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Manga Criticism and Anime Journalism — The Critical Ecosystem

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledSerious criticism requires three things: the creative work worthy of analysis, the analytical f...
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Regional Anime Collaboration — Local Government and Pop Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI wrote in the seichi junrei article about the economic consequences that anime pilgrimage can ...
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Light Novel Illustrators — The Artists Behind the Covers

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen a light novel succeeds commercially — when it accumulates sufficient sales to justify an a...
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Anime University Circles and the Path to Professional Careers

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe Japanese university system has a specific institutional infrastructure for student extracur...
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Nico Nico Douga — Japan’s Original Video Culture and Its Legacy

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn January 2007, a video-sharing website launched in Japan that would, over the following decad...