Transnational girlhood and the politics of style in German Manga
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DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2019.1652664
Abstract: ABSTRACT Japanese manga has long existed in Germany. Nakazawa Keiji’s Barefoot Gen, for example, was translated in 1982. During the 1990s manga began increasing in popularity, and by 2007, 70 percent of all comics sold… read more here.
Keywords: manga; transnational girlhood; german manga; style german ... See more keywords
SDSS-IV MaNGA: the spatially resolved stellar initial mass function in ∼400 early-type galaxies
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty785
Abstract: MaNGA provides the opportunity to make precise spatially resolved measurements of the IMF slope in galaxies owing to its unique combination of spatial resolution, wavelength coverage and sample size. We derive radial gradients in age,… read more here.
Keywords: manga; mass; type galaxies; type ... See more keywords
Building a Manga Dataset “Manga109” With Annotations for Multimedia Applications
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DOI: 10.1109/mmul.2020.2987895
Abstract: Manga, or comics, which are a type of multimodal artwork, have been left behind in the recent trend of deep learning applications because of the lack of a proper dataset. Hence, we built Manga109, a… read more here.
Keywords: manga; building manga; dataset; dataset manga109 ... See more keywords
Shading-guided Manga Screening from Reference.
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DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2023.3282223
Abstract: Manga screening is a critical process in manga production, which still requires intensive labor and cost. Existing manga screening methods either generate simple dotted screentones only or rely on color information and manual hints during… read more here.
Keywords: reference; line drawing; manga screening; screened manga ... See more keywords
BREAKING WINDOWS: MALAYSIAN MANGA AS DRAMATURGY OF EVERYDAY-DEFINED REALITIES
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DOI: 10.22452/jati.vol23no2.10
Abstract: The consumption of Japanese anime and manga among Malaysian readers has increased in the past decade (Roslina Mamat, Yamato Eriko, Sanimah Hussin, & Farah Tajuddin, 2012). Currently, Malaysian youth have reached an advanced stage of… read more here.
Keywords: manga; dramaturgy everyday; everyday defined; breaking windows ... See more keywords
Otakuism and the Appeal of Sex Robots
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00569
Abstract: Social robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in everyday life and sex robots are a sub-category of especially high public interest and controversy. Starting from the concept of the otaku, a term from Japanese youth culture… read more here.
Keywords: manga; sex robots; sex; appeal sex ... See more keywords