Misha Mihailova
@mihailova.bsky.social
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
Opened my Letterboxd to log BUGONIA like a good nerd and it gave me this. Fair play.
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Opened my Letterboxd to log BUGONIA like a good nerd and it gave me this. Fair play.
Celebrating International Animation Day, and especially May I Ask for One Final Thing?, a new anime about a magical noblewoman who just really enjoys throwing hands
October 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Celebrating International Animation Day, and especially May I Ask for One Final Thing?, a new anime about a magical noblewoman who just really enjoys throwing hands
Spotted at a BART station: this disgusting AI slop. If that's the level of quality control they maintain at Skechers, why should I trust them to make good shoes?
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Spotted at a BART station: this disgusting AI slop. If that's the level of quality control they maintain at Skechers, why should I trust them to make good shoes?
My fellow manga lovers in the Bay Area should check out the de Young's "Art of Manga" exhibition. If you teach comics/manga/anime, your students would enjoy it, too.
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My fellow manga lovers in the Bay Area should check out the de Young's "Art of Manga" exhibition. If you teach comics/manga/anime, your students would enjoy it, too.
Brit Marling in conversation with Sherryl Vint at SFAM 2025. Guess I'll finally watch The OA now.
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Brit Marling in conversation with Sherryl Vint at SFAM 2025. Guess I'll finally watch The OA now.
Extremely informative panel on environmental sustainability in animation at #SAS36! @drcriformenti.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Extremely informative panel on environmental sustainability in animation at #SAS36! @drcriformenti.bsky.social
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
July 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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
Had a fantastic time thinking about stop-motion (im)perfection, tongues, and death yesterday with @beekenmarkus.bsky.social , Nicholas Miller, and Kath O'Connor at #SAS36
July 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Had a fantastic time thinking about stop-motion (im)perfection, tongues, and death yesterday with @beekenmarkus.bsky.social , Nicholas Miller, and Kath O'Connor at #SAS36
Interrupting my SAS coverage to share the news that the latest novel by Georgi Gospodinov, the greatest living Bulgarian author (bar none), is out in English, translated by Angela Rodel. It is a deeply personal, devastatingly moving read. Highly recommended.
July 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Interrupting my SAS coverage to share the news that the latest novel by Georgi Gospodinov, the greatest living Bulgarian author (bar none), is out in English, translated by Angela Rodel. It is a deeply personal, devastatingly moving read. Highly recommended.
Excellent panel on "Bad" Animation by @ghahahan.bsky.social @aurelievpetit.bsky.social and Jacqueline Ristola at #SAS36
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Excellent panel on "Bad" Animation by @ghahahan.bsky.social @aurelievpetit.bsky.social and Jacqueline Ristola at #SAS36
Starting this year's Society for Animation Studies conference strong with a fascinating keynote by Malcolm Cook! #SAS36 @sasanistudies.bsky.social @malcolmcook76.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Starting this year's Society for Animation Studies conference strong with a fascinating keynote by Malcolm Cook! #SAS36 @sasanistudies.bsky.social @malcolmcook76.bsky.social
Social media has alerted me to the fact that the youths don't know what napalm is and Kpop Demon Hunters is how they're finding out.
Back in MY day, we learned about napalm the right way: by watching Apocalypse Now at a questionably early age and having nightmares for weeks.
Back in MY day, we learned about napalm the right way: by watching Apocalypse Now at a questionably early age and having nightmares for weeks.
July 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Social media has alerted me to the fact that the youths don't know what napalm is and Kpop Demon Hunters is how they're finding out.
Back in MY day, we learned about napalm the right way: by watching Apocalypse Now at a questionably early age and having nightmares for weeks.
Back in MY day, we learned about napalm the right way: by watching Apocalypse Now at a questionably early age and having nightmares for weeks.
Academics after they change the title slide on a recycled presentation.
June 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Academics after they change the title slide on a recycled presentation.
