Viewing Japan through Pop Culture
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The history of Ecchi, and Yakuza in Japan.
It's part of the nature of the Japanese people to prefer substituting euphemisms for words that are embarrassing to use ...
A new anime about Seiyu, and how I started selling eroge.
Without a doubt, the thing that makes 2D characters in anime and games really come alive are the seiyu, the ...
Japanese words you already know, and why the Japanese are so risk-averse.
The holiday season continues, and even the Sailor Moon girls are snug in their beds, hoping for a present from ...
A day to celebrate cute moé girls, and the most famous backpacks in Japan.
Unlike countries like Saudi Arabia, Canada or the United States, Japan has almost nothing in the way of natural resources, ...
The victory of Harry Potter over Mickey Mouse, and learning about Japanese culture through Obon.
Japan is having its "Obon" Buddhist holidays right now, a solemn time when the spirits of deceased family members are ...
The History of Hentai
One reason I believe anime became so popular around the world is that it's a medium that's free to tell ...
New English Dating-sim Game Announced: My Girlfriend is the President
We're looking ahead to 2011 already, and we think it's going to be a great year, with many fun and ...
Anime Artbooks @ J-List
J-List carries a lot of awesome artbooks from Japan, including all the best anime artbooks, and no matter what you ...
Spotlight: the Queen’s Blade Series
J-List carries dozens of fun products for fans of Queen's Blade, the popular anime series which started out as a ...
Of Anime Figures and Dating-Sim Games
J-List carries thousands of fun products from Japan, including the beautiful prepainted