Researcher Database

（Last updated : 2025-05-15 00:30:47）　

OBISPO JOANNA LUISA BUENAFLOR

Department / Course Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization

Title / Position Senior Researcher

Other Affiliations
1.	College of Global Liberal Arts Department of Global Liberal Arts

Academic background
1.	2023/09 Degree Acquisition	PhD in International Relations (国際関係論)
2.	2008/11～2013/04	Master Course │ Asian Studies │ Asian Center │ University of the Philippines │ Completed │ MA in Asian Studies (地域研究)
3.	2005/05～2008/04	History │ College of Liberal Arts │ De La Salle University │ Graduated │ Bachelor of Arts (History)

Committee and society
1.	2018/04 ～	Kyoto Association of Pinoy Scholars (KAPS) Member

Research activities
1.	2015/08 ～	Philippine Historical Association
2.	2013/12 ～	Asian Association of Women’s Studies

Subject of research
1.	Creative labour in Asia
2.	Television memories

Books
1.	2022/12/16	Firipin ni okeru Nihon anime no genchi-ka to sono juyō [Localization of Japanese Animation in the Philippines and Its Reception by Postwar Generations of Filipino Anime Viewers]Gurōbaru anime-ron [Global Anime Theory] │ ,pp.35-49

Papers
1.	2022	Filipino Baby Boomers and Generation X: Audience Reception of Voltes V │ Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University │ 4,pp.69-84
2.	2019	Japan’s Country Image: Perceptions of Filipino Early Generations and Anime University Student-Viewers │ International Journal of Comic Art │ 21 (2),pp.370-396
3.	2017	Japan’s Fukoku Kyohei: A Continuous Pursuit of Economic and Military Powers │ Ugong │ 9,pp.56-80

Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/09/23	Anchoring Creativity: Redefining Creative Labor in Asia's Cultural Industries (Panel)
2.	2024/05/22	Unraveling the Layers of Anime Reception: Exploring Filipino Gen X and Millennial Audiences’ Television Memories and Interpretations of Yū Yū Hakusho
3.	2022/03/16	Filipino Baby Boomers and Generation X Audience Reception of Voltes V
4.	2021/03/06	Localization of Japanese Animation in the Philippines and Its Reception by Postwar Generations of Filipino Anime Viewers
5.	2016	Comparative Analysis of Historical and Animated Images of Japan
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Other research achievements
1.	2025/02/06	The Roundtable on “Shaping the Future of Creative Careers in Asia” (Ritsumeikan University (KIC))

Works
1.	2024/07/08	Naruto in the Philippines Evolving Media Landscape: Memories and Interpretations of Postwar Filipino Multigenerational Viewers (Ritsumeikan University)