The Taisho period, which lasted from 1912 to 1926, was marked by political instability and social change, including the rise of labor unions and women's rights movements.
Astro Boy, created by Osamu Tezuka in 1963, is considered the first modern anime and helped to popularize the genre both in Japan and around the world.
The Japanese language is written using three scripts: kanji (Chinese characters), hiragana, and katakana (both phonetic scripts).
