Tag: Anime

One of the more unique and interesting shows to arrive during the current anime season has been Shiro Bako, about ...

In my city there are these metal signs posted at random places with the collected wisdom of our local PTA ...

Modern anime series usually go out of their way to set themselves in actual locations, which adds realism and also ...

I recently went to see the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow, which is basically Groundhog Day meets Saving Private ...

Amazingly it's time for a new season of anime, which is bad news for me as I'm behind on virtually ...

I finally found time to go see the new Godzilla movie that everyone was buzzing about a month or so ...

The history of animation is the history of how art and technology are combined to create visual experiences for viewers. ...

One thing I like about anime as a artistic genre is the way anything that can be conceived of can ...

If you follow J-List's Facebook page or Twitter or Tumblr feeds, you'll know that I'm a card-carrying fan of 百合 ...

I've started watching another new anime, called One Week Friends. It's the ridiculously cute story of a boy named Yuki ...

I've been a lifelong fan of science-fiction stories, especially ones involving time travel and related themes like time dilation. Looking ...

I've been trying (and mostly failing) to keep up with the shows I want to watch in the new anime ...

It's time for a new anime season, which is bad news for me as I'm still not done with the ...

When anime and manga creators go to make a new character, they have a lot of basic personality types to ...

I'm a card-carrying old-school anime fan, and over the years I've gotten much enjoyment out of the Mobile Suit Gundam ...

One of the more specialized areas of any culture is its comedy, and learning to appreciate Japanese humor in its ...

Today (March 11) is the third anniversary of one of the saddest days in recent Japanese history: the magnitude 9 ...

One reason I believe anime became so popular around the world is that it's a medium that's free to tell ...

A few posts ago I wrote about how high schools in Japan often come in girls- and boys-only varieties, though ...

One of the big trends in Japan these days is anime series about idols, and shows like IdolMaster, Love Live! ...

One thing I like about Twitter and Facebook is the ability to have random conversations with readers, and often when ...

One of the more interesting aspects of animation as a medium is the "world building" that creators can do, since ...

If you want to make an anime drinking game, there are plenty of classic situations you can start with. Like, ...

There are certain things the Japanese just seem to really like for reasons that are difficult for foreigners to understand. ...