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Episode 621 – The Manga Revolution, Part 3

March 27, 2026 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week: the manga industry during World War II. Plus some thoughts on the development of shojo manga, and finally…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: fiction, History, Japan, literature, Manga, Postwar, WWII

Episode 620 – The Manga Revolution, Part 2

March 20, 2026 Isaac Meyer

Histories of manga tend to skip from the colorful woodblocks of the Edo period directly to the post-WWII industry we’d…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, literature, Manga, prewar

Episode 318 – Lone Wolf and Cub

December 20, 2019 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re talking about one of the greatest cheesy samurai film franchises of all time. Just how did a…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Film, History, Japan, Manga

Episode 26 – The History of Manga

October 12, 2013 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’re going to talk about the evolution of manga. We’ll discuss the roots of the comic form in…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Edo, Manga, Meiji

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My name is Isaac Meyer, and I’m a  former PhD student at the University of Washington, specializing in modern Japan (with sub-specializations in modern China, modern Europe, and international relations). Today, I work as a teacher at an independent school in the Seattle area.

I also have a tendency to go off on random historical tangents. One day, I decided to combine these two traits in podcast form, and thus was born the History of Japan Podcast!

In 2018, I decided start the Criminal Records Podcast with my wife, Demetria Spinrad. This podcast gives me the chance to talk about world history–and the weird, wonderful world of historical crime and punishment.

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