Pop culture ruled the roost in popular stories, but also showed its staying power: The most read online story from the JT culture section this year turned out to be a review of a manga drawn by Osamu Tezuka and first published in 1972. Meanwhile, Hayao Miyazaki’s final feature at Studio Ghibli generated buzzes both positive and negative, a father charmed photo-lovers with whimsical snaps of his two daughters, and two different sides of popular Japanese music were revealed.
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