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Kopylova Olga
Section
Graduate School of Arts and Letters
Job title
Assistant Professor
Degree
  • Doctor of Arts(京都精華大学)

  • M.A.(宇都宮大学)

Research History 1

  • 2017/03 - Present
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters, International Relations Office Assistant Professor

Education 3

  • Kyoto Seika University Graduate School of Manga

    2013/04 - 2016/03

  • Utsunomiya University Graduate School of International Studies Department of International Cultural Studies

    2011/04 - 2013/03

  • Irkutsk State Linguistic University Department of Oriental Languages

    2004/09 - 2009/06

Professional Memberships 2

  • Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics

    2012/03 - Present

  • Literature/Film Association

    2021/07 -

Research Interests 1

  • media studies; adaptation studies; fandom studies; media mix; creative industries; popular culture

Research Areas 3

  • Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetic practices / Adaptation studies

  • Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetics and art studies / manga, anime

  • Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetic practices / popular culture, fan culture

Awards 1

  1. MEXT Research Student Scholarship

    2010/04 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

Papers 10

  1. “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

  2. “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

  3. “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

  4. “Graphic Style in Anime and Manga” Invited Peer-reviewed

    Kopylova Olga

    The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime 59-69 2023/11

  5. “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

  6. “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

  7. “Media Mix and Narrative: Fictional World”

    Kopylova Olga

    『ナラティヴ・メディア研究』 (№7) 155-191 2018/06

  8. “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

  9. “Media Mix as Adaptation: With Maeda Mahiro’s Gankutsuō as an Example” Peer-reviewed

    Kopylova Olga

    2016/05

  10. “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

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Presentations 25

  1. “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

  2. “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

  3. “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

  4. “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

  5. "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

  6. “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

  7. “’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

  8. “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

  9. “Changing Faces, Lingering Traces: The consistency of visual style in the media mix”

    Kopylova Olga

    The Mechademia International Conference (Kyoto): “Ecologies.” 2021/06/05

  10. “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

  11. "Representing Emotions in Manga" Invited

    Kopylova Olga

    Japanese Academy of Facial Studies "Online Salon of Facial Studies №12" 2020/11/03

  12. ”Lines and shapes in flux: Reproduction and modification of visual style in otaku-oriented media”

    Hasekura League Symposium “Images, Philosophy, Communication” 2019/11/12

  13. ”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

  14. “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

  15. “Form, Line, Texture: Transformations of style in manga-to-anime adaptations”

    International symposium “Anime: una Perspective Transdisciplinar” / "Anime. A Transdisciplinary Perspective" 2019/03/21

  16. “Grafting and Growing: Subgenre Mixing in Serialized Manga (and beyond)”

    Comics Forum 2018 2018/09/20

  17. “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

  18. “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

  19. “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

  20. “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

  21. “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

  22. “Violence against violence? (Self-)destruction and plausibility of revenge in the manga Gankutsuō”

    Comics Forum 2014. VIOLENCE: A Conference on Comics 2014/11/14

  23. “Gankutsuō Franchise: Across Cultures and Media"

    1st EAJS (European Association for Japanese Studies) Japan Conference, Section 3: Anthropology and Sociology 2013/09/28

  24. “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

  25. "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

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Teaching Experience 5

  1. Studies of Japanese Culture (advanced lecture) I/II Tohoku University Graduate School / Faculty of Arts and Letters

  2. 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」

  3. 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」

  4. Lecture "Yōkai in Japanese Culture: Strange and grotesque across centuries" (in English) Tohoku University Japanese Program 2019

  5. Studies of Japanese Culture (special lecture) I /II Tohoku University Graduate School/Faculty of Arts and Letters

Academic Activities 4

  1. Peer reviewer for Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

    2019/09/07 - Present

    Activity type: Peer review

  2. Kimura, Tomoya. “The Runaway of Animation Production to Asia: History, Industrial structure and Politics” (academic paper translation)

    2016/03 -

    Activity type: Other

  3. Kinsui, Satoshi. “Manga and Role Language Research” (research note translation)

    2016/03 -

    Activity type: Competition, symposium, etc.

  4. Kinsui, Satoshi. “Manga and Role Language Research” (simultaneous interpretation)

    2015/09/26 -

    Activity type: Competition, symposium, etc.