… Murakami's "Earth in My Window" is a critique of contemporary Japanese society through close
… In "Earth in My Window," for instance, Murakami analyzes weekly teen manga magazines …

… In Takashi Murakamis’ essay Earth in My Window, he thoroughly explains the relationship
between the trauma resulting from those two bombs and the Japanese Pop Culture that has …

This much-loved English novel from Rumer Godden is reminiscent of The Secret Garden,
telling a fairy tale-esque story about neighborhood children and a mysterious garden in post-…

In April 2012 the leading shōjo manga artist Hagio Moto published a collection of five new
works in response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Titled Nanohana (Rape blossoms), the …

… The case study begins by examining otaku history through its relation to Superflat, which
is described by Murakami in the essay “Earth in my Window.” This is followed by a …

Giuseppe Previtali is PhD candidate in Humanistic Intercultural Studies at the University of
Bergamo, where he is also teaching assistant. His main research interests are connected with …

… See especially the Essays: Takashi Murakami ‘Earth in my Window’, pp 99-150 in which he
considers Japan’s ‘superflat’ culture, particularly the film industry in the light of the trauma of …

Not long after the end of World War II Osamu Tezuka published three manga known collectively
as the SF Trilogy: Lost World (1948), Metropolis (1949), and Nextworld (1951). Taken …

On August, 15, 1945, the Empire of Japan came to an end. It was on that day that the Japanese
people heard a radio broadcast in which Emperor Hirohito read the Imperial Rescript on …