Anya and Alan welcome Stitchomancery to talk about Tokyo Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino. What happens when adults believe every comic and animation is ok for kids? 90s Manga and Anime is what! This story explores the creepy space of pets that can grant wishes. Sometimes those wishes aren’t what is best for us. Whether we wish for it or not, though- Count D knows what we need!

The Wiki of the “Pet Shop of Horrors” universe.

What is a “Gay Panic”??

Tokyo Pop was struck by the shift to digital books and online delivery vs brick-and-mortar stores in 2010s

Josei Manga is a thing

Japan ranks high on the concept of “Monoethnicity” which contributes to the continued legacy of European notions Race Hierarchy introduced and practiced in the early 20th Century inside Japan. But leading up to, and during, WWII Japan created an Empire called “The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperiety Sphere” that was legitimized based on Japanese racial superiority and included cultural assimilation, mass rape of Chinese women, and scientific experimentation on live Korean prisoners.

A Kappa is a mythological creature.

“Flipped” Manga was a thing in the 90s.

Futekiya is a thing.

The US Senate hearings in the 1950s around “Seduction of the Innocent” changed Comics and Animation in America and led to self-censorship of the medium to remain aimed at young people.

Perfect Blue was a late 90s anime feature film made for adult audiences.

Tokyo Ghoul is a thing.

Eva Braun was a real person in the history of facsist Germany and her life was folded in to an adaptation of history by Akino.

Toni Morrison wrote Beloved.

Eli Roth’s History of Horror

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