Tag: cosplay

Yesterday I went down to Tokyo Big Sight with Mai, the talented J-List employee who keeps our site stocked with ...

There are some fundamental differences between Japan and the West, for example the way there are no anatomically-based swear words ...

It's fun to mark the Japan-related memes that come along over the years, like the rise -- forgive the pun ...

I write often about how one of the joys of living in Japan is experiencing exceptional service, which is all ...

Hello from "the land of kawaii and sugoi," Japan! J-List is in full Christmas mode, packing and shipping hundreds of ...

We have more good news. J-List sells visual novels and eroge which we license from Japanese game companies and translate ...

Although Japan has no historical connection to the American (actually Scottish) tradition of Halloween, there's been more and more attention ...

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 ...