Tag: cosplay

I like to pick up on random bits of Japanese language and see what they can teach us, and one ...

Will you be attending the New York Comic Convention/Anime Festival? If so be sure to drop by booth 2651. J-List's ...

One of the more popular anime series from the 1980s was the Lovely Angels, I mean Dirty Pair, the story ...

The other day I was sitting in a jacuzzi, pretending I was in a bubbling onsen hot springs bath back ...

If you read blogs about Japan at all, one question that gets asked a lot is, "Why is Japan so ...

Increasingly otaku culture encompassing everything from anime to Miku Hatsune to cosplay is becoming Japan's mainstream culture, at least among ...

It's funny, the way fashions can seem like the coolest thing to people one year yet be embarrassingly outdated a ...

In the history of music there have been few performers quite like "Weird Al" Yankovic, who's been creating funny parodies ...

J-List sells a ton of unique and wacky products from Japan, which I like to dig through for you. We ...

When J-List started our popular "Reserve Subscription" magazine service a decade ago, we had no idea how popular it would ...

J-List is a wonderful window to Japan on the web. Some awesome items you might consider this gift-giving season include ...

Today we made our final 2010 calendar order, which is always a challenge for us. Would we have enough of ...

Halloween is right around the corner, but there's still time for you to order an awesome complete cosplay set from ...

The most interesting kickboxer in Japan would have to be Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima, an avid anime fan and cosplayer who ...

You never know what's going to become popular in Japan next. It could be a new variation on the Maid ...

Usually there's nothing like a Sunday afternoon in Akihabara. It's fun to roam through the many electronics stores to see ...

One of my favorite anime/manga series is Genshiken, an exploration of the deeper aspects of anime, manga and related culture ...

Akihabara is the area of Tokyo famous for its electronics shops, and you can find whatever you're looking for there, ...

I had fun over the weekend, heading into Tokyo to go drinking with some friends. We hit the "Lost in ...

The next time you're in Japan, I suggest you check out the maid cafes that can be found mostly around ...

One thing I really like about being so involved with Japanese popular culture is the global nature of it, how ...

Maybe my post on Wednesday about the Japanese not seeming to care about government waste was read by someone important. ...

Happy Halloween from J-List. Halloween is one of those "American" holidays (although originally Irish and Scottish) that has a way ...

Well, one weekend and a staggering 150,000 people later, the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con is past. It was a wild ...