Tag: Gundam

I write often that anime is a successful medium because it allows viewers to access a wide range of strong ...

Recently I talked about how the members of the wider online community of people fascinated with Japan and its popular ...

When new Japanese employees come to work at J-List it's an interesting learning experience for them. First of all, they're ...

The new Macross Frontier "Wings of Goodbye" (Sayonara no Tsubasa) movie opened yesterday, and being a dedicated Japan blogger and ...

In other news, I'm happy to announce that, okagesama de, my son passed his high school entrance exams. Since his ...

It's official: China has surpassed Japan as the world's second largest economy after the United States, reaching an estimated GDP ...

I saw that NBC and SyFy has cancelled Stargate: Universe series after two seasons. Since I'm currently (and belatedly) watching ...

Anime as a whole has proved remarkably adept at insinuating itself in the hearts and minds of fans all over ...

I write a lot about the different memes that come along in Japan, and how they interact with the Internet ...

One thing I love about the Japanese is their tendency towards obsession. Whether it's collecting and displaying anime figures, filling ...

"If Burger King married Dairy Queen, their child would be Jack in the Box." This bit of wisdom was uttered ...

I've always had an odd affinity for movies released in the year I was born, which was 1968. Three awesome ...

One interesting thing I've observed about the Japanese is that they love to line up for things. If a Japanese ...

Getting into anime means exposing yourself to a world of new ideas, some of which might be potentially confusing at ...

There are two people named Amuro in Japanese popular culture. One of them is Amuro Ray, the young boy who ...

Although Japanese are now quite familiar with images of Christmas presents being delivered by "Santa-san" (as he's usually called) it ...

I've always thought my life would make a good basis for a 4-koma (4-panel) manga, perhaps called "Papa wa Gaikoujin" ...

People who study marketing know that competitions often come down to two companies, like Coke and Pepsi for carbonated sugar ...

Bad news for anyone in Japan who likes sleeping late in the mornings: election season will be starting at the ...

Today is an auspicious day for anime fans everywhere: the 30th anniversary of the start of Mobile Suit Gundam, which ...

The other day my son and I were watching an NHK documentary on penguins and elephant seals living on King ...

One thing that's fun about having kids is all the creative observations they make. Like the time my daughter saw ...

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

Japan's defeat in World War II was a huge emotional blow to the country which is still felt today. Although ...