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1. Susan J. Napier

   Author of From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West, Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation, Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, Updated Edition: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation
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2. Frederik L. Schodt

   Author of Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga, Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics, The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution
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3. Fred Patten

   Author of Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews
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4. Mark W. Macwilliams

   Author of Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime
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5. Thomas LaMarre

   Author of The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation
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6. Hiroki Azuma

   Author of Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals
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7. Steven T. Brown

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8. Anne Allison

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9. Gilles Poitras

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10. Antonia Levi

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11. Christopher Bolton

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12. Jonathan Clements

    Author of The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Revised and Expanded Edition
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13. Martha Wells

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14. Patrick Drazen

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15. Helen McCarthy

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16. Peter Carey

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17. Roland Kelts

    Author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.
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18. Kakuzō Okakura

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19. Kio Shimoku

    Author of Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 1, Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 2, Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 3
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20. Marshall McLuhan

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21. Fumi Yoshinaga

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22. Camille Paglia

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23. Isaac Asimov

    Author of I, Robot, Robot Dreams, The Caves of Steel
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24. Hiroko Yoda

    Author of Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide, Ninja Attack!: True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws, Yurei Attack!: The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide
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25. Joan Didion

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26. Natsumi Itsuki

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27. Ruth Fulton Benedict

    Author of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture
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28. Sharon Kinsella

    Author of Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society (Consumasian Book Series)
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29. Michael W. Austin

    Author of Football and Philosophy: Going Deep
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30. Steven M. Sanders

    Author of The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film (The Philosophy of Popular Culture)
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31. Sei Shōnagon

    Author of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
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32. Edward W. Said

    Author of Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism
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33. Fujita

    Author of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3: Summer Romance for Nerds, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 5: Hard Mode is for Lovers, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 2: Nothing Ventured, No XP Gained
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34. Judith Butler

    Author of Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
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35. Donald Richie

    Author of The Films of Akira Kurosawa, A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos, A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan
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36. Mark Schilling

    Author of The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture
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37. Neil Postman

    Author of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
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38. Tsutomu Nihei

    Author of Biomega, Volume 1, Biomega, Volume 2, Biomega, Volume 3
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39. Moto Hagio

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40. Ian Buruma

    Author of A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture
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41. Susan Sontag

    Author of Against Interpretation: And Other Essays
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42. Josef Steiff

    Author of Anime and Philosophy: Wide Eyed Wonder (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 47)
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43. Paul Gravett

    Author of Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics
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44. Takashi Murakami

    Author of Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture
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45. Michel Foucault

    Author of The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction, The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure, The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self
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46. Miriam Silverberg

    Author of Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times
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47. Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

    Author of In Praise of Shadows
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48. Liza Dalby

    Author of Geisha
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49. Mineko Iwasaki

    Author of Geisha: A Life
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50. Mari Okada

    Author of O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Vol. 7, O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Vol. 4
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