Deb Aoki

Deb Aoki

@debaoki.bsky.social

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Manga addict, journalist & traveler. Posts are 75% comix stuff. 1/4 of the Mangasplaining podcast & manga & webtoons go-to gal at Comics Beat & Publishers Weekly | also @debaoki at Post.news & Instagram

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THU 7/4 6:45 pm at Anime Expo: Webtoons to Anime! Join Takaya Yamaguchi fr. Crunchyroll, Won Young Seo fr. Ize Press, Ernest Woo fr. Tappytoon as they talk about the growing roster of S. Korean webtoons being adapted into anime, including hits fr. WEBTOON, Tapas, Tappytoon and more! #AX2024

Got a room with a view for @AnimeExpo ! The momentary calm before the chaos begins tomorrow. #AX2024

There’s nothing quite like the feeling when a manga you recommended gets in your hands as a real book! Behold the @udonentertainment.bsky.social / @mangasplaining.bsky.social edition of “Gigatown: A Guide to Manga Iconography” by Fumiyo Kouno, translated by Ko Ransom - coming Sept 9! #ALAAC24

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good news, everyone! if you like the sound of my voice, the @mangasplaining.bsky.social podcast is back with our season 4 wrap-up! Final tally, from the show notes: 11 Seinen 5 Josei 4 Shonen 2 Shojo 2 Gekiga 2 BL 1 Manhwa www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-113-...

Mangasplaining Best of Season 4www.mangasplaining.com This week the Mangasplaining crew picks the Mangasplaining Best of Season 4. River's Edge! Goodnight Pun Pun! Yakuza's Bias! Even Though We're Adults! AND MORE!

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Got Chip Zdarsky to draw the moment that made me laugh the hardest from my favorite @mangasplaining.bsky.social recommendation. He really knocked it out of the park! Read Cross Game and enjoy the Evil Interim-Principal for yourself!

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Not our usual, but... @mangasplaining.bsky.social is AMAZING. If you're interested in the wider world of manga, I strongly encourage you to check out their site. For example, since it's Pride Month, check out gay manga creator Kazuhide Ichikawa's custom-drawn comic on his work.

FREE MANGA: Gay Doujinshi Q&A with Kaz!mangasplaining.substack.com The renowned Gay manga creator Kazuhide Ichikawa pulls back the curtain on gay manga in Japan!

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[ still catching up old eps ] The @mangasplaining.bsky.social Listener's Bias: thanks to an offhand post by @debaoki.bsky.social , I'm now deep into a #すとぷり #StrawberryPrince addiction youtu.be/paFx7kY9Ksk?...

【MV】STAY PROUD／すとぷり🍓youtu.be 『甘くないストロベリーのPride!! 』 🍓ダウンロード＆ストリーミング配信： https://stpr.lnk.to/StayProud 🍓TikTok配信： https://www.tiktok.com/music/STAY-PROUD-6977343489553991682 🍓STAY PROUD inst音源/歌詞/動画： https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wwpho20kkubv0cg/AADGvWEIiGgO8bcDV6VRwUsPa?dl=0 🍓Vocal：すとぷり🍓 ( 莉犬 / ジェル / さとみ / ころん / るぅと / ななもり。) 🍓Words : ill.bell 様 https://twitter.com/illbell 🍓Music : DYES IWASAKI&ill.bell 様 https://twitter.com/DYES_IWASAKI 🍓Arrangement : DYES IWASAKI 様 🍓Illustration: nanao 様 🍓Movie : 利波雷様 🍓お知らせ🍓 ファンクラブ『すとふぁみ』ができました！✨ すとぷりに直接会えるライブのチケット先行申込みができちゃいます！ファンレターが送れる機能も！ ▼▽▼すとふぁみはコチラ！▼▽▼ https://strawberryprince.stpr.com/ 🍓すとぷり紹介🍓 【すとぷりメンバー】莉犬 / 赤色担当！ @riinukun さとみ / ピンク担当！ @satoniya_ ジェル / オレンジ担当！ @jeltooi ななもり。/ ムラサキ担当！ @Nanamori_STPR ころん / 水色担当！ @colon56n_stpr るぅと / 黄色担当！ @root_stpr すとぷりサブちゃんねる @stpr 【すとぷり】カラオケちゃんねるっ! @stpr_karaoke 🍓すとぷりとは🍓 Youtube/TikTok/ツイキャスなど！動画配信サイトを中心に活動中のエンタメユニット！！！莉犬 / ジェル / さとみ / ころん / るぅと / ななもり。の6人で日々奮闘中！！！ 🍓すとぷり公式サイト！&すとぷり公式ファンクラブ！”すとふぁみ” https://strawberryprince.stpr.com/ 🍓STPR公式通販サイト！STPR ONLINE STORE https://store.stpr.com/ 🍓すとぷり公式LINE!! http://nav.cx/1st7MTn 🍓X(Twitter) https://twitter.com/StPri_info 🍓TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@stprinfo 🍓Instagram https://www.instagram.com/strawberryprince.info/ 🍓bilibili動画 https://space.bilibili.com/569849397 🍓株式会社STPR https://stprcorp.com/ #すとぷり

