Category: History

Devil’s Candy: A Release Almost 20 Years in the Making

by Kennedy (Red Bard) | Jul 13, 2021 | History, Interviews | 0 |

I am constantly shocked at how many people know us from Rising Stars. It must have been a bigger deal than I thought,” said Bikkuri. “It seems like the book was in a lot of libraries or something? Anyway, I’d be perfectly happy if it was erased from everyone’s memories.”

Sayla Mass and Lynn Minmay: Women Who Shaped The History of Mecha

by Nerissa Mercer | Jun 16, 2021 | History | 0 |

Since as early as the 1950s, mecha anime have captured our hearts and imaginations. Since then,...

The Origins of Mecha: The 1980s, Part 2: Beyond Macross

by Anime Commentary | Apr 28, 2021 | Origins of Mecha | 0 |

The 1980s were a fruitful period for the mecha genre, as numerous Real Robot and Super Robot...

The Origins of Mecha: Mega-Hits of The 1980s

by Anime Commentary | Mar 23, 2021 | Origins of Mecha | 0 |

In my previous article on mecha history, I examined various figures and genre standards that were...

The Fine Print: Lessons Learned from Tokyopop’s Original English Manga Empire

by Priya Sridhar | Mar 9, 2021 | History | 0 |

Header Stock Media provided by WireStock / Pond5 The world of the early-to-mid 2000s may as well...

The Origins of Mecha: The Super Robots of the 1970s

by Anime Commentary | Dec 21, 2020 | History, Origins of Mecha | 0 |

The 1970s were a fruitful period for popular media in Japan. Weekly Shōnen Jump debuted in 1969,...

Reinventing A Medium: What American Pop Culture Can Learn From Manga

by Joshua Pantalleresco | Dec 1, 2020 | History, Interest | 0 |

Over the course of its history, Japan’s entertainment industry, particularly within the fields of...

The Origins of Mecha: Introduction

by Anime Commentary | Nov 11, 2020 | Niche, Origins of Mecha | 0 |

In this day and age, countless examples of mecha and robots can be found within Japanese popular...

Exploring Aoi House, Fifteen Years Later

by Anthony Gramuglia | Oct 28, 2020 | History | 0 |

Content Warning: Contains frank discussions of Aoi House’s problematic elements, which...

The Face of War: Finding Anime’s Roots In World War II

by C.D.T. Ceates | Aug 27, 2020 | History | 0 |

Header Image: Momotaro no Umiwashi In the modern world, anime is a medium that ignites the...

That 2007 Feeling: A Chronicle of the Western Anime Bubble, Chapter 1

by Samantha Ferreira | Apr 3, 2020 | Fandom, History | 0 |

This is the first chapter of an ongoing work, which will chronicle the growth and sudden crash of...

When Stars Align: A History of Queer Anime

by Tynan Brooks | Mar 20, 2020 | History, Niche | 0 |

In the eighth episode of 2019’s Stars Align, Maki and Yuu — a star player and manager of a soft...

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