Susan Jolliffe Napier (née Phelps; born October 1955) is a professor of the Japanese program at Tufts University. She was formerly the Mitsubishi Professor...

scholarly book which uses techniques of literary criticism on anime by Susan J. Napier published in 2001 by Palgrave Macmillan. It discusses themes of shōjo...

book explores the careers of both Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and Susan J. Napier's 2018 book Miyazakiworld highlights the ideological connections between...

"Tapestries of Apocalypse: From Angers to 'Nausicaa' and Beyond", Dr. Susan J. Napier places the film, and in particular the tapestry depicted underneath...

largely separated from cultural analysis, which the animation scholar Susan J. Napier saw as standing in direct contrast to a bias among Western audiences...

point of view, especially regarding the final apocalyptic events. Susan J. Napier, an American critic and writer, linked the monstrous creatures in Neon...

aflame, and the titular castle is made to fall apart. Animation scholar Susan J. Napier writes that Howl is placed under a "spiritual form of curse", his horror...

figure. Susan J. Napier and Patrick Drazen note a parallel between the character of Kushana, the rival warrior princess, and that of Nausicaä: Napier describes...

enthusiastically protect the protagonists from multiple aggressors. Susan J. Napier argues that this depiction reveals Miyazaki's yearning for a simpler...

represented in the work by the morphing experienced by characters. Susan J. Napier identified this morphing and metamorphosis as a factor that marks the...