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History of Japan

History of Japan

De: Isaac Meyer
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This podcast, assembled by a former PhD student in History at the University of Washington, covers the entire span of Japanese history. Each week we'll tackle a new topic, ranging from prehistoric Japan to the modern day. Mundial
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  • Episode 621 - The Manga Revolution, Part 3

    Episode 621 - The Manga Revolution, Part 3
    Mar 27 2026

    This week: the manga industry during World War II. Plus some thoughts on the development of shojo manga, and finally a look at Tezuka Osamu and the ways in which his work helped create the manga market that exists today.

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    32 m
  • Episode 620 - The Manga Revolution, Part 2

    Episode 620 - The Manga Revolution, Part 2
    Mar 20 2026

    Histories of manga tend to skip from the colorful woodblocks of the Edo period directly to the post-WWII industry we'd recognize today. But what do we lose when we do that? And what do we gain when we do investigate the century or so that lies between those two moments?

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    32 m
  • Episode 619 - The Manga Revolution, Part 1

    Episode 619 - The Manga Revolution, Part 1
    Mar 13 2026

    This week: manga is today one of the most ubiquitous forms of entertainment in Japan. But the idea of comics as we might understand them has a much longer history. So how did we get from there to here--what, in other words, is the origin of Japanese manga/ We'll look today at the earliest known examples as we try to understand the origins of manga as a form.

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    34 m
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