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Debora Aoki

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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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Manta Novels debuts with 11 webnovel series from Korea

Manta Novels debuts with 11 webnovel series from Korea

The Beat — Manta Comics, S. Korean e-publishing company RIDI’s all-you-can read webtoon app/subscription service recently added prose novels to their service. These webnovels are the basis of many popular webtoon series already featured on Manta, including "Under the Oak Tree" and "I've Become a True Villainess."
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How Manga and Anime Influence Food Culture | KQED

How Manga and Anime Influence Food Culture | KQED

KQED's Forum — Deb Aoki joins Luke Tsai, food editor, KQED Arts & Culture and Cesar Hernandez, associate restaurant critic, San Francisco Chronicle to talk about the connection between manga, anime and food.
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K-Pop Comes to Comic Books

K-Pop Comes to Comic Books

Publishers Weekly — This fall, hit K-pop bands including BTS, ENHYPHEN, and Tomorrow x Together will make their debut in bookstores and comic shops across North America-as a trio of full-color comics from IZE Press.
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Manta announces webtoon adaptation of THE BROMANCE BOOK CLUB romance novel

Manta announces webtoon adaptation of THE BROMANCE BOOK CLUB romance novel

The Beat — Manta Comics has announced the debut of a new romantic comedy webcomics series based on The Bromance Book Club, a bestselling romance prose novel series by Lyssa Kay Adams about a group of Nashville jocks, ‘alpha males’ and manly men who share a secret: they have a book club where they read and discuss romance novels. This is the latest US/S. Korean comics collaboration project for Manta, a division of e-book publisher/distributor RIDI Corp.
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Are Sales of Manga Evening Out?

Are Sales of Manga Evening Out?

Publishers Weekly — After two years of explosive growth, sales of manga in N. America appears to be leveling off. However, both publishers and retailers are confident that manga's popularity is here to stay, and that they're able to avoid a repeat of past boom/bust cycles for manga.
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Manga-All Kinds, All Formats-Goes Global

Manga-All Kinds, All Formats-Goes Global

Publishers Weekly — Several years of exceptionally strong manga sales in North America has encouraged Japanese and North American manga publishers to offer a wider variety of indie manga, plus more comics and webtoons in print from South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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Kodansha reveals more details about new K Manga app for US

Kodansha reveals more details about new K Manga app for US

The Beat — Manga publisher Kodansha revealed the latest entry in the U.S. digital manga app-scape, K Manga today. Promising a mix of new, simulpub and back catalog titles, the K Manga app and website promises readers even more manga in English than ever before. But many questions remain unanswered...
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INTERVIEW: Akane Torikai - part 1

INTERVIEW: Akane Torikai - part 1

Substack.com — Meet the creator of Sensei's Pious Lie, learn more about her early influences, and how feminism and comics intersect in her provocative manga stories.
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Manga Is Booming

Manga Is Booming

Publishers Weekly — One of the big publishing success stories-and perhaps one of the industry's biggest surprises-of the past two years is how well manga is selling in North America. Words like "explosive growth" and "unprecedented" are now commonly used to describe the manga marketplace.
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