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From KQED.

The new money in here. From KQD in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal, and it's time for another edition of All You Can Eat with Luke Sy, our collaboration with the KQED food team.

We always cover different Bay Area food cultures, focusing on the mix of chefs and traditions

that you can only find here. Today we're bringing you something a little bit different.

This morning we're talking about the influence that manga and anime have had on the food world

and vice versa. They're an underappreciated influence on the food world and vice versa.

They're an underappreciated influence on the taste of whole chunks of the world, and we'll

bring you a panel of experts who will help us explore this fascinating cultural intersection.

That's all coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum.

I'm Alexis Madrigal.

We're talking today about the cultural power of manga and anime as we see it in the food world.

This is, of course, forums All You Can Eat with Luke Sai, our bi-weekly collaboration with the food team here at the station, and a voyage into the Bay Area's food cultures.

First thing for today, quick lesson, miniature lesson.

Manga is the printed form, what most Americans would probably call a Japanese comic or graphic

novel, and anime is animated entertainment, often originating in manga.

But these art forms have evolved to cover a tremendous array of material, including very

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