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 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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Yuri, 1919-2019, From Then to Now
In 1915, a young woman left her home in the northeast of Japan and headed to the big city to...
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Op-Ed: Growing Pains in the Anime Industry
This article first appeared on Patreon on March 3, 2018. Become a Patron for early access to...
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Sentai vs. Superheroes: A Brief Look At Marvel In Japan
Through the company’s history, Marvel has been known as an innovator. They brought tales of...
Read MoreThis Day in Anime History: May 21
2011 In Japan: The Japanese prefecture of Hokuei announced that they will begin issuing Detective Conan-themed license plates for mopeds. The plates will begin issuance on Tuesday, May 24, and applicants will be able to register...
Read MoreThis Day in Anime History: February 13
2011 In Japan: Animator and professor Masahiro Katayama passed away in a Tokyo hospital due to pneumonia. Katayama was a prominent figure who served as the head of Group Ebisen, helped found the Tokyo Anime Fair, and served as...
Read MoreThis Day in Anime History: January 30
2011 In Europe: Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka’s Pluto manga was awarded the Intergenerational Award at France’s Angoulême International Comics Festival. In America: Borders revealed that they would delay payments to...
Read MoreThis Day in Anime History: January 13
2009 In Korea: A number of Korean protestors called for the cancellation of the Hetalia: Axis Powers anime. The protest was based around the title’s Korea character, which is present in the manga, but not the anime....
Read MoreLooking Back At 2010
2010 is a year that brought a number of major changes to the anime landscape. The impact of many of these won’t be felt immediately, but they are certain to have an impact on things going into next year and beyond. The...
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