Tag: Clannad

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

Last weekend we took a drive to Tokyo to set up my son's apartment for university. (Cue the Toy Story ...

There are generally two kinds of anime series these days: those that run for 12 weeks -- a single anime ...

One of the joys of being an anime fan in Japan is visiting the real places seen in your favorite ...

One of the cuter -- or possibly creepier -- things that Japanese girls do is refer to themselves in the ...

J-List has been involved with translating and selling visual novels, alternatively called VNs, bishoujo games, dating sims and "gal-games" since ...

One reason anime is interesting as a genre is because of the strong emotions it lets fans access. Whether it's ...

This may not exactly come as a surprise, but I love anime fandom. It's a warm and comfortable place filled ...

Sunday is Mother's Day, a day to think of your okaasan and do something nice for her if you can. ...

Japan, of course, is a very seasonal place, with a strong tradition of doing different things during each of the ...

One thing I love about anime is its ability to affect viewers emotionally, often with characters so tragic they're almost ...

You've been in Japan too long when, while back in the U.S., you're asked your shoe size and reply, "Er, ...

It's fun to observe how the visual elements of anime character design change and evolve from season to season. Animators ...

Yesterday was the Vernal Equinox and the official start of spring, which is welcome news to this San Diego boy, ...

I've written before about how anime is a very stylized world, where characters can have impossibly large and expressive eyes ...

Ever since tear-jerkers like Clannad After Story came along, it seems more and more anime series involve stories that can ...

There are many mysterious things about anime that might puzzle viewers from time to time. Why do characters sneeze randomly ...

One of the cuter -- or possibly creepier -- things that Japanese girls do is refer to themselves in the ...

It's fun to deconstruct random elements of anime, for example...dads! Fathers in anime come in many shapes and sizes, and ...

One of the joys of being an anime fan in Japan is visiting the real places seen in your favorite ...

I write often that anime is a successful medium because it allows viewers to access a wide range of strong ...

One of the great things about having kids is, you get to watch them at various stages as they grow ...

Like many, I'm a big fan of bento, the Japanese tradition of convenient and delicious portable lunches in a box. ...

You can learn a lot about Japan through its language, including such simple things as first and second-person pronouns, which ...