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Kyodo News article on Female Anime and Manga Fans

posted on 2005-09-14 17:57 EDT by Zac Bertschy

Reporter Mandy Willingham of the Los Angeles Bureau of Kyodo News has sent us this link to her article about female anime and manga fans.

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Kyodo News article on Female Anime and Manga Fans