About Rags Drum
To foster the reproduction of more—and better—criticism and research on anime, comics, and games, and to encourage exchange among the writers who produce it, Lab on Roof continued its annual initiative in 2021 with the second ACG call for submissions, under the name:
Rags Drum 2021
Eve Festival Results
After three months of submissions and judging, Lab on Roof hereby announces the works and authors that qualified in the Eve Festival track. The following entries are listed in no particular order.
Entered in Both the Eve Festival ＋ After Festival
Thirteen entries qualified in the Eve Festival track:
- 米岡, “From Replicas to Simulacra: The Modern Turn in Cultural Consumption”
- CM, “Mr. Osomatsu Season 3: Matsubara Shū’s Journey Through Sketch Comedy”
- Suro Afmofo, “Using Psycho-Pass to Think About Control Societies and Resistance”
- Vall, “Nose-Psychometry, Film Noir, and a 24-Sided Die—The Narrative Texture of Disco Elysium”
- 哲哥, “Monster-Fear: Why America Became the Homeland of the Titans”
- 宫酒姬, “Post-Bishōjo and After Bishōjo: A ‘Post’-ological Study of Bishōjo Games”
- 斑鸠, “Spatialized Bodies vs. Embodied Spaces: Imagining Space and the Body in Japanese Anime”
- 甚谁, “How Does Death Become ‘New Life’? Death in Isekai-Reincarnation Stories”
- 真紅様, “Through the Philosophical Jungle of Sakura no Uta”
- 红茶泡海苔, “How Did Fan Pilgrimage Become Possible? On the Contingency of the Suicide Journey in Narcissu”
- 怀剣, “How Far Does the Political Transformative Power of Internet Technology Extend?”
- 心田安详, “Decoding ‘The Drowned Giant’: An Interpretation of the ‘Giant’ Metaphor”
- 米岡, “Chips, Amputation, and the Death Drive: Kaiji Itou’s Suicide Game”
Eve Festival Only
Two works already published on Bilibili entered the Eve Festival alone and qualified:
- 宫酒姬, “From Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature: ‘Entrusting the World to an Idol’ amid Many Predicaments”
- 真紅様, “Beginning with the Haruhi Suzumiya Series and ‘Sekaikei’: Some Ramblings on Postmodernism and ACGN Studies”
Under the previously announced rules, each work that qualified in the Eve Festival will receive an honorarium of RMB 200–300.
Let us celebrate.
Other Notes
We thank the jury for volunteering their labor. Its members were:
- will, ACG enthusiast
- 马小褂, ACG enthusiast
- 有电拍拍, ACG enthusiast
- rocefactor, ACG enthusiast
- 屋顶第十一任所长, ACG enthusiast
We thank 唯一指定真实August_Rush for producing the event posters and promotional video, and the writers, communities, and platforms who offered generous advice and sincere assistance.
See you at the After Festival.