Hi there !

And welcome in Weeberie Podcast, a manga/anime podcast which analyse japananimation and manga from a social point of view! This is the first interview full in english for us, please, be kind : english is not the first language of the hosts!

In this first part of this episode, we discuss about imperialism in Japan pop culture, especially in Attack On Titan, with the media critic and journalist Kazuma Hashimoto.

If you want to go furhter, please, read Kazuma's work :
https://www.polygon.com/22392043/attack-on-titan-ending-analysis-manga-final-chapter-139

Article about video games will be link in the description of the 2nd episode.

Some other sources/articles quoted in the episode :

https://newrepublic.com/article/160193/attack-titan-alt-rights-favorite-mangahttps://www.polygon.com/2019/6/18/18683609/attack-on-titan-fascist-nationalist-isayama-hajime-manga-anime
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-02-25/viewer-debates-resurface-arounds-alleged-japan-korea-colonization-allegory-in-ranking-of-kings/.182948