From Cutie Honey and Sailor Moon to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the worlds of Japanese anime and manga teem with prepubescent girls toting deadly weapo

From Nausicaä to Sailor Moon, understanding girl heroines of manga and anime within otaku culture.

This book aims to provide comprehensive empirical and theoretical studies of expanding fandom communities in East Asia through the commodification of Japanese,

April 1919. Six months have passed since the armistice that ended the Great War. But new battles face those who have survived. Only twenty-three, former soldier