Tag: Anime

I'm always happy when an anime series manages to be totally fresh and original, rather than yet another moe harem ...

There are many sides to Japanese pop culture, including anime, manga, moe-kei games, and cosplay. Another category with a long ...

A new anime season is upon us, and I'm doing my best to keep up with the flood of new ...

When manga and anime creators go to design a new character, they have many options available to them. They might ...

A new anime season is upon us, and as usual I'm still rushing to finish last season's shows, like Attack ...

One of the more welcome changes over the last two decades has been the Rise of the Fangirl, which has ...

I was hearing good things about the new anime Kiniro Mosaic (Gold Colored Mosaic), so I thought I'd give it ...

One common theme in anime is the dramatic and/or humorous tension that arises when girls are attracted to other girls. ...

There are a lot of unique fashions that are either created or enriched by Japan's anime subculture world, like the ...

There's a new Hayao Miyazaki film in theaters right now, and since it's arguably my job to watch anime, I ...

It's time for a new anime season, even though I still haven't caught up with the previous one. There are ...

Like other forms of media, there are many types of stories to be found in anime, including love comedy, various ...

Besides being a dedicated fan of all things Japan-related, I'm also card-carrying lover of time-travel and related science fiction stories. ...

It happens every time: a new anime season is about to start, yet I'm still working through the last one. ...

As a student of Japanese pop culture, I like to observe how 2D characters evolve and change with each new ...

One theme I write about often is the Japanese idea of 常識 joshiki, translatable as the knowledge that every (Japanese) ...

One keyword that's big in Japan these days is チャイナリスク ("China Risk"), which describes the many potential problems that countries ...

Today is the day of J-List's official New Year Party, and when we're done with work we'll all gather at ...

Part of learning a foreign language involves internalizing its phonetic system, and that can take time, especially when the language ...

One thing I like about animation is that it can show anything, express any idea, and even let us see ...

Microsoft has released a new OS, and in Japan that means new moe characters will be used to market the ...

The saber rattling between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands continues, with China officially canceling a planned event to ...

It's a glorious time for me as an anime fan, thanks to the new Space Battleship Yamato series that started ...

It's fun to analyze the physics of anime, which govern everything from the properties of Pokeballs to the unique effects ...