Book Review: Katharina Hülsmann: Japanische Fan-Comics: Transkulturelle Potenziale und lokale Gemeinschaft

Authors

dōjinshi, manga, transculturality, Japanese studies, fan studies, cultural studies, media studies

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Lukas R. A. Wilde, NTNU Trondheim

Lukas R.A. Wilde, Professor of Art and Media Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway; MA in theatre and media studies, Japanese studies, and philosophy at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Gakugei University of Tokyo; PhD on the functions of ‘characters’ (kyara) within everyday communication of contemporary Japan, awarded with the Roland-Faelske-Award 2018 for the best dissertation in comics and animation studies as well as with the GIB Dissertation Award 2021 of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Pictures; main research areas: generative AI-imagery, transmedia studies, comic/manga studies, Japanese popular culture.