General resources—

• Anime Research
• Japan Media Review
• Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
• Swarthmore College Library Subject Portal: Asian Studies (includes the Bibliography of Asian Studies)
• Stanford University JGuide (guide to internet resources on Japan)

Peer-reviewed Academic Journals—

• Animation Journal
• Cinema Journal
• Film Quarterly
• Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Studies
• The International Journal of Comic Art
• Journal of Popular Culture
• Mechademia

Zines, Blogs, and other websites—

General Pop Culture—

• Giant Robot

Anime—

• Akadot
• Anime News Network
• Animerica
• New Type

Film—

• Hoga Central
• Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
• Midnight Eye
• Twitch Film

Japan News—

• Asahi.com
• Japan Times
• Metropolis (Tokyo life and entertainment)

Japan Current Events Commentary—

• Japan Echo
• Japan Focus

People Working in Media Studies—

• Tim Burke (Swarthmore College’s own faculty blogger)
• Ian Condry (focus on Japanese popular music)
• Mimi Ito (focus on Japanese media studies and mobile media)
• Henry Jenkins (popular culture and new media studies)
• Henry Jenkins (second web site)
• Lev Manovich (new media studies)
• Matt Thorn (focus on manga, especially shôjo manga)