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This is pretty much the dream team on this topic, so don't miss it!

Extremely excited to share that @ferenteeny.bsky.social, @azurephoenix.bsky.social, @nroderick.bsky.social and I will be talking about *The Rise of Queer Manga* at AnimeNYC on Friday, August 23. Panel Room 3, from 3PM-4PM It's going to be a fantastic panel, I hope you'll join us!

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Has a manga artist ever been nominated for the Manning Newcomer Award before? @debaoki.bsky.social? www.comic-con.org/awards/other...

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Okay, I'VE BEEN GOOD for years. I ignored the most prolific and hateful book banner in America repeatedly jumping into my replies shouting lies so many times. But I went off on him just one little time, as a treat. Once he sees it I'll block him.

At last! Our next @mangasplaining release from @UdonEnt is available for pre-order! Gigatown: A Guide to Manga Iconography by Fumiyo Kouno (In This Corner of the World) explains commonly seen symbols of manga in charming 4-panel comics and will be in stores on Sept 3!

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Working on a manga this week and received two object lessons in "always ask the Japanese editor for help with text you can't read" because one section turned out to be a reference to Zen Buddhism and the other was a very oblique Sazae-san parody. Love this job.

Voter registration is now open for American Manga Awards - professionals working with US/Canada manga publishers, including editors, letterers, translators, production staff are welcome to apply to vote. Nominees to be announced in mid-July. animenyc.com/ama-voter-re...

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Brain vs Chain!

Ball and Chain: Minami Q-tabrainvsbook.wordpress.com I need to take a second here to stretch my writing muscles. I mean, I’ve been writing this whole time, obviously. My job is to write other people’s stories in English. But writing something that doesn...

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Today I learned that for Furiosa, George Miller cast a bunch of local Australian kids who had been victims of bullying or abuse because he was impressed by their stories and thought they'd have a good time being War Boys. THAT'S NEAT. www.tumblr.com/cerebrobulle...

🫧Future Bog Body🫧www.tumblr.com Need more of the Witnessed War Boy who was shot in the head and survived and continued on thru the rest of the movie like the lil badass he is. Did he have a name? Look he just needs more attention…

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Hire. A. Translator.

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My first introduction to being a world-traveling cartoonist was as an ambassador to Australia. Now, through the magic of Zoom, I'm head back down under to talk comics and censorship with some amazing folks at an Australian Library & Information Association virtual event.

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Oh, and in case you didn't see WHY Costco will stop carrying books...

Remember every 2 months when someone suggests the best way to save comics is to get them in mass market locations like Costco? Anyway, www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Costco May Restrict Book Sales to the Holidayswww.publishersweekly.com Costco has been pulling back from book sales for years, hurting the publishing industry. Now, the company reportedly plans to primarily limit book sales to the holiday season, from September to Decemb...

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Please take Photoshop away from me, for I fear its power. Joking aside, this was an outstanding article by @laurenorsini.bsky.social that touches on something that we really don't hear much about in fandom spaces. It's a great push for folks on the fence about running in the trenches at a con.

Oh hey, it's new Column day. 🥰 This week, @laurenorsini.bsky.social recalls her early days as a journalist, and her time as a press liaison for an anime con. She uses this as a chance to ask journalists of all levels (not just the established ones!) to consider jumping in as a con reporter.

