How Kashiwagi Haruko’s latest demonstrates the diversity of manga as a medium – and provides insight into the daily struggle of Japan’s least privileged.
Attendees’ grotesque behavior towards a Chinese cosplayer leaves many questioning whether Japan’s Comiket convention is a safe space for women.
Many live-action manga and anime adaptations are received poorly. So how has musical theater captured the imagination of fans worldwide?
Why are manga authors hopping mad over a proposed new law that supposedly protects their rights?
Is anime “The New Orientalism”? How a Twitter controversy over Kizuna Ai had Japanese women questioning how the media depicts them.
The life of the legendary cartoonist and essayist Sakura Momoko was one of juxtaposition between traditional and modern Japan. A look back at the creator of Chibi Maruko-chan.
The author of the manga behind one of Japan’s most long-running animes is dead of breast cancer at the young age of 53.
A comic book about the quirks of “the prefecture that time forgot” received a movie version last year, and is now airing as an anime.
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