Million Tag
This is interesting. In 2021, Shonen JUMP did a reality TV show in Japan which was a contest where they paired aspiring and talented manga artists with...
Man vs. Duty – The Eastern Conflict
In 335 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle in his book Poetics wrote that drama was based around four central conflicts: Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man...
January 21, 2023
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Manga Monday: The Fable
[This is a running series where I share my thoughts on a different comic each Monday, sometimes Manga, sometimes American, Chinese, Korean or UK comics. I read...
How do People Play TRPGS Around the World?
Today I stumbled across this fascinating YouTube channel called Don’t Stop Thinking which has a series of videos talking to gamers from around the world about how...
An Eastern Western : Shintaro the Samurai
In 1962, Shinichi Nishimura, a TV Japanese producer, decided to create a Japanese TV series which mimicked the American westerns which were still super-popular at the time...
A History of Light Novels: The 2000s
The following is an unofficial English translation of a Japanese article about the history of light novels by a group called the Light Novel Research Institute. It...
A History of Light Novels: The 1990s
The following is an unofficial English translation of a Japanese article about the history of light novels by a group called the Light Novel Research Institute. It...
A History of Light Novels: The 1980s
The following is an unofficial English translation of a Japanese article about the history of light novels by a group called the Light Novel Research Institute. It...
How to Make a Romantic Comedy (From the Light Novel Research Institute)
Since actual Japanese sources on writing light novels aren’t easy to find in English, I am sharing translations of some of the more interesting articles I have...
Plastic Love and City Pop
Apparently an early 80’s Japanese music genre called City Pop is exploding on the internet right now. As a watcher of 80’s anime, I’m used to it,...