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Anime Streaming Wars — Netflix, Crunchyroll and the Future

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn 2015, if you wanted to watch a specific currently airing anime series legally from outside J...
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TRPG and Replay Culture in Japan

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn 1985, a Japanese game designer named Hiroshi Yamamoto attended a session of Dungeons and Dra...
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Collaboration Cafés and Character Brand Ecosystems

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn the commercial district of Ikebukuro in Tokyo, within walking distance of the station, there...
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Sakuga Culture — The Art and Appreciation of Anime Motion

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific community within the anime fan world that watches anime differently from mo...
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Seinen Manga — Berserk, Vagabond and the Literature of Maturity

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific shelf in most well-stocked Japanese bookstores that I return to with a spec...