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What’s With Anime’s Weird Preoccupation With Hands?

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Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas is the author of several YA novels, including the Morris Award finalist Because You'll Never Meet Me and the Edgar Award finalist Wild and Crooked . She currently lives and works in Tottori, Japan, surrounded by cats, students, and youkai.

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Tetsuo admires his robotic arm in a scene from Akira
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What’s With Anime’s Weird Preoccupation With Hands?

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A detail from cover art for the manga The Summer Hikaru Died
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Forbidden Bodies: The Summer Hikaru Died and the Desperate Terror of Queer Adolescence 

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Recreation of Yubaba's office at Ghibli Park
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Disembodied Monster Heads Spark Joy: A Visit to Ghibli Park

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A scene from the anime series Natsume's Book of Friends
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Gentle, Magnificent Gratitude: A Love Letter to Natsume’s Book of Friends

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A scene from the anime series Frieren
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Frieren: Timeless Life Lessons From a Tired Mage

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Image from the anime series Cowboy Bebop: Spike Speigel stands at a circular window, looking out at the sky
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Big in the West: Cowboy Bebop and the Curious Legacy of Space Western Anime 

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A scene from Delicious in Dungeon: Marcille, Laios, and Chilchuck comfort Senshi while Izutsumi sits nearby
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Unexpected Ingredients Make for Superb Friendships in Delicious in Dungeon

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Yasaburō and Benten stand together in scene from the anime series The Eccentric Family.
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Our Idiot Blood: The Eccentric Family, Siblinghood, and the Roles We Play

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Image from the anime series Chainsaw Man. The subtitles read: "Hearing a voice that isn't screaming feels curious."
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Violence Chose Us: Chainsaw Man and the Horrible Beauty of Modern Adolescence 

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“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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