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A Move to Kokushikan University
A little announcement on a change of work place. With the 4 year contract spanning the period of the pandemic at Tokyo Denki University...
Edmund Hoff
May 25, 20242 min read
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久しぶりのヨーロッパ
今年のいい思い出の一つ、コロナ禍からの夜明けを感じれるような今回の旅のことをお伝えしよう。2022年、ロサンゼルスのアニメエキスポでメカデミア学会を開催したがハイブリッドの形でまだまだ開放的な気持ちにはなれなかった。今回は久しぶりに、ヨーロッパに行った。実際には15年ぶり。...
Edmund Hoff
Dec 8, 20233 min read
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Mechademia Kyoto 2023
With the pandemic in the rear view mirror, it was great to hold a Mechademia conference in person in Kyoto since the last one 5 years...
Edmund Hoff
Jun 23, 20232 min read
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Association for Asian Studies Panel on Mechademia
After hosting the Mechademia Academic Conference in Los Angeles in association with Anime Expo, we had a chance to round things out with...
Edmund Hoff
Oct 12, 20221 min read
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Mechademia Conference at Anime Expo
The 2022 iteration of the Mechademia conference was held in coordination with Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The academic conference was held...
Edmund Hoff
Jul 21, 20221 min read
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Japan Foundation NY Pop Culture Panel
During the COVID 19 pandemic the Japan Foundation New York has been hosting a very interesting series of talks on Japanese Popular...
Edmund Hoff
Jan 5, 20221 min read
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アニメ雑誌のコスプレ現場
今年になって、ヘレンンマカーシーさんによる松本零士氏についての本の出版に携わりました。そこで私の記事では、70、80年代アニメ雑誌の中にある松本先生の作品の流行とそれに追従したコスプレ文化との関係性について書きました。また、米沢嘉博記念図書館の豊富な資料やコスプレ評論家えっ...
Edmund Hoff
Sep 28, 20213 min read
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Third Impact Anime Podcast Talk
Just wanted to make a quick post sharing an interview discussion on the Third Impact Anime Podcast. It was a thrill to talk with the...
Edmund Hoff
May 25, 20211 min read
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Leiji Matsumoto's Influence
It's a pleasure to finally be able to share my participation in Helen McCarthy and Darren-Jon Ashmore's recent publication on Leiji...
Edmund Hoff
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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2020 Reflections
What a tumultuous year it has been. Lots of new experiences and, more than ever, an opportunity to reevaluate. Year end is usually the...
Edmund Hoff
Jan 12, 20211 min read
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中野ブロードウェイの魅力
日本に初めて来たのは1998年。最初に訪ねた場所の一つが多分中野だったのかな。そこがたまたま訪れた駅だったのかは分からないけど、あの斜めの形をしたあのビルだけは、まるで子供のころの思い出のように今でも鮮明に覚えている。 2014年ぐらいから中野ブロードウェイで様々な活動を始...
Edmund Hoff
Dec 23, 20202 min read
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Le Yonezawa Yoshihiro Memorial Library de manga et de sous-cultures
De temps en temps ici dans le blog je vais publier des postes en français. J'espère qu’il y aura des francophones que cela interessera....
Edmund Hoff
Nov 26, 20202 min read
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Anime Magazines
I think one of the inspirations for me to start a blog has been recent research that has dealt with the anime magazines of the early 80s...
Edmund Hoff
Jul 8, 20191 min read
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Blog Beginnings
What to expect in upcoming posts.
Edmund Hoff
Jul 5, 20191 min read
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