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Good read. But, Kondo Hidezo the first chairman of the Japanese Cartoonists Association literally worked for the LDP and pumped out all sorts of propaganda for them, especially pro-nuclear

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One cartoonist doing that doesn’t translate into a grand conspiracy or some insidious plot though

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No conspiracies, but through the JCA you had dozens of mangaka pumping out propaganda and that bond between LDP and JCA still remains today with Akamatsu literally being an LDP politician and board member of the JCA. This thread is horrid(and 30+ tweets to long), but shows receipts both chairmans of JCA and the japanese anime directors heavily endorse LDP https://x.com/strugglesm7m/status/1823028769046794440

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So certain manga authors spreading nationalist/libertarian ideas & supporting a center right establishment party (LDP) is akin to ultranationalist propaganda and Imperialist agendas?

Not really?

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