Angela Longo is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Global Arts, Department of Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices, at Tokyo University of the Arts with funding from the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology (MEXT). She earned her Master Degree researching Japanese Animation from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil. She has bachelors degrees in Visual Arts from UFRGS, and in the course of Artistic Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal with funding from the Ministry of Education of Brazil.