Category: Cultural Contexts
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Genre Breakdown: Video Game Adaptations
These posts on video games and manga are co-written with Matthew Hawkins, a librarian and video game expert with a decades-long resume as a journalist, developer, and curator of video game-related art. As you might gather from the name, Matt is also my husband. Video game adaptations and manga about video games are such a…
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Manga Publishers: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know (And Probably More Than That)
Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/manga_librarian Like what I do? Consider supporting my school library by purchasing a student request! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YFUM4D17XWD1?ref_=wl_share Resources: VIZ: https://www.viz.com/ https://twitter.com/VIZMedia TOKYOPOP: https://twitter.com/TOKYOPOP Red Bard’s Videos on TOKYOPOP: https://youtu.be/gbKFejwLlUY https://youtu.be/sfvWvKHxUmo Kodansha: https://kodansha.us/ https://twitter.com/KodanshaManga Dark Horse: https://twitter.com/DarkHorseComics Seven Seas Entertainment: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ https://twitter.com/gomanga Drawn & Quarterly: https://drawnandquarterly.com/ https://twitter.com/DandQ Fantagraphics (previously…
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Anime & Manga Culture and Neurodivergence
In this video, I delve into why neurodivergent people may find anime and manga appealing. While being neurodivergent and interested in the subculture is not mutually exclusive, there are reasons why students who process the world differently may seek out anime and manga. This video is the beginning of a conversation, but I would like…
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Fanservice & Moe: Manga Issues for Consideration in Collection Development
Manga and Women: Buying Manga for School Libraries in the #MeToo Era: https://mangalibrarian.com/2019/03/13… Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/vaguelylibrary… Help support my ability to take time to make these videos: https://ko-fi.com/mangalibrarian…
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Recommended Reading for the Femme School Librarian Who Just Doesn’t Get the Manga Hype
“Manga is sexist. The way it treats women is horrible!” “I just can’t get into it. It’s only for teenage boys.” “It all looks the same.” “It’s fine for the kids, but I can’t stand it!” Listen, listen. You’ve been reading the wrong stuff. Do you think I sit here, in my precious free time,…
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How Accessible is Japan?
So, you’ve decided to visit Japan. Maybe you’re just going on your own, maybe you’re an educator taking a group of students. Especially if you’re taking students, you may be wondering if students with reduced mobility or neurological conditions will be able to enjoy their time in Japan. Lucky for you, I just came from…
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Manga and Anime Featuring Food
This is a list of manga which you may want to consider when selecting specifically with food, cooking, and eating in mind. These aren’t formal reviews, but I’ll link to a formal review when and if I do them. This new format is to get you acquainted with multiple titles at once. Food Wars!: Shokugeki…
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Japanese Food in Anime and Manga and Reaching Students
[F]ood and its portrayals in Japanese media can help students build a more positive relationship with the fuel we put in our body, deepen student enjoyment of these media, and even provide opportunities for personal enrichment and career opportunities.
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Moe: A Quick Primer
In my post yesterday, I threw out a word that I realized might have basically no meaning without context. This word was moe (萌え). Moe is when you feel a strong feeling of affection or attraction toward a character in a piece of media. Usually there is a cuteness or kawaii (かわいい) factor. It’s very…
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Manga and Women: Buying Manga for School Libraries in the #MeToo Era
When I talk to other school librarians about manga and anime, many of them voice a similar concern: the manga they see has horrible treatment of women. These are not invalid concerns, especially as school librarians are working to make their collections more inclusive and affirming. And when students are requesting series that depict sexual…
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