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I was in sixth grade when I first heard about “the greatest anime of all time,” an epic of teen angst and robot-on-monster violence called “Neon Genesis Evangelion.” I can’t remember the name of the kid who told me about it — only that he was a grade older and I very much wanted his…
In a recent article in the Forward titled, Decoding an Anti-Semitic Meme Donald Trump Supporters Took From Anime, Jay Michaelson uncovered a meme being circulated around the internet by White Nationalists of an anime character sporting a Trump hat. While there is a sad plethora of anime-inspired White Nationalist memes, it makes a lot of…
Late last week, Forward writer Jay Michaelson discovered an unlikely connection between three seemingly unrelated topics: anime, Donald Trump and anti-Semitism. In what appears to be the most bizarre twist to come out of the 2016 election, after penning a criticism of Trump, Michaelson found himself bombarded with pictures of the popular anime character Asuka…
In the week since my column on Donald Trump was published, I’ve been avalanched by several hundred anti-Semitic tweets. Pictures of me in a gas chamber, pictures of Trump saying “you’re fired” next to a death camp oven and hundreds of hate tweets calling me a kike, a traitor, a rat and far worse. Others…
(Reuters) — Following the success of “Lucy,” Scarlett Johansson looks ready to take on another action pic, this one coming from the world of Japanese anime. Johansson is set to star in DreamWorks’ adaptation of the popular anime pic “Ghost in the Shell.” Deadline Hollywood had reported that the actress had the offer to star but…
Well, here’s something you don’t see every day. The Israeli Embassy in Tokyo has launched an anime web series to encourage Japanese tourists to visit the Holy Land — and it’s kind of amazing. “Israel, Like!” is an unusual blend of hasbara and manga — I hereby dub it “hasbaranga” — featuring two Japanese sisters,…
