imacollector® in-depth features
imacollector® in-depth features explore Japanese pop culture through several interconnected series of articles.
I bring together history, creative processes, society and collective memory to better understand the works, worlds and ideas that have shaped several generations.
Mangas & animes
From Captain Tsubasa’s dream to Blue Lock’s ambition: how Japan became a football nation
I explore the history of Japanese football, from Captain Tsubasa to Blue Lock, examining how manga, animation and major sporting milestones accompanied Japan’s gradual rise as a genuine football nation.
(coming soon) Attack on Titan: how genocide becomes thinkable
I examine how Attack on Titan depicts a society descending into violence through fear, inherited trauma, hatred and propaganda, while drawing on real historical examples to question our relationship with memory, power and history.
Video games
RPG Openings
I look at the openings of my favorite RPGs as carefully crafted pieces of direction, where animation, music and storytelling come together to establish a world, introduce its characters and sometimes convey far more than a simple opening sequence might suggest.
Culture & society
(coming soon) When Japanese pop culture becomes a universal language
An in-depth feature on how the visual and narrative codes of Japanese manga, animation and video games gradually crossed borders to emerge in Western cinema, music, fashion, advertising and other forms of contemporary creation.