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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you're going to be at Pretty Heroes, I'll be hosting a panel on Sunday discussing the Top Ten Shōjo of All Time, using scientific (and therefore objectivity correct) methodology 😉 Come and say hi!

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

If you're going to be in Toronto this weekend, why not attend Anime North? If so inclined, here are the panels I will be on. Come say hello!

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

If you're going to be attending AN this year, come by and say hi!

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I'm genuinely enjoying Beheneko, but its deployment of fan service is very lacklustre. Definitely a show which would benefit from "less is more". I haven't watched it yet, and so can't say with any insight, but this is a criticism I've also seen about Gushing over Magical Girls.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The last book of the year (I just finished it today). One of the last (collection) of essays Baudrillard wrote, he nevertheless manages to bring his entire ouvre into a compelling totality. While published in the mid aught's, you'd think it was written last week.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I picked this up after reading Allison, but you owe it to yourself to read "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses", at the cost of a mere 60 pages. An incredibly infleuntial essay, which is perhaps more insightful today than when originally published in 1970.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Everyone should read this (better still the Seond Editon) monumntal work in the field, by one of the most seasoned writers on the subject. You will simply not find a more comprehensive account of the history of Anime in English.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

A pioneering work, Allison offers an analysis of the state of gender relations through manga, eromanga and even obento in the waining days of the Bubble Economy. It's one of the most widely cited texts in Anime and Manga Studies for a reason.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The world lost an exceptional scholar with the passing of Mark McLelland in 2020, and this excellent collection of through provoking, and often challenging, essays demonstrates his skill as both writer and editor.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

As it turns out, WWII remains a contentious and fraught topic in numerous aspects of Japanese society, public education included. This wide ranging survey is a welcome resource in the face of one of the most persistent orientalist myths which permeates the western imagination.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This was an invaluable resource in researching the development of global anime fandom and deftly leans into the crisis of area studies in the best way possible.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

End of the Year Book Recomendations 2024 Edition: You will be hard pressed to find a better intro text on the subject of postmodern theory which doesn't immediately explain why its bad actually. Also features a very creative and engaging framing device.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I kind of feel like Anima would naturally lend herself to the Duel Monsters roster.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Excellent stream about the #Dandadan "blackwashing controversy" www.youtube.com/live/vXpYgYh...

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Name a show you are positive no one remembers but you.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

(So this image, which precipitated the following thread on twitter, was originally posted by @ebiebieshrimp.bsky.social there - not posted on their bsky account.) What follows is a thread on the intertextual treatment of girl-type Ranma (aka Ranma-chan), from the titular series Ranma 1/2🧵

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Study of Swords @studyofswords.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

But Netenyahu is the problem! Take him out of the equation and, uh... ... oh no.

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