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,...
Read MoreThe 1970s were a fruitful period for popular media in Japan. Weekly Shōnen Jump debuted in 1969,...
Read MoreOver the course of its history, Japan’s entertainment industry, particularly within the fields of...
Read MoreHeader Image: Momotaro no Umiwashi In the modern world, anime is a medium that ignites the...
Read MoreThis is the first chapter of an ongoing work, which will chronicle the growth and sudden crash of...
Read MoreIn 1915, a young woman left her home in the northeast of Japan and headed to the big city to...
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Read MoreThrough the company’s history, Marvel has been known as an innovator. They brought tales of...
Read More2011 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 More2011 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 More2011 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 More2009 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 More2010 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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