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At the risk of optimism being refuted with regional reading level indicators, some of the initiativ…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 27, 2024

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Usagi Yojimbo: The Year of The Samurai Rabbit!

The adventure of a lifetime started nearly 40 years ago for Stan Sakai with the creation of his com…

Lois Kajiwara • Oct. 29, 2023

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Japanese manga guerrillas who fought against the military government for freedom of expression

Against the Brazilian military regime (1964-1985), which controlled freedom of speech with tanks an…

Masayuki Fukasawa • April 8, 2019

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The Shogi Challenge in Brazil

Pawn, tower, horse, bishop, and king, in Brazil, these names refer to chess pieces. Not that chess …

Henrique Minatogawa • Dec. 5, 2018

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Japanese culture in vignettes

The cult of Japanese comics, or manga , in Peru has spread so much in recent years that we could we…

Javier García Wong-Kit • May 14, 2018

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From manga and games to caricature

Daniel Sato, 35 years old, Sansei, has a very common story among Brazilian Nikkei . He took a graph…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Nov. 24, 2017

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Sofía Pichihua, Cardcaptor Sakura collector and Guinness Record

Sofía Pichihua is not just any otaku. This manga fan, who began following the anime that aired on t…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • July 5, 2017

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A Comic Book Artist In Brazil

I met the designer and comic book artist Cristina Eiko Yamamoto, 37, at the launch of the graphic n…

Henrique Minatogawa • June 17, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

アメリカ人のお宅 (American Otaku)

When I was a boy, I felt disconnected from the kids in Northern Michigan. I played with Star Wars a…

Jackson Bliss • Sept. 20, 2013

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

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During this summer term I attended a course called “Japanese Americans” at the Universi…

Lütfiye Bagci • Sept. 29, 2010

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