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What Is Josei?
Josei (女性) is a manga genre made for older teenage females and adult women. It features texts written in kanji…
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Handshaking Souls and Mountains of Treasure! A Beginner’s Guide to COMITIA 131
It’s time once again for the indie manga convention, COMITIA! COMITIA 131 is happening this weekend, on the 9th of…
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What Is Seinen?
Seinen (青年) is a manga genre read by the young adult male audience. Readers range from high school students to…
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What Is Shojo?
Shoujo or shojo (少女) is a manga genre designed for female teenagers and readers. Most shojo manga has flowery aesthetics,…
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What Is Shonen?
Shounen or shonen (少年) is a manga genre catering to young boys and male teenagers. The target age demography is…
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What is Comic Market?
Comic Market 97 is happening this weekend and here is a simple guide to Comic Market to help you prepare…
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An Anime and Manga Fan’s Guide to K-BOOKS
K-BOOKS is known for being one of the largest second hand shop for manga and anime goods in Japan, but…
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What is acosta! ~AGF2019 Special~?
A large Japanese contents event like Animate Girls Festival is never complete without cosplay. Animate’s cosplay arm, ACOS and Hacosta…
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What is Animate Girls Festival (AGF) ? Part 2
Hello from Manga Planet! We are back with part two of our guide to Animate Girls Festival or AGF, Japan’s…
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What is Animate Girls Festival (AGF)? Part 1
Animate Girls Festival, also known as AGF, is Japan’s largest event that focuses content for female fans including anime, manga,…
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