PinnedÉmilia HoarfrostAnime 3DCG: From Denial To Acceptance, What’s The Public Sentiment?3DCG in anime has forged ahead alongside the progresses of computer graphics. Still, harsh criticism often seems to meet it within the…Jul 4, 2023Jul 4, 2023
PinnedÉmilia HoarfrostMeta-Otaku: Exploring Otaku Media Through TimeWhat can anime possibly tell about itself? If there are such things as otaku media, is it worthwhile to conceptualize the meta-otaku as a…Mar 30, 2023Mar 30, 2023
Émilia HoarfrostFROM DAICON III TO STEINS;GATE — On the Intertwined Nature of Otaku Culture and Science-FictionThe overlap between the science-fiction and otaku cultures runs deeply. Just to name a symbolic institution in the realm of Japanese…Jun 13Jun 13
Émilia HoarfrostHow do Crisis Rhetorics & Adaptive Ethos interact in Japanese Animation?Recently, the airing of the new Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (2024) anime has seen mixed reactions comparing the Imagin…May 12May 12
Émilia HoarfrostUnderstanding Transmisogyny In Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture: An Anime Comparative Analysis…(This article is a transcript of a panel I exposed on April 16th, 2024 for a symposium titled Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese…Apr 16Apr 16
Émilia HoarfrostThe Anime Trap: Femboy, Pederasty, Transfeminine Positionality under Patriarchal CapitalismAnime as an artform with a place in the mainstream media landscape stands to be glanced at with scrutiny, as somewhere narratives and their…Apr 4Apr 4
Émilia HoarfrostHow Important is Perspective in Anime?Perspective is an ubiquitous element of Japanese animation, fully participating to both its immersion and realism, as well as a fabric of…Feb 12Feb 12
Émilia HoarfrostNew Year’s Eve — Retrospection over Achievements; Goals for the FutureI first wish you a happy New Year’s Eve, and hope your festivities this December have been wonderful. If you experienced loneliness, or…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Émilia HoarfrostYURI, MOE AND THE (FE)MALE GAZE IN ANIME: What Japanese Lesbian Media Can Teach Us On Gender From…In the anime community, critical discourse related to the male gaze tend to gravitate around two terms. Fan service: a gratuitous gender…Dec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
Émilia HoarfrostANIME FUNDING THROUGH THE STOCK MARKET: How Trading Influences Anime Production Companies And…Funding anime is the way to go from the stage of ideation, where pitching material (企画書, kikakusho) matters to convince potential…Dec 4, 2023Dec 4, 2023
