Tag: cosplay

Words are amazing things, able to communicate meaning in spoken and written form and also adapt when new concepts come ...

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

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

Well, our time at Anime Weekend Atlanta is done, and we're sorry to see it end. We had a blast, ...

I've made the long hop from Japan to the U.S., this time to Atlanta, Georgia, where I'll be attending Anime ...

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

Otaku, of course, is a word that's come to describe aficionados of anime, manga, visual novels and cosplay, although it's ...

It's always fun to turn on late night TV in Japan and see what interesting shows I can find, like ...

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

Well, we're done with another Anime Expo, and this one was loads of fun as usual. We greeted many fans ...

When a foreigner goes to Japan, especially for an extended period of time rather than a brief visit as a ...

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

One subject I write about a lot is the great interest the Japanese seem to take in what foreigners visiting ...

We like to think of our little company as a "wonderful toy box of things from Japan" where various products ...

I saw that yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the release of My Neighbor Totoro, one of my all-time favorite ...

We have great news for anyone who'll be attending Anime Expo this year. J-List and TamaToys have teamed up to ...

One of the more interesting aspects of Japan is its free-spirited culture of doujinshi, which are comics and related works ...

Hello from Japan, where the words "not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin" mean something very different.In addition to writing ...

One of the proudest days in the lives of parents is going shopping with their child to buy a school ...

Well, the San Diego Comic-Con is over for another year, the banners and booths all taken down. After all the ...

Well, another Anime Expo has come and gone, and the J-List crew had a blast, meeting our awesome customers and ...

There's no place quite like Japan for that paradigm-shifting-without-a-clutch experience. When my daughter started junior high school, she went online ...

This Friday is Setsubun, a special Japanese day when fathers will put on paper masks and become an oni (devil ...

Another big part of the year-end festivities for many is attending Comic Market, the sprawling doujinshi event held in Tokyo ...