PMC Ryodan: How anime-inspired youth movement got embroiled in the Ukraine-Russia war

It is 2023, and the Ukraine and Russia war isn't limited to politics and hyper-nationalism. It's time for teenage anime fans to be embroiled in the war. Kyiv and Moscow are now busy pointing fingers at each other for "exporting" an anime sub-culture to destabilise each other's nations.

PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, their Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin : r/GamerGhazi

PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, their Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin : r/GamerGhazi

A new teen subculture sweeps Russia and Ukraine: What is known about the CHVK Ryodan movement?

PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, their Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin - bellingcat

Teenage 'manga' gangs influenced by Japanese comics are arrested across Russia

Teenage 'manga' gangs influenced by Japanese comics are arrested across Russia

Anime-inspired Russian youth gangs gaining traction in Ukraine

Teenage 'manga' gangs influenced by Japanese comics are arrested across Russia

Jake Hanrahan on X: Ecological anarchists fighting on the frontline against #Russia in south #Ukraine. One of them has a Makhno Free Territory flag patch on his chest rig. / X

Girl soldier in Russian uniform, anime style, Stable Diffusion

Teenage 'manga' gangs influenced by Japanese comics are arrested across Russia

Steam prices vs new Russian anime-bassed radical subculture PMCs ryodan : r/csgo