Tag: culture

I continue to work my way through the current anime season, doing my best to keep up with the shows ...

I'm safely back in Japan after the 16 hour door-to-door hop from San Diego. Whenever I come back to Japan ...

Hello from sunny Phoenix, Arizona, where we've come for the Phoenix Comicon. It's a balmy 114℉/46℃, and we're busy at ...

Hello again from San Diego. We're about top pile into the J-List truck and start our drive to Phoenix, Arizona, ...

Another cute show airing this season is High School Fleet, aka Hai-Furi, the latest in the ongoing "cute moe girls ...

One charming anime that's currently running this season is called Flying Witch, a slow-paced slice-of-life story about a 15-year-old girl ...

It's great being back in San Diego, enjoying the nice weather and energy of the city. I love surfing the ...

One thing that's fun to do is explore what our first connection with Japan was, that first show or movie ...

Yesterday I took a day off to take my daughter to Tokyo Disney Sea, because no one ever says "I ...

The new Macross Delta anime has started, and being a longtime fan of the series, I decided to check it ...

I'm interested in the way the Japanese Internet exists separately from the English-speaking net, almost like two alien civilizations that ...

One of the more creative trends from Japan this century has been 萌化 moe-ka, or "moe-ification," making inanimate objects and ...

I've been a student of Japan's animation industry for more years than I care to contemplate, and have seen many ...

One of the themes of Japan is that relationships are "vertical," with differences in the roles played by people of ...

One of the more interesting trends of the past decade has been "moe anthropomorphism," the practice of taking real-world objects ...

I have some random observations to make about the Japanese. They nearly always have excellent manners, and some possess the ...

One subject I'm interested in is the way understanding between cultures is often brought about through "bridge foods." An example ...

This Sunday is Valentine's Day, which in Japan means there'll be millions of men hoping to receive chocolate from girlfriends, ...

One of the realities of observing other countries is that the farther away you are geographically, the more likely it ...

While Japan is one of the most homogenous countries in the world, with 98.5% of the population identifying as ethnic ...

This is certainly turning out to be one of those anime seasons that overflows with worthwhile offerings, from the new ...

One thing living in Japan will do is make you a better driver. The combination of narrow roads with many ...

Happy New Year and akemashite omedetou gozaimasu from your friends in Japan! We hope that 2016 is filled with many ...

There are several areas of anime and Japan-related fandom I enjoy a lot. First is that it's a "big tent" ...