Department of Languages and Culture: Japanese Manga

Vampire Knight: ヴァンパイア騎士ナイト, Hepburn: Vanpaia Naito) is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine LaLa from 2004 to 2013.

The world’s most popular ninja comic! Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja.

Skip Beat! is a story of a 16-year-old girl who discovers that her childhood friend and romantic goal, Shotaro Fuwa, only keeps her around to act as a maid while he works his way to become the top pop idol in Japan.

Soul Eater is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. It revolves around three teams consisting of a "meister" weapon user and at least one "demon weapon", humans that can transform into a weapon.

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life a young girl and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974.

The book addresses such topics as spirituality, the use of visual culture by Japanese new religious movements, Japanese Goth, nostalgia and Japanese pop, "cute" (kawali) subculture and comics for girls, and more.

The female gaze are narratives from a perspective that sees women as subjects instead of objects. The application of a female gaze to male-dominated discourses can open new avenues of interpretation.

Short history of manga and anime -- Manga and anime vocabulary -- Culture clash : East meets West -- Adventures with ninjas and schoolgirls : humor and realism.

Graphic novels; Japanese language -- Rhetoric -- Comic books, strips, etc

In the year 12,090 AD, the Earth has fallen into the clutches of ruthless vampires. Humans are enslaved by a corrupt feudal system. Only one being has dared to challenge the cruel authority of these arrogant immortals - the mysterious Vampire Hunter called "D"

Batô is a living cyborg. He retains traces of his brain and the memories of a woman.The boundary between human and machine is vague. Based on the Manga comic "Koukaku-Kidoutai" by Masamune Shirow.

A young girl rescues a mysterious cat and soon finds herself the unwelcome recipient of gifts and favors from the King of the Cats, who also wants her to marry his son, Prince Lune. Based on the comic by Aoi Hîragi.

A powerful psychic force "Akira" resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo in the 21st century. Tetsuo, a young, inexperienced motorcycle biker is forced to conjure up demons laying dormant within his subconscious. Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo