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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Manga and anime fans find friendship, and love, at anime conventions
Description: Some pandemic trends came and went.
But here’s one that stuck: Japanese comics known as manga [MAHN-guh], and the animated series they’re often adapted into.
WBEZ’s Anna Savchenko tells us why the art forms are so popular, and how they are helping young people make connections in a digital world.
HOST: DIXON