http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/57954/studio-ghibli-and-fascism/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57954/studio-ghibli-and-fascism/#comments Sat, 23 May 2015 11:00:52 +0000 Stuart Warren http://sequart.org/?p=57954 Studio Ghibli’s films have inspired some introspection so far, but upon further inspection there is a very serious issue that preoccupies the studio’s middle cannon: that is fascism, and the portrayal of fascism in Studio… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/57400/the-burden-of-change-mourning-the-pastoral-in-pom-poko/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57400/the-burden-of-change-mourning-the-pastoral-in-pom-poko/#comments Sun, 17 May 2015 11:00:24 +0000 Stuart Warren http://sequart.org/?p=57400 Japanese tales are burdened with loss, especially modern ones. Modern Japanese fiction, produced by such writers as Natsume Soseki, is conscious about the loss of innocence and the disintegration of Eastern culture against the Western… [more]]]> 0