{"id":20655,"date":"2026-03-19T20:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=20655"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:12:48","slug":"one-fandom-many-worlds-inside-the-anime-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/20655\/one-fandom-many-worlds-inside-the-anime-community\/","title":{"rendered":"One Fandom, Many Worlds: Inside the Anime Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20656 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-1250x938.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/03\/7a7998d4-1284-4638-b06b-913522a80a83.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Anime has become one of the largest online fantoms in the world. 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