Mechademia 10Mechademia 10 revolves around a maelstrom of events: the devastation of 3 11the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor crisesand the ongoing environmental disasters that have recently overtaken Japan. Because anime and manga have long proposed (and illustrated) alternative worldssome created after catastrophesit is fitting that this volume should consider this propensity for world renewal. Individual essays range widely, from a poetic and personal