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Josei Manga — The Literature of Adult Japanese Women

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe demographic taxonomy of Japanese manga — the shōnen, shōjo, seinen, and josei categories th...
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Bakuman and Shirobako — Meta Works About Making Manga and Anime

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific category of creative work — present in every creative tradition that has de...
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Shōjo Manga History — The Female Tradition

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen I describe the manga tradition to international readers, I notice a specific consistent pa...
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VTubers — The Hololive Phenomenon and Virtual Identity

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn September 2020, a woman named Inugami Korone — or rather, a cartoon dog-eared woman whose ap...
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AI and the Future of Anime Production

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe conversation about artificial intelligence and creative work has arrived in the anime indus...