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Debora Aoki

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Oakland
As seen in: MSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter, Mangasplaining, Substack, KQED's Forum, The After Show from Anime News Network (Podcast), LiveAbout, ComicsBeat, Publishers Weekly, The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games
Covers:  manga, anime, comics, manga publishing, Japanese pop culture, webtoons, comics conventions, anime conventions, illustrators, manga mobile apps / websites
Doesn't Cover: games, collectible figures or toys, cosplay, voice actors
Manga addict, journalist & traveler. Co-host for Mangasplaining podcast. Writes about manga for Comics Beat, K-Comics Beat & Publishers Weekly.
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Debora Aoki’s Biography

Deb Aoki is a life-long comics reader and 4th generation Japanese-American who grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii surrounded by Asian pop culture, including manga, anime and tokusatsu (live action superhero) shows. She writes about manga for Publishers Weekly and is ¼ of the weekly podcast Mangasplaining (www.mangasplaining.com), a show that introduces Japanese comics in English to new readers with co-hosts Chip Zdarsky, Christopher Butcher and David Brothers. Deb is also a comics creator, user experience designer and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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