As a followup to our recent posts about anime and Korean dramas, we have more about the cross-cultural influence of pop culture from Asia, or…
I’ve been reading several interesting books on both the cultural and economic significance of Japanese popular culture, ranging from a general overview, to the business…
While no book can fully explore a culture, two recent books, Sheridan Prasso’s The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies of the…
Interested in finding the right wine or electing the right candidate? Look no further than comics! Kami no Shizuku (The Drops of the Gods), a…
So if there was was an example of the mainstreaming of not just Japanese manga but dojinshi (amateur manga) and participatory media in the United…
Orignally posted in my other blog “Enjoy and Exciting” I have a subscription to Wired because of my Mediabistro paid membership, and I have to…