Saved by the nerd: otaku and the space of family in summer wars

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Filippo Cervelli from the Deptof East Asian Languages and Culture, SOAS, University of London, UK have published the research work: Saved by the Nerd: Otaku and the space of family in Summer Wars, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 22/Oct/2004
• what: Summer Wars is a film of displacements.

SUMMARY

This article focuses on the Japanese animated film Summer Wars (Samā uōzu, 2009), analysing the ways in which it engages with the history and representations of otaku culture to imaginatively portray an alternative site for the lonely or antisocial . . .

 



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