The Wild World of Anime CD-ROMs in North America
When looking through the lens of the current era, it can be difficult to imagine that anime was...
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Tag: history
Boys’ Love, Fandom, and Italy: A Passionate Affair
Cover image: La scintilla dell’amore by Kuroda Sakaki (Kappa Edizioni, 2006) A girl is out at the...
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The Forgotten Surprises of Anime VHS Commercials
VHS advertisements were a crucial piece of insight into the greater world of anime—and they evolved into an art form of their own.
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From Morocco: Artful Titles Paint History with Relatable Colors
One of the joys and pleasures I had in my tender years that have carried over the course of my...
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The Origins of Mecha: The 1990s Part 1: Landmarks and Evolutions
The dawn of the 1990s saw Japan entering a period of economic turbulence and upheaval. Rampant...
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Sayla Mass and Lynn Minmay: Women Who Shaped The History of Mecha
Since as early as the 1950s, mecha anime have captured our hearts and imaginations. Since then,...
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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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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 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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