Newtypes, Angels, and Human Instrumentality: The Mecha Genre and its Apocalyptic Bodies
This paper argues that the mecha genre is fixated on psychedelic and abstract imagery of supernatural human bodies, the destruction or transcendence of which often have bring about new political and social epochs. In making this argument, I build on the writing of Hiroki Azuma, and his understandi...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Anime and Manga Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1186 |