Assistant Professor
English
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
N/A
Manga Studies, Anime Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Literary and Cultural Theory, English Literature
Anime and Manga Studies
PhD in English from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand
MA in English from Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University
BA in English (Hons.) from University of North Bengal
Ph.D
PG
UG
Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2025). Fullmetal alchemist and the hero’s journey: Decoding the monomyth in Hiromu Arakawa’s shonen masterpiece. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 11(2), 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1386/eapc_00150_1
Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2025). From kundalini to lord Shiva: Exploring “show” and intertextuality in Kentaro Miura’s berserk. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2548554
Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2025). Asura becomes bishonen: Decoding the “shojo-manga-fication” of rig vedic deities in CLAMP’s rg veda. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 14(1), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.14.1.02
Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2024). Hindu gods, demons, and concepts in naruto: Analyzing Masashi Kishimoto’s mythopoeic vision. Literary Voice, 1(23), 516-524.
Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2024). “Let me in”: Analyzing the firefly funhouse match (2020). IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.04
Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2022). Postmodern elements in Katsuhiro Otomo’s akira (1988). Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 10(1), 55–61. https://doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2022.1017
