the forgotten isekai of the 00s

Today I discuss the forgotten isekai of the 00s; like seriously, no one talks about the twelve kingdoms (juuni kokuki), and that stops now. Shoujo Isekai is often left out of discussions relating to this genre; that also stops now, Hehe.

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🍒timestamps
0:00 ↠ intro
2:01 ↠ the birth of an isekai
4:26 ↠ the rise of fuyumi ono
8:49 ↠ summary
17:35 ↠ the adaptation dilemma
23:03 ↠ self-discovery & social hierarchy
32:19 ↠ the end?

💻 sources 💻
✦ The Twelve Kingdoms (TV)
~ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...
~ https://www6.nhk.or.jp/anime/program/...
~ https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topici...
✦ Fuyumi Ono, Author of The Twelve Kingdoms
~ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...
~   / anime-spotlight-the-twelve-kingdoms  
~ https://myanimelist.net/people/2723/F...
✦ 1st New Twelve Kingdoms Novel Story in 6 Years Slated for 2019
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...
✦ Interview - Yukito Ayatsuji
https://web.archive.org/web/201603050...
✦ The Sun Rises in the East ~ Random Thoughts on the East Asian Publishing Industry
https://sunrisesintheeast.wordpress.c...
✦ Kirin
https://yokai.com/kirin/
✦ Tokyopop Proudly Presents the Hit Japanese Fantasy Fiction Series - The Twelve Kingdoms
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pres...
✦ The Twelve Kingdoms sets sail for US anime fans
~ https://www.rapidtvnews.com/201806285...
~ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...
✦ Interview with the Translator: Twelve Kingdoms, Introduction Plus Book Titles
https://katemanga.blogspot.com/2022/0...
✦ Eugene Woodbury’s Blog
~ http://eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com/20...
~ http://eugenewoodbury.blogspot.com/20...
✦ No One is Born to Be a Slave: How The Twelve Kingdoms questions social systems
https://www.animefeminist.com/feature...

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