About the author(s)
Philip Brophy is a musician, filmmaker, writer and academic.
Carlo Chatrian is a journalist and member of the selection committee for the Locarno International Film festival.
Jonathan Clements is the author of
Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in Anime and co-author of The Anime Encyclopedia.
Jordi Costa is a film critic and author of many articles on Asian cinema.
Film and comic-book historian Luca Della Casa is selector of Asian films for Bologna’s Future Film Festival.
Stéphane Delorme is a member of the editorial board at Cahiers du cinéma and a selector for the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
Daniele Dottorini is a film critic, lecturer and consultant for several film festivals.
Stefano Gariglio writes regularly on contemporary Japanese cinema.
Erwan Higuinen is a journalist and film critic for
Libération, Cahiers du cinéma and
Les Inrockuptibles.
Fabrizio Liberti is film programmer for Italian television channel Rai Uno.
Grazia Paganelli is a film critic and film programmer at the National Cinema Museum in Turin.
Luca Raffaelli is one of Italy’s most-respected comics experts and has written widely on the subject.
Maria Roberta Novielli teaches Japanese Cinema at the University Ca’ Foscari, Venice.
Gianni Rondolino is a cinema historian and columnist for
La Stampa.
Mario A. Rumor is editor of
MANGA! magazine.
David Surman teaches Computer Game Design at the University of Wales, Newport.