We are very happy to report that the latest issue of Mechademia (Vol. 17, No. 2, Summer 2025) – the premier English language journal on anime and manga studies and related fields – titled Methodologies and edited by Jaqueline Berndt is now available open access online. The issue contains an article by Martin Roth and Zoltan Kacsuk, Introducing Metadata Analytics: Harnessing the Power of Data from Online Fan Communities for Research on Japanese Popular Visual Media, which explains in detail the methodological underpinnings of the type of research the JVMG project aims to further.
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