How Japanese names work, and is J-List located in a ‘Power Spot’?
When I came to Japan in 1991, one of my first impressions was that the country must be a dangerous ...
When I came to Japan in 1991, one of my first impressions was that the country must be a dangerous ...
As I wrote in Friday's J-List post, the first anime that really called me into the welcome folds of Japanese ...
I'm often asked "hey Peter, what's your favorite anime?" Since I've been an active anime fan for 35+ years (and ...
I've been an anime fan for a long time, long enough to remember attending the monthly anime club meetings at ...
As with other countries, communication in Japan goes beyond simple words, and people say as much with body language as ...
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, when millions of Japanese males will wake up hoping to receive chocolate from their wives, girlfriends, ...
It's interesting to analyze the humorous visual elements animators use to make their characters seem more alive. Like a character ...
Last Friday several members of the J-List staff and I drove down to Tokyo Big Sight, the sprawling convention center ...
It's fun to analyze the impressions foreigners have of Japan when they first arrive in the country. The surprise at ...
yuri, plus Japan's love of fax machines. I started another anime series last night called Koufuku Graffiti (Gourmet Girl Graffiti ...
gaijin in Japan. Being a foreigner in Japan is a bit different from, say, Europe or the U.S., because Westerners ...