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Doctor of Arts(京都精華大学)
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M.A.(宇都宮大学)
Details of the Researcher
Research History 1
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2017/03 - PresentTohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters, International Relations Office Assistant Professor
Education 3
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Kyoto Seika University Graduate School of Manga
2013/04 - 2016/03
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Utsunomiya University Graduate School of International Studies Department of International Cultural Studies
2011/04 - 2013/03
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Irkutsk State Linguistic University Department of Oriental Languages
2004/09 - 2009/06
Professional Memberships 2
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Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics
2012/03 - Present
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Literature/Film Association
2021/07 -
Research Interests 1
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media studies; adaptation studies; fandom studies; media mix; creative industries; popular culture
Research Areas 3
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Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetic practices / Adaptation studies
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Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetics and art studies / manga, anime
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Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetic practices / popular culture, fan culture
Awards 1
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MEXT Research Student Scholarship
2010/04 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Papers 10
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“Transformations of Style in Manga-To-Anime Adaptations: A Formal Analysis” Invited Peer-reviewed
Olga Kopylova
Comparative Aspects in Comics Studies: Translation, Localization, Imitation, and Adaptation 127-165 2025/03
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“Drawing works together: Anime media mix, and graphic style as a shared cultural resource” Peer-reviewed
Olga Kopylova
Mechademia: Second Arc, Vol. 16.1: Media Mix 16 (1) 190-211 2023/12
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“Manga Production, Anime Consumption: The EVA Franchise and its Fandom” Invited Peer-reviewed
Kopylova Olga
Anime Studies: Media-Specific Approaches to Neon Genesis Evangelion 247-295 2021/11
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“Graphic Style in Anime and Manga” Invited Peer-reviewed
Kopylova Olga
The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime 59-69 2023/11
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“Producción de Manga, Consumo de Anime: La franquicia Neon Genesis Evangelion y su fandom” Peer-reviewed
Olga Kopylova
Anime Studies: Media-Specific Approaches to Neon Genesis Evangelion 279-326 2023/05
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“Style Negotiated: Transformations of the Visuals in Manga-to-anime Adaptations” Invited Peer-reviewed
Kopylova Olga
Images, Philosophy, Communication: Aesthetics and Thought in Japan and the World (Hasekura League Intercultural Studies Editions) 5 203-224 2021/03
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“Media Mix and Narrative: Fictional World”
Kopylova Olga
『ナラティヴ・メディア研究』 (№7) 155-191 2018/06
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“The Historical Transformations of Manga Style (with manga adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo as an example)”
Kopylova Olga
Manga in Japan and Russia / Манга в Японии и России 54-105 2017/11
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“Media Mix as Adaptation: With Maeda Mahiro’s Gankutsuō as an Example” Peer-reviewed
Kopylova Olga
2016/05
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“Media Mix from the Point of View of Adaptation Studies: The Case of Maeda Mahiro’s Gankutsuō” Peer-reviewed
Kopylova Olga
Kyoto Seika University Bulletin Periodical (第45号) 25-47 2014/09
Publisher:ISSN: 0917-3986
Presentations 25
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“Visual Fidelity and Fandom: The Case of Anime-Based Fan Art”
Kopylova Olga
Mechademia International Conference. Panel “Graphic Style in Reading and Drawing Practices of Manga/Anime Fans.” 2025/06/07
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“Flowing Lines, Ragged Voices: Chernobyl Prayer as a Post-Fukushima Manga”
Kopylova Olga
20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference “Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth.” 2025/06/04
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“Characters as / through illustrations: The case of Pippy Longstocking”
Olga Kopylova
International Workshop “Characters: Rights and Roles.” Stockholm University, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Stockholm, Sweden. 2024/06/25
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“Loops and Linkages: Time Travel and Gamelike Logic in the Erased Franchise”
Olga Kopylova
Association of Adaptation Studies Conference “Time and Space in Adaptation.” University of Szczecin. Szczecin, Poland. 2024/06/06
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"Differences Between Editions Conventionalized: Japanese manga publication format and duplication of works"
Olga Kopylova
Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics, 22nd Annual Conference 2023/07/01
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“Reading Visual Novels: Play and/or Emotion Work?”
