Tag: cosplay

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 ...

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, ...