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Saved by the Nerd: Otaku and the space of family in Summer Wars (2022)
Journal Article
Cervelli, F. (2022). Saved by the Nerd: Otaku and the space of family in Summer Wars. Exchanges (Coventry), 9(3), 203-225. https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v9i3.887

This article analyses Hosoda Mamoru’s anime film Summer Wars (2009) through its rearticulation of the lonely male otaku. A highly debated issue in and outside of Japan, the otaku community of fans shares with nerds associations with obsessive interes... Read More about Saved by the Nerd: Otaku and the space of family in Summer Wars.

Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō (2021)
Journal Article
Cervelli, F. (2021). Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō. Nihon bungaku (Tokyo. 1952), 70(10), 22-32

This article proposes obsession as an important trait in considering narrative representations of alienated youth over the last twenty years. The study focuses on two novels: Nipponia Nippon (2001), by Abe Kazushige, and Oshi, moyu (2020), by Usami R... Read More about Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō.

Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō (2021)
Journal Article
Cervelli, F. (in press). Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō. Japanese Studies, 41(3), 285-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2021.1970519

In his fiction, Takahashi Gen’ichirō often portrays crises of contemporary life where characters do not identify with shared ideologies or communities, instead resorting to repetitive actions to survive in their empty daily existences. This article a... Read More about Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō.