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The Amabie Boom: From Mizuki Shigeru fandoms to COVID-19
By: Kathryn M. Tanaka, Associate Professor at the University of Hyogo and Amabie Fan1 “20220227 Jozan-en 8,” Bong Grit, Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Yurukyara, or “mascot characters,” have long been a part of Japan’s pop culture landscape. These characters are used extensively for marketing products and promoting initiatives in Japan; as Debra Occhi…Read…
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From Sango to “Fat Thor”: Gods of Thunder, Grief, and Mental Healthcare
By: Danielle Sanchez, Assistant Professor, Colorado College CONTENT WARNING: This article contains graphic information about suicide which may be upsetting to some people. Representation of depressed “Fat Thor” in Avengers Infinity War was one of the most disappointing moments of phase three of the MCU, even more so than Thor’s failure to stop “the blip”…Read…
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“Don’t everybody thank me at once”: A few historians, an obsession with pop culture, and the creation of (yet another) digital history site
By: Danielle Sanchez, Assistant Professor, Colorado College; Founding Editor of Historifans It feels weird sitting down to (finally) write an introduction for the Historifans site, especially because it feels like we’ve been working on this project forever. The idea of Historifans emerged in the summer of 2020 during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic….Read…
