SAYAKA CONTI
@una. nipporomana
TALK LIKE MANGA
Pop Dictionary of Anime and Japanese Culture
Acronyms that never come out of your head, formative, funny, tragic, surreal, simply magical stories and adventures, with their beloved and unforgettable protagonists: the anime and manga universe speaks to everyone today more than ever, it has the power to reactivate memories dormant and flooding the older ones with a pleasant nostalgia, it has conquered young people and knows how to keep them glued to the screen and to the pages, not to mention nerds of any order and degree, always on the hunt for scoops and updates. No one is immune because they know how to make us dream. Sayaka tells them to us once again, enriching the plots with anecdotes, curiosities, background stories and revealing the hidden meaning of names, expressions, titles and exclamations in the original language, many of which can also be heard in its irresistible pronunciation thanks to the QR-Codes inside the book.
We will also learn to trace the uses and customs of Japan in our favorite anime and manga, to understand those scenes that are so familiar and at the same time vaguely incomprehensible, thanks to the expert guidance of Sayaka who will make us understand how much that work can tell us about the culture Japanese. A formidable creative alchemy is enclosed in these pages, between unique emotions and indelible memories that have already stood the test of time.
Sayaka Conti is a young Italian-Japanese who grew up in Rome, who since she was a child, thanks to the support of her near and far family, has been able to cultivate her roots and thus learn the two languages spoken at home and love both of her cultures. She has been teaching Japanese for years, she is a dietician and also holds a degree in food science and human nutrition. Since 2022 she is @una. nipporomana on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.