Imaginations of Christianity in Japanese Anime
Channel: Areveny
Date: 2020-11-09

An explanation for why Japanese anime and manga tend to insert Christian images without religious meaning, especially when few Japanese people consider themselves Christians.


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0:00 Introduction

0:17 Examples
1:28 The example of Christmas
2:34 History of Japanese Christianity
4:04 History of Christian images in popular culture
5:47 Conclusion

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Script, image attribution and bibliography: 
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