Tag: cosplay

First of all, thanks for being an awesome J-List customer. Over the past 18 (!!) years, both I and the ...

As usual, we had a great time at the Phoenix Comicon, connecting with our many excellent customers and talking Sailor ...

I've made the top from Japan to the U.S., and now we're at the Phoenix Comicon, a super fun event ...

The history of yuri culture in anime, and how to succeed at anything. If you follow the J-List Facebook page ...

When I first arrived in Japan 24 years ago, I brought a lot of preconceived notions with me. Like, the ...

Over the weekend I decided to visit Kiryu, a pleasant city near J-List that's known as "Little Kyoto" because of ...

Mrs. J-List is visiting Australia with a friend for a week, so I've got the house to myself, which is ...

One of the reasons anime is loved around the world is because it (often) tells grown-up stories that are highly ...

The concept of 萌え moé can be quite deep. Coined around 1993 in response to (according to one theory) the ...

I've been an anime fan for a long time, long enough to remember attending the monthly anime club meetings at ...

Last Friday several members of the J-List staff and I drove down to Tokyo Big Sight, the sprawling convention center ...

Without a doubt one of the best shows on this season is the new Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works, a ...

One thing about the Japanese is that they take their kawaii very seriously, and one area you can see this ...

Happy Halloween from J-List! As an American growing up, October 31st was always one of my favorite days of the ...

Unlike countries like Saudi Arabia, Canada or the United States, Japan has almost nothing in the way of natural resources, ...

I like exploring the sources of various memes that exist in Japan, like the time I researched the origin or ...

Japan is having its "Obon" Buddhist holidays right now, a solemn time when the spirits of deceased family members are ...

The Japanese are big fans of designating certain days as special. May 4th is Ramune Day, commemorating the launch of ...

With Anime Expo finally over, the J-List staff can take some time to recover from four fun-but-tiring days of mixing ...

At J-List, we try to be much more than an anime shop: we consider ourselves a mirror that reflects the ...

I'm a fan of otaku culture, both inside Japan and around the world, because it gives anyone who's a fan ...

According to the Internet, May is National Onahole Month, a time to treat yourself to some stress relief, so we ...

A couple days ago Canadian singer Avril Lavigne released a video for her "Hello Kitty" single, which received flak from ...

J-List stocks a lot of high quality cosplay products from Japan, from catgirl gothic maid uniforms to authentic Japanese school ...