Olga Kopylova
International workshop “Occupied by Play: Rethinking Reading and Learning in Japan.” Cambridge-Stockholm Collaborative Research Grant. Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge University 2023/02/17
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“’Work-in-Progress’: Textual Variance of Serialized Manga”
Kopylova Olga
International symposium “VI Foro Internacional de Creación en la Frontera: Manga in a postdigital environment.” Faculty of Fine Arts, Vigo University. Pontevedra, Spain 2022/05/30
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“Adaptation on the Right Lines: Creative Workers Addressing Visual (In)Fidelity in Manga-based Anime”
Kopylova Olga
The 2021 Literature/Film Association Conference: “Work&Play.” 2021/10/22
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“Changing Faces, Lingering Traces: The consistency of visual style in the media mix”
Kopylova Olga
The Mechademia International Conference (Kyoto): “Ecologies.” 2021/06/05
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“The Place of ‘Place’ in Manga: Sets, locations, backgrounds”
Kopylova Olga
The 6th Russian Comics Conference “THE WORLD OF COMICS.” Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University “Higher School of Economics.” 2021/03/20
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"Representing Emotions in Manga" Invited
Kopylova Olga
Japanese Academy of Facial Studies "Online Salon of Facial Studies №12" 2020/11/03
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”Lines and shapes in flux: Reproduction and modification of visual style in otaku-oriented media”
Hasekura League Symposium “Images, Philosophy, Communication” 2019/11/12
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”Lines and Layers, Look and Feel: Transformations of style in manga-to-anime adaptations”
The Annual Conference of the Society for Comics Studies (ComFor) “Translation, Localisation, Imitation, and Adaptation: Comparative Aspects in Comics Studies” 2019/11/09
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“Form, Line, Texture: Transformations of style in manga-to-anime adaptations”
Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics, 19th Annual Conference 2019/06/22
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“Form, Line, Texture: Transformations of style in manga-to-anime adaptations”
International symposium “Anime: una Perspective Transdisciplinar” / "Anime. A Transdisciplinary Perspective" 2019/03/21
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“Grafting and Growing: Subgenre Mixing in Serialized Manga (and beyond)”
Comics Forum 2018 2018/09/20
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“Media Mixes and Their Incongruities, or how Japanese transmedia franchises refuse to get their stories straight”
International Conference “POP-REALITY: Japan through the eyes of Japanese, Japan through the eyes of the world” 2017/10/17
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“Media Mix, Storyworlds, and Fictional Universes: Combining Narratology and Media Studies”
Olga Kopylova
Workshop 「ナラティヴ・メディア研究会」. Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University. 2017/09/04
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“Adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo into Manga: Changing Styles and Approaches”
International Symposium「世界の中の日本マンガ――ロシア人マンガ家を迎えて: Japanese Manga in the World」 2016/08/05
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“Media Mix as Adaptation: With Maeda Mahiro’s Gankutsuō as an Example”
The International Symposium "The Way of Manga Cultural Research: from Sticking to the Objective itself to Focus on Various Methodologies" 2016/06/18
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“Maeda Mahiro’s Gankutsuō: a Multifaceted Adaptation”
“Workshop ‘The Genealogy of Gankutsuō’” Research Society for the History of Meiji and Taisho Thought, Faculty of Letters, Ritsumeikan University 2015/07/24
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“Violence against violence? (Self-)destruction and plausibility of revenge in the manga Gankutsuō”
Comics Forum 2014. VIOLENCE: A Conference on Comics 2014/11/14
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“Gankutsuō Franchise: Across Cultures and Media"
1st EAJS (European Association for Japanese Studies) Japan Conference, Section 3: Anthropology and Sociology 2013/09/28
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“Bringing Together Manga Studies and Adaptation Studies (with Natsuhiko Kyōgoku’s ‘Hundred Stories’ as an example)”
Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics, 13th Annual Conference. 2013/07/06
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"Visual Style in Fanart: Imitation and Transfiguration"
Olga Kopylova
Workshop 「ナラティヴ・メディア研究会」"Manga Experiences: Creation, Interpretation, Graphic Imitation." Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University. 2024/03/04
Teaching Experience 5
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Studies of Japanese Culture (advanced lecture) I/II Tohoku University Graduate School / Faculty of Arts and Letters
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講義「物語とそのメディア的特性」(日本語) 東北大学 文学研究科・文学部 「広域文化学総合科目1」
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講義「線、形、質感――マンガのアニメ化におけるスタイルの変貌」(日本語) 」 東北大学 文学研究科・文学部 「広域文化学総合科目1」
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Lecture "Yōkai in Japanese Culture: Strange and grotesque across centuries" (in English) Tohoku University Japanese Program 2019
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Studies of Japanese Culture (special lecture) I /II Tohoku University Graduate School/Faculty of Arts and Letters
Academic Activities 4
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Peer reviewer for Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
2019/09/07 - Present
Activity type: Peer review
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Kimura, Tomoya. “The Runaway of Animation Production to Asia: History, Industrial structure and Politics” (academic paper translation)
2016/03 -
Activity type: Other
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Kinsui, Satoshi. “Manga and Role Language Research” (research note translation)
2016/03 -
Activity type: Competition, symposium, etc.
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Kinsui, Satoshi. “Manga and Role Language Research” (simultaneous interpretation)
2015/09/26 -
Activity type: Competition, symposium, etc.