Common sense would dictate that the overwhelming, explosive growth of Japanese animation, known as “anime,” would naturally lead to equally impressive growth of Japanese music, known as “J-pop” or “J-rock.” But, in fact, the opposite seems to be occurring. Anime, despite flat sales figures over the past year that have been attributed primarily to online [...]

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