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Kirishima: Reflections on Humanity and Nihility
The Kirishima Thing is a 2012 Japanese film, which was awarded Excellence Film at the 67th Mainichi Film Awards as …
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The Internal Other: Abjection, Victimhood and Ideological Transformation in Post-War Japanese Film
This paper considers post-war Japanese film as a lens for understanding social conditions during this period. Invoking Kristeva’s theory of …
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Futuristic Reflection on the Aftermath of Humanity: Pluto, A Graphic Novel
Urasawa Naoki's graphic novel Pluto (2003-2009), set in a virtual post-human world in which human and robots neighbor each other, …