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Anime’s Sci-Fi Adaptations
By Chris Perkins. Anime has had a long love affair with western literature. Since the early days of television, anime studios have adapted beloved stories from Europe and the Americas. Many of them were part of the long-running World Masterpiece Theatre strand which included such classics as Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and […]
The Holy Land of Nerima
By Andrew Osmond. Pictures by Carlos Nakajima. Anime tourism is big business in today’s Japan. Around the country, local governments are savvy to the fact that if you can link your neighbourhood to a popular comic or cartoon, then the fan tourists will come. One way is to present your hometown in an anime, so […]
Cowboy Bebop and Leiji Matsumoto
By Raz Greenberg Back in the beginning of the 21st century, there was a short period when people believed anime was on the verge of breaking to the mainstream audience in the west. People beyond the limited circles of anime fans started talking about anime productions, and science fiction and fantasy fandom in particular began […]