Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. While Minmay tends to come up a lot in Iijima’s work, she is ...

I have never seen a cartoon where singing and pop idols were an integral part, especially to multiple parts of the storyline e.g. Lynn Minmay (Mari Iijima)’s singing “We Can Win” (that is from memory ...