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Censorship in Practice
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Obscenity, Censorship & Erotic Comics in Japan (Patrick W> Galbraith)
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Translation, Localization, Censorship, and You
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Shimoneta: Japan’s History of Censorship!
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Compulsory Sterilization in Japan: Censorship Casts Doubt on Landmark Report
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Internet Censorship, Hachette, and Yen Press
Are you a US citizen? Have you taken the time to contact your congressional representative, and urge them not to vote for a destructive internet censorship bill that…
Edens Zero - Episode 2 - B-Cube Censorship
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Vice's Manga Censorship Push – Ignorance on Display
Recent actions by Vice media show the lack of imagination for culture scolds and censors. Read my thoughts here.
The Otakusphere: Censorship, cultural exchange and reckless fire
Good morning and welcome to another beautiful day in the Otakusphere. Today is a great day. First of all, we had snow. I was worried we were just…
Isekai Ojisan - Episode 10 - Fujimiya Prays to Censorship Spirits
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Webinar on Film Censorship Across Asia, February 1 at 10am EST
Webinar on Film Censorship Across Asia, February 1 at 10am EST
Online Lecture by Matthew Hunt on Thai Cinema and Censorship, March 19
Online Lecture by Matthew Hunt on Thai Cinema and Censorship, March 19
Reincarnated as the Seventh Prince Etc #01 — The Bath of Convenient Censorship
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Overextension in Anime
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Queerbaiting in Anime?
There sure is a lot of queerbaiting in anime. Well there sure are a lot of accusations of queerbaiting in anime. I’m a little slow on the uptake…
Foreigners in Anime
I have always been the weird foreign kid. When I was younger we moved around so much that I never got to know what it’s like not to…
Trauma in Anime
Anime characters sure have though childhoods. Well the action ones at least. If you sit down and really think about action anime, it’s a sea of PTSD. You…
Overscan in anime
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Playfulness in Anime
Introduction Playfulness is a wonderful thing. It allows us to act out of character at times in order to surprise or confuse our friends. Timing and setting are…
Lolis in Anime
I said I would write a "Loli Thesis" one day, and that day has arrived. It's time to discuss the history of lolis and explain what they are.
Hanami in Anime!
Though it’s getting kind of a late start where I live, Spring is finally peeking out from it’s long Winter nap. Little buds on the trees have the…
A.I. in Anime
By Andew Osmond. Anime’s first ever star was an A.I. character, Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy. While the series stressed the boy bot’s Kryptonian-level powers – 100,000 horsepower, in…
Fashion in Anime
As someone who is obsessed with fashion/style and Anime this video means a lot to me today I analyze and dissect different anime drip while changing into different…
Periods in Anime!
You read it right – this blog is going to be entirely devoted to menstruation – or the lack thereof – in anime.
Anime North in Toronto, Anime Next in Atlantic City
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This Week in Anime - Off-Brands In My Anime
With the new, official WcDonald's campaign, Nick and Nicky revisit some of the off-brand appearances of real products in anime and other official campaigns that seem too weird…
Anime North in Toronto, Anime Next in Atlantic City
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TOP 5 ANIME IN 2019 #ANIME
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TOP 5 ANIME IN 2018 #ANIME
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Orientalism & Occidentalism in Anime
Anime is subject to the same pressures, contexts, and interpretations as any other piece of art positioned in a multicultural framework. Put on your mortarboards and adjust your…
Family Dynamics in Anime
Hey all! In America it’s the time of the year where we celebrate family. We are prepping ourselves mentally and physically to be around the family we have…
Watching Anime in Theaters
Lately I have been thinking about going out to theaters to watch anime. I have a lot of free time! These are my thoughts.
In Memoriam, Anime-Style
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Existential Drift in Anime
I don’t know if the expression “existential drift” actually exists. Ha! (Cause existential…never mind…) I think I made it up but I not infrequently think I’ve coined a…
Anime Banned in China
Hello and welcome back to another video today we will be covering a bunch of anime that has been banned in China and giving the reasons as to…
Existential Drift in Anime
I first published this post years ago but I thought I would give …
More Spaceships in Anime
A long time ago, I wrote a post about spaceships in anime. You can read that post here: Link. I wrote that when I first started out and…
Visuals Matter in Anime
Did that title blow your mind? There are few more obvious statements I could make. To be honest I struggled with it quite a bit. I just couldn’t…
LGBTQIA+ Representation in Anime
Hello all and welcome back to Niji Nights! Last time I talked specifically about transgender characters in anime in some old school vs. some newer anime. Today, I…
Anime 2022 In Review
Another year, another list of “Top 5 Anime”. While I had wanted to make this list a sort of tradition like other blogs, the last list I made…
Best Dads in Anime
Hey all! To accompany our Best Moms in Anime posts, we’ve decided to do a Dads post as well! So rules to this post, they will be dads…
Anime Locale in 2020
The New Year is widely associated with an opportunity for change and improvement. Indeed, people make resolutions to better themselves or reach certain goals. The same is here…
Watching Anime in 2021
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 2021’s one of the strongest recent years for anime I can think of. We saw some…
Tank Abuse in Anime
While tanks are undeniably rad, they are surpassed in popularity—at least in anime—by a different type of machine
The Man in Anime!
Government officials just trying to do some good The Man. Uncle Sam. The Feds. There are so many names to simply refer to someone who is an employee…
Emotional Continuity in Anime
What does it mean for a work of fiction to feel “realistic?” It’s a question I return to over and over because of how subjective the answer can…
In Defense of Subjectivity in Anime Blogging
Having any sort of online communal experience is a weird thing. We all experience things in different ways so it can already be a little tough to understand…