I Want You (Yes, You!) To Become An Anime Convention Reporter!hera.fyi I became a press liaison because I wanted to give people the same chance that anime conventions gave me when I was a student with no credentials, and no (anime-related) writing samples. It was this op...

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This is your reminder that tagging a writer in a bad review of their book is just plain mean. Yes, you have a right to review the book wherever and however you like, always. But if that author is just going about their day, not looking for reviews, and they're forced to see it? Cruel.

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I like the train of thought in this thread. This year has really made me miss a robust comics press already (with a very much relative definition of robust)

the lack of transparency in both the initial action and this follow up is indicative of broader institutional decay and collapse in comics. vancaf, the cbldf, the eisners and several other organizations have been egregiously failing us in accountability and transparency and i wonder where it stops

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Comicsbeat posts a long piece about the Miriam Libicki VanCAF debacle. I was cited along with @marinaomi.bsky.social & @natepowell.bsky.social as one of the creators who spoke up. They're giving me more credit than I deserve. I mainly posted news about this as I discovered it, that's all.

VanCAF resignations follow controversial ban of Miriam Libickiwww.comicsbeat.com After a week of outcry, VanCAF has issued an apology to cartoonist Miriam Libicki, after she was banned from the festival.

I'm also receiving ?s about attending the invite-only American Manga Awards reception at the Japan Society in NYC on August 22. Since the JS auditorium capacity is limited, priority will be given to publishers & individuals who are nominated for awards, judges & sponsors animenyc.com/americanmang...

I'm getting a bunch of questions about submitting work for America Manga Awards consideration. So first -- entries need to be submitted by PUBLISHERS, not individual creators, editors, translators, letterers or fans. animenyc.com/americanmang...

American Manga Awards - Anime NYCanimenyc.com Thursday, August 22, 2024 Japan Society, New York, NY‎ The 2024 American Manga Awards will be the first-ever awards program honoring manga: manga creators, great manga stories, and the publishing pr...

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I am honored to have been asked to participate in the inaugural American Manga Awards as a nominating judge.

Very proud to work with Anime NYC & The Japan Society to launch the first awards just for manga and manga publishing professionals for manga in English! Here’s the announcement fr Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awardswww.publishersweekly.com Set to take place at the Japan Society on August 22, the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention, the awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of professionals in the world of Japanese comic...

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I’m helping!!

Very proud to work with Anime NYC & The Japan Society to launch the first awards just for manga and manga publishing professionals for manga in English! Here’s the announcement fr Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awardswww.publishersweekly.com Set to take place at the Japan Society on August 22, the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention, the awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of professionals in the world of Japanese comic...

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Oh hey, I'm a judge on this.

Very proud to work with Anime NYC & The Japan Society to launch the first awards just for manga and manga publishing professionals for manga in English! Here’s the announcement fr Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awardswww.publishersweekly.com Set to take place at the Japan Society on August 22, the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention, the awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of professionals in the world of Japanese comic...

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This is a really big deal! Very excited to see the manga industry get the kind of independent awards ceremony it deserves. And you couldn't find anyone better suited to run it than Deb.

Very proud to work with Anime NYC & The Japan Society to launch the first awards just for manga and manga publishing professionals for manga in English! Here’s the announcement fr Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awardswww.publishersweekly.com Set to take place at the Japan Society on August 22, the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention, the awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of professionals in the world of Japanese comic...

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HELLO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN MANGA AWARDS IN NYC!!

Very proud to work with Anime NYC & The Japan Society to launch the first awards just for manga and manga publishing professionals for manga in English! Here’s the announcement fr Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awardswww.publishersweekly.com Set to take place at the Japan Society on August 22, the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention, the awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of professionals in the world of Japanese comic...

Very proud to work with Anime NYC & The Japan Society to launch the first awards just for manga and manga publishing professionals for manga in English! Here’s the announcement fr Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Anime NYC, Japan Society to Launch American Manga Awardswww.publishersweekly.com Set to take place at the Japan Society on August 22, the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention, the awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of professionals in the world of Japanese comic...