Signum University — Blackberry

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Anime

Fantasy Studies

Precepted by Dr. Maggie Parke and Nancy "Anni" Foasberg

General Humanities

Precepted by Dr. Maggie Parke

Current and Upcoming Modules in the Anime Portal

June 2026

Middle-earth Goes Anime: A Closer Look at The War of the Rohirrim Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Maggie Parke and Nancy "Anni" Foasberg

July 2026

K-Pop Demon Hunters: Reading the Film and Exploring the Phenomenon Candidate

Precepted by Dr. Maggie Parke

Preceptors for Anime

Keli Fancher

Maggie Parke

Mari Takiguchi

Nancy "Anni" Foasberg

Pilar Barrera

Robert Steed

Sam Roche

All Modules in Anime Portal

Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals
A Cultural History of Anime	Dr. Robert Steed Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	General Humanities Sector	Anime East Asian Studies History Japan
An Intensive Reading of the Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu 莊子	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Anime China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics Fantasy History Japan Le Guin Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Eating Our Way Through Anime	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Food History Japan
Exploring Mob Psycho 100	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Fantasy Japan
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends Non-Sequential Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 1	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Violet Evergarden	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Fantasy Japan Travel Literature
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Beginnings	Keli Fancher	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Endings	Keli Fancher	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime
Introduction to Japanese Religions Series	Dr. Robert Steed	General Humanities Sector	Anime Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics History Japan Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Japanese: From Zero Series of 33	Sam Roche	Language Sector	Anime Beginning Languages Conversational Languages Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Japan Linguistics
Japanese Through Culture Series of 22	Pilar Barrera Mari Takiguchi	Language Sector	Anime Conversational Languages East Asian Studies Japan Linguistics Literacy Video Games
K-Pop Demon Hunters: Reading the Film and Exploring the Phenomenon	Dr. Maggie Parke	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Anime Cultural Studies Digital Humanities East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Film Studies Worldbuilding
Media as Medicine: Iyashikei (癒し系) in Anime and Manga	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Aidan Aannestad	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Japan
Middle-earth Goes Anime: A Closer Look at The War of the Rohirrim	Dr. Maggie Parke Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Adaptation Theory Anime East Asian Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy Film Studies Japan JRR Tolkien Worldbuilding
The Anime Films of Shinkai Makoto 新海誠	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies Sector	Anime East Asian Studies Film Studies Japan Science Fiction
Video Game Studies	Wesley Schantz	General Humanities Sector	Adaptation Theory Anime Children’s Literature Digital Humanities Film Studies History Japan Monsters Music Philosophy Poetry Science Fiction Video Games

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