Research Guides
Japanese Pop Culture: Home
Resources for researching Japanese pop culture, including anime, fashion, film, manga, and video games.
What is Japanese Pop Culture?
Welcome to the Japanese Pop Culture research guide. Japanese popular culture includes anime and manga, but also film, fashion, television, and other expression of modern daily life. This guide is organized by material type, rather than by topic. Please meet with our Japanese studies librarian for more information on all things Japanese pop culture, and the English and Japanese language resources available through the University of Washington Libraries.
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- Tadoku (Extensive Reading) ClubA Japanese language learning club open to all where various types of materials including manga is used to increase literacy.
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