀) Translators: Jonathan E. Abel and...
Title: The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales Japanese Title: 藤沢周平短編集 (Fujisawa Shūhei tampenshū) Author: Fujisawa Shūhei (藤沢 周平) Translator: Gavin Frew Publication Year: 2005 (America); 1976-1988 ...
Title: Hear the Wind Sing Japanese Title: 風の歌を聴け (Kaze no uta o kike) Author: Murakami Haruki (村上 春樹) Translator: Alfred Birnbaum Publication Year: 1979 (in Japanese); 1987 (in translation) Publisher...
Title: Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade Author: Jonathan Clements Publication Year: 2009 Publisher: Titan Books Pages: 272 Do you love anime? Do you really love anime?...
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