Japanimation Enters the West

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Apr 1, 201945:18Education

Take a dive into your childhood and relive the love you had for classic Japanese animated series from the 80s and 90s like He-Man, Astro Boy and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, with our lecturers Dr Colin Dray and Dr Jere...

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