

"Miyazaki in the Early Days: critical vs commercial success of Miyazaki films between Nausicaä and Kiki," Eyes Unclouded: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli () I would encourage autonomous, thematic and Related to any of above or related areas. I am happy to supervise MLitt/PhD project One area I am particularly curious about now is significance of live performance and physical experience in fan culture such as so-called 2.5 dimension musical, that is theatre play based on anime, manga and videogame,or popularity of "pilgrimage" or visit to locales of such popular texts. I am also interested in fan culture in relation to contemporary Japanese popular culture, especially anime, manga and videogame. Of Japanese popular culture in and outside Japan Of Tokyo and its representation in popular textsīetween "formal" history (e.g. Of such nostalgic image in popular texts (anime, manga, videogame, films, Īnd development of nostalgic view of modern Japanese history (especially Miyazaki Hayao (espeially his view of Japanese history and culture) as well as how they were produced, promoted and received. Over different disciplines such as history, cultural studies and media studies.Ĭontemporary Japanese animation in general Films of
