Tag: Anime

One type of character that’s quite common in anime is osana-najimi or childhood friend, who grew up alongside the main ...

Anime Expo starts in a week, and J-List is celebrating early with a huge 300-points-per-$20 sale. Here's how it works: ...

One subject I write about a lot is the way Japan practices a "gentler" form of capitalism that's less cutthroat ...

Will you be at Phoenix Comic Con? So will we! Phoenix has become one of our favorite shows, and J-List ...

Tomorrow (May 23) is known as kisu no hi or “kiss day,” so I thought I'd talk about the Western ...

Well, my fun trip to Seattle is done, and the time has come for me to flit back to J-List ...

Anyone who has ever watched a Studio Ghibli film always seem to have a favorite melody from one of the ...

When animators go to tell a story, they have various options about how to set up the problems the characters ...

It's my favorite time of year, the season of the sakura, when thousands of cherry trees will bloom, making Japan ...

The current anime season is winding down, and I'm doing my best to keep up with the shows that were ...

As a student of Japan's animation industry, I'm interested in the changes studios have had to navigate over the decades: ...

I write a lot about memes because they’re an interesting form of communication for the 21st century. Memes, of course, ...

In case you haven't heard, our friends over at JAST USA have announced that Nympho Sensei Ryoko has been declared ...

21-year old pop idol, Tomita Mayu, covered in a heavy veil, begged, "I want my former body with no injuries ...

During the Aqours 1st LIVE event (the first concert of the Love Live! Sunshine!! project) it was announced by the ...

Coming from California, where school uniforms are rare, getting used to a country where they're common was strange at first. ...

Do you live in the Los Angeles area? If so we hope to see you at the upcoming Anime Impulse ...

Do you live in the Los Angeles area? If so we hope to see you at the upcoming Anime Impulse ...

2016 is finally winding down, with everyone in Japan rushing to get everything they need done before the new year ...

Hello again from Japan. We're having a 15% off sale on all T-shirts and "ecchi" grab bags based in San ...

I like the recent trend in shows like Shirobako, New Game! and Sore ga Seiyu, which give us a glimpse ...

It's fun to analyze trends in anime names and the signals they send. When I checked out the anime Masou ...

I've been on a health kick for a couple of years, taking 4km walks and hitting the gym twice a ...

I continue to enjoy Gi(a)rlish Number, a show about a lazy up-and-coming seiyu named Chitose who gets her first major ...