• CURRENT VOLUME

    LIMITS OF THE HUMAN VOL. #3

    Limits of the Human



    Preface: The Limits of the Human
    Frenchy Lunning

    Introduction: The Limits of “The Limits of the Human”
    Christopher Bolton


    人間に Contours–Around the Human
    Refiguring the Human
    Mark C. Taylor

    The Otherworlds of Mizuki Shigeru
    Michael Dylan Foster

    Extreme Makeover for a Heian-Era Wizard
    Laura Miller

    Undressing and Dressing Loli:
    A Search for the Identity of the Japanese Lolita
    Theresa Winge

    Manga: Komatopia
    Natsume Fusanosuke
    Translated by Margherita Long
    with an introduction by Hajime Nakatani


    人間と Companions–With the Human
    Speciesism, Part One:
    Translating Races into Animals in Wartime Animation
    Thomas Lamarre

    Stigmata in Tezuka Osamu’s Works
    Yomoto Inuhiko
    Translated and introduced by Hajime Nakatani

    Disarming Atom: Tezuka Osamu’s Manga at War and Peace
    Ôtsuka Eiji
    Translated by Thomas Lamarre

    States of Emergency:
    Urban Space and the Robotic Body in the Metropolis Tales
    Lawrence Bird

    Emotional Infectivity: Cyborg Affect and the Limits of the Human
    Sharalyn Orbaugh

    Manga: The Signal of Noise
    Written and adapted by Adèle-Elise Prévost
    Illustrated by Musebasement


    人間で Compossibles–Of the Human
    Gundam and the Future of Japanoid Art
    Takayuki Tatsumi
    Translated and with a response by Christopher Bolton

    Pop Culture Icons: Religious Inflections of the Character Toy in Taiwan
    Teri Silvio

    Machinic Desires: Hans Bellmer’s Dolls and the Technological Uncanny in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
    Steven J. Brown

    Postcript: On “The Living”
    Cary Wolfe


    Review and Commentary
    A Healing, Gentle Apocalypse: Yokohama kaidashi kikô
    Marc Hairston

    Lost in Transition: Train Men and Dolls in Millennial Japan
    Susan Napier

    Howl’s Moving Castle
    Antonia Levi

    Playing Outside the Box with Mind Game
    Paul Jackson

    From Transnationalization to Globalization:
    The Experience of Hong Kong
    Wendy Siuyi Wong

    “Always Exoticize!” Cyborg Identities and the Challenge of the Nonhuman in Full Metal Apache
    Joshua Paul Dale

    Postmodern Is Old Hat: Samurai Champloo
    William L. Benzon

    トレンド Torendo
    Giant Robots and Superheroes:
    Manifestations of Divine Power, East and West
    An Interview with Crispin Freeman
    Frenchy Lunning

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    Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga
    Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire
    Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human