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MY NEW BOOK! A Kid's Guide to Anime & Manga: Exploring the History of Japanese Animation and Comics!

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TokyoScope by Patrick Macias

Nov 21, 2023 • Subscribe

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Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics

One of the best things that happens when one steps past “fandom” as an interest to “research” of that interest, is that one meets a community of people…

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Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #69: Patrick's New Book - A KID'S GUIDE TO ANIME & MANGA!

Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan

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The Comic Book History of Comics

It's a comic book, about comic books! That's right, The Comic Book History of Comics tells the story of how comic books became what they...

AstroBoy World

May 31, 2012 • Subscribe

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Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History

Sometimes I com across a book that, while outside of my normal area of study, is so mind-blowing, I really just want people to know about it. Comics…

Okazu

Nov 6, 2022 • Subscribe

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Post-War Anime: The History of Japanese Animation & Japan

Anime from 1945 to 1963 saw the release of some incredibly influential works. While most begin their anime studies with Astroboy released on January 1st 1963, the history…

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Exploring Anime Boston's History

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New Manga How-To Book

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MY NEW BOOK! The Essential ANIME Guide - 50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces!

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TokyoScope by Patrick Macias

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A Guide to Japanese Bakeries

Japanese bakeries are in a league of their own. With this short guide, make the most of your next trip to the pan-ya!

GaijinPot

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Japanese Lucky Charms: A Guide to Omamori for the New Year

How do Japanese lucky charms or omamori work and what can it do for you? Read on below and bring some luck into your new year!

Savvy Tokyo

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[Book Review] “The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga” 

Source: The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga, Page 15 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Last October, I ordered a Kindle copy of The Shonen Jump Guide…

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A (Humourous) Guide to the Japanese Language

So the other day I was taking a nice, nightly stroll around Kawaramachi after watching Godzilla: King of the Monsters (which was actually a good movie) and caught…

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Howl’s Moving Castle: Exploring Themes of War in Japanese Animation

In his review of the 2016 animation In this Corner of the World, Mark Kermode reflected on the power of anime to ‘talk about very big, adult issues…

Bunka Bento

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Book Review: A Beginners Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations

A particularly idiosyncratic book this may not suit the tastes of some but is certainly one which provokes. There are many and often inexperienced travellers to Japan who…

Diverse Japan

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Japanese Comics: Discovering Manga in the 1990s

American comic book publishers started releasing Japanese manga titles in English on a regular basis sometime in the late 1980s. Some of the earliest to appear were the…

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Anime & the Economic Miracle | The History of Animation & Japan

With the release of Astro Boy in 1963 Anime in Japan experienced an unparalleled boom period. This coincided with the Japanese Economic Miracle, a time in which Japan…

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A Brief History of South Korean Animation

In today’s video, we shine a light on a hidden industry, tracing its roots from the birth nation, troubled adolescence and into the modern era. Beyond K-pop, Kimchi…

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The Japanese Rice Cooker: A History of Trials and Errors

Learn what led to the development of the Japanese rice cooker and how it found a home in just about every Japanese household.

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The Japanese Rice Cooker: A History of Trials and Errors

Learn what led to the development of the Japanese rice cooker and how it found a home in just about every Japanese household.

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A Weekend of New Animation

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Animation Obsessive

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Exploring the Mecha Genre in Anime and Manga

From towering battle machines to mind-bending psychological thrillers, Mecha anime and manga have shaped the sci-fi genre in ways you never imagined. Whether you're a hardcore Gundam fan…

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My 10 Best and Worst of the Spring Manga Guide

Beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic, I began recording a list of books I read each year to mark the passage of time and remind myself that I was…

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Exploring Japanese Christmas Through Anime

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The Best Anime, Manga, FIlm and Book of 2023

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Books: History of Chinese Animation

By Jonathan Clements. Released as part of a Routledge series of translations of Chinese scholarship, Sun Lijun’s two-volume History of Chinese Animation is the largest work yet published…

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Japanese Book Guide : 27 Books You Ought to Read about Japan

Here’s a collection of books to help expand your knowledge about Japan. I’ve referred to these books for my various writing projects. This list skews toward history because…

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Japanese Book Guide : 27 Books You Ought to Read about Japan

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My history with manga

This is a repost from  Organization ASG  so some people probably have read it and for that I'm sorry, but I think it has its place on my…

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An examination of the terms used to create abstract motion blur and their usage in ​early animation.

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MSX: A Guide to Our Manga

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Ep. 115: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics, by Frederik L. wSchodt

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Ep. 115: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics, by Frederik L. wSchodt

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Tokyo Roses: A History & Growing Guide

Get to know some of the most beautiful made-in-Japan roses as well as the history of roses in Japan.

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The Spring 2025 K-Comics Guide

Our companion to the Manga Guide, the K-Comics Guide, is here! With titles ranging from sweet to spicy, adventurous to laid back, and historical to contemporary, come see…

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The Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide

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Don’t @ Me: Seven of my Anime Opinions: Manga vs Comics Edition

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[Book Review] “The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga” 

Source: The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga, Page 15 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Last October, I ordered a Kindle copy of The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga, a new…

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Exploring the World of Nintendo Manga

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A New Decade of Anime: A History with Author Jonathan Clements

Historian Jonathan Clements discusses the advent of artificial intelligence, what fractured the Chinese-Japanese anime investment pipeline, and the buying power of otaku.

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A New Book Blog!

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Kodansha Comics’ New Digital Manga Licenses For November and December

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The History of Hentai Manga

Kimi Rito digs deep into the tropes of anime's salacious sister medium, from tracking down the hentai's early manga creators to going back even further to the shunga…

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A Guide To Devilman Manga Spin-Offs

A pointlessly extensive overview of everything Devilman.

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Mugicha: A Short History of Japanese Barley Tea

It's been a staple since Japan's Heian era. Learn about the history of mugicha (Japanese barley tea) and why it remains so popular today.

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Manga Goes to School - A Important Book for Now and the Future

Back in late 2023-early 2024, I reviewed a teen librarian guide for manga called Manga in Libraries: A Guide for Teen Librarians by Jillian Rudes. Jillian, as I…

Drop-In to Manga - Manga, Mental Health & Community

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A Shout-Out to the “Manga in Libraries” Guide

For those who don’t know, I’m a fan of borrowing manga from my local library. I’m very thankful that I’m in a situation where my library has managed…

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