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Last month The Daily Show host Jon Stewart tackled the ill-informed CNN story that vilified manga as child pornography , and now he's back on a similar topic for different reasons. Japan recently jailed artist Megumi Igarashi for creating a 3D printing of her genitals, …Read more »
A few days ago we posted about CNN's story on Japan's new bill banning child pornography , which focused heavily on the fact that anime and manga are an exception to the rule. CNN's coverage was done tabloid style, going so far as to blur …Read more »
Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan , made an appearance on a recent episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart . In the clip, which is embedded below, Adelstein talks in brief about his many …Read more »
The movie Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved will hit the big screen in Japan tomorrow, June 27, and be shown in 199 theaters. Just before its release, Kyoto Animation dropped a trailer showing off fight sequences. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon …Read more »
For a solid recent example of sakuga, Trigger's Little Witch Academia (now a TV anime!) short is truly exceptional. Since the days of Astro Boy , the Japanese animation industry has by and large followed a conservative production model, relying on cost-saving limited animation tricks. …Read more »
People are strange when you’re a stranger, but when you are acquainted, sometimes they’re stranger yet. In any random assortment of people, there’s bound to be an oddball or two. But to wind up in a group consisting of nothing but those with a few …Read more »
How the average American pictures jail in Canada. A Canadian man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for watching anime pornography because it depicted the “sex organs or anal regions of characters who looked like minors,” reports Canada's QMI Agency. Regis Tremblay was …Read more »
A Playstation game set in otaku mecca Akihabara is currently the subject of controversy across social media thanks to a potentially offensive line of text included in the English localization of the game. Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed , the second game in the series, …Read more »
Thanks to Vertical Inc. the number of Moyoco Anno manga available in English has been rising at a nice pace, from Sakuran to the gag-filled chronicle of life with Evangelion director and husband Hideaki Anno, Insufficient Direction , and now In Clothes Called Fat . …Read more »
If you're not aware, a long-overdue child pornography law was passed in Japan this week which finally bans the possession (production and sales were already outlawed) of pornographic depictions of children. The exception is, notably, comics and cartoons, rationale being that children aren't abused in …Read more »
A follow up on our story about the manga controversy last week - and a fresh new controversy. As you may recall, a manga called Imoto Paradise 2 , which contained themes of incest, was designated as an adult title by the Tokyo government last …Read more »
This week the Tokyo Metropolitan Government decided to restrict the sale of a manga titled Imoto Paradise 2 , designating it as “unhealthy” and mandating the manga be placed in bookstores’ adult sections and sold only to customers over 18. It’s the first time the …Read more »
Just because Sakamoto Days is off for the season doesn’t mean you have to let it go. In fact, you can keep it with you wherever you go, thanks to CASETiFY! A new Co-Lab from the smartphone accessory maker is offering up a super-cool line of …Read more »
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