InTO MANGA - Critical Paths in Manga Studies - DAY 2

Welcome to a day filled with insightful discussions and exploration of critical paths in Manga studies! Join us at Sala Lauree 3° piano - Complesso Aldo Moro - Università degli Studi di Torino on January 23, 2026 .

Info: Chair: Paolo La Marca
Juan Scassa: From Gekiga to Watakushi Manga: The Evolution of Tsuge Yoshiharu’s
Short Stories
Ritaban Bhattacharya: The “Interiority” of Manga and its Implication in Manga
Adaptation: A Case Study of The Tale of Genji
Andrea Bianco: The Disintegration of the Onsen Immagination in the Manga of Tsuge
Yoshiharu
Enza Marquis: The Gutter as a Problematic Space: an Analysis of the Representation
of Time in Miura Kentarō’s Berserk

Info: 長編漫画におけるストーリーテリングとその構造
Storytelling and Narrative Structure in Long-running Manga

Info: Chair: Anna Specchio
Filippo Cervelli: Heaven Can Brook Two Suns? The Many Lives of Alexander the Great
in Manga.
Cristopher Smith: Rewriting Bird: Sassa Taiga’s Fushigi no kuni no Bādo as Counter-
Narrative
Michele Mari: Exploring Science through Manga
Luca Paolo Bruno: Parafictional Perspectives on (Anime) Manga: the Reader as Cocreator,
the Text as Program

Info: Chair: Ozumi Asuka
Sara Saventi: War, Resistance and Memory: Sakaguchi Hisashi’s Ishi no hana and the
Transnational Dimension of War
Felix Spremberg: Militarizing Childhood: Gendered Strategies in Japanese Military PR
Manga for Children
Guillaume Muller: The Building and Unbuilding of War Narratives in Mizuki Shigeru’s
Manga

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Sala Lauree 3° piano - Complesso Aldo Moro - Università degli Studi di Torino, Via S. Ottavio 18, Torino, Italy

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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