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Misha Mihailova

@mihailova.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor, School of Cinema, San Francisco State University. PhD, Yale University. Co-president of the Society for Animation Studies. 🇧🇬 Research areas: animated media, AI, visual effects, video games. Latest: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944430

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · 12h

At some university reception today, another professor told me that she watched KPop Demon Hunters with her two children (aged six and nine) and kept pausing it to "make sure they understood that the lesson of this movie is radical self-acceptance." Anyway, academics shouldn't procreate.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · 11d

Brit Marling in conversation with Sherryl Vint at SFAM 2025. Guess I'll finally watch The OA now.

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · 12d

Born to play Hades II, forced to attend an academic conference the weekend Hades II finally drops.

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · 15d

I'll be in LA Wed-Sunday of this week, taking part in this cool speculative fiction conference. I'll be doing double duty - panel talk on AI-generated media + roundtable on adapting Ted Chiang's “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” (ft. Chiang himself).

Speculative Fiction Across Media 2025 – Speculative Fiction Across Media

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · 23d

Entirely deserved! I've been skeptical about the strategy of turning this Demon Slayer arc into feature-length films rather than TV seasons but I stand corrected. Ufotable nailed this adaptation in every way that counts and then some.

‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ slashes 26-year box office record and tops weekend box office | CNN Business

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – the Movie Infinity Castle” shattered the record for biggest opening weekend domestic gross for an anime movie, hauling in an estimated $70 million.

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Aug 14

This list is 🔥

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 13

HBO Max's anime library is getting a major boost under a new 20-title deal with GKIDS. Many will stream in the U.S. for the first time, with several debuting in 4K.
www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/hbo-ma...

20 GKIDS Films Coming To HBO Max, Including U.S. Streaming Debuts

HBO Max signs deal for 20 GKIDS films, from anime milestones to long-lost cult hits, many debuting in 4K or streaming in the U.S.

www.cartoonbrew.com

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 26

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 23

Wow! Are y'all hiring? My office doesn't even have windows...

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 23

That's so valid and important! I've had my office for four years now, and there are still framed posters chilling in their boxes on the floor 🙈 Perhaps I should fail to write in there more often!

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 23

I'm only revising an article, but the struggle is real. It sounds like you're revising a book? I'm excited to read it! Good luck!

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 22

Academics: I recommend minor revisions.
The minor revisions they recommended:

a man is holding a box with sticky notes on it in front of a poster of japan

ALT: a man is holding a box with sticky notes on it in front of a poster of japan

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 22

Always! But that usually goes against any academic goals, not in service of them 😆

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 21

My summer whats?

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Society for Animation Studies (SAS) @sasanistudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

We can't believe it's been a week since the end of #SAS36! It was such a great event. We also can't stop thinking about the animation @joanna-quinn.bsky.social made during her keynote. Here is a version she created just for us! Thanks, Joanna!

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 12

I think people and institutions are constantly donating new objects, so maybe some of the stuff wasn't there ten years ago.

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 12

It's a great space (and it does screen films, still)! Very eclectic collection!

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 12

In other news, an edited volume on the computational image that I'm contributing to needs additional chapters. Please check out the CFP below and spread the word!

Paul Roquet @inqualia.bsky.social · Jul 10

Building on the great papers from our Global Mediations workshop this past April, we're launching a CFP for additional contributions to an anthology on the global contestation of computational imaging. Details below; proposals due 9/13

Cultural Politics of the Computational Image: CFP – Global Mediations Lab

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 12

The #SAS36 crew visited the Cinema Museum and met its resident cat, Garbo 😻

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 11

David Sproxton (co-founder of Aardman) closed out this year's stellar keynote line-up at #SAS36

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 11

Extremely informative panel on environmental sustainability in animation at #SAS36! @drcriformenti.bsky.social

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 10

Very cool! Learned a lot! Pics coming later :)

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 10

Another super interesting AI panel at #SAS36

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 10

Some candids from last night's pub quiz at #SAS36 Our team, Duurzaamheid, strategically came in second to avoid accusations of Board favoritism and institutional corruption

Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 9

Michael Dudok de Wit on the importance of subtlety and rhythm in animation #SAS36

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