The Origins of Mecha: The 1980s, Part 2: Beyond Macross
The 1980s were a fruitful period for the mecha genre, as numerous Real Robot and Super Robot...
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Category: History
The Origins of Mecha: Mega-Hits of The 1980s
In my previous article on mecha history, I examined various figures and genre standards that were...
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The Fine Print: Lessons Learned from Tokyopop’s Original English Manga Empire
Header Stock Media provided by WireStock / Pond5 The world of the early-to-mid 2000s may as well...
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The Origins of Mecha: The Super Robots of the 1970s
The 1970s were a fruitful period for popular media in Japan. Weekly Shōnen Jump debuted in 1969,...
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Reinventing A Medium: What American Pop Culture Can Learn From Manga
Over the course of its history, Japan’s entertainment industry, particularly within the fields of...
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The Origins of Mecha: Introduction
In this day and age, countless examples of mecha and robots can be found within Japanese popular...
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Exploring Aoi House, Fifteen Years Later
Content Warning: Contains frank discussions of Aoi House’s problematic elements, which...
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The Face of War: Finding Anime’s Roots In World War II
Header Image: Momotaro no Umiwashi In the modern world, anime is a medium that ignites the...
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That 2007 Feeling: A Chronicle of the Western Anime Bubble, Chapter 1
This is the first chapter of an ongoing work, which will chronicle the growth and sudden crash of...
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When Stars Align: A History of Queer Anime
In the eighth episode of 2019’s Stars Align, Maki and Yuu — a star player and manager of a soft...
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A Brief History of Denmark’s Manga Industry
In English-speaking countries, it’s become almost a given to see manga on store shelves next to...
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Origin Story: My Weekend as Sailor Mars
Hi, I’m L.B. and I have a not-so-secret confession to make. I enjoy crossplaying at anime...
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