If you take a look at the list of popular manga throughout the years, you’re bound to notice how many of the series at least dabble in fantasy – there are epic adventures on distant lands, vampire mysteries, and magical girls galore. But what is fantasy in manga, really? And where does this abundance of the fantastical in Japanese popular media stem from? During the program we map out the history of fantasy in Japan and attempt to figure out how fantasy manga could be categorized.
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