Tag: Anime

I write often about the concept of 国民性 kokumin-sei, a word which can be translated as "national character," and one ...

It's fun to try to understand Japan by thinking about its culture from new directions, for example through the aesthetic ...

The other day I watched Pacific Rim, a movie I'd not managed to catch in theaters due to my convention ...

"The distance from Earth to space is the same as from Tokyo to Hakone, about 50 miles/80 km." This was ...

The Japanese are masters when it comes to committing information to memory, like the man who memorized pi to 100,000 ...

Somewhere in Japan there's a computer that runs an algorithm for generating "harem" anime stories, which I believe was used ...

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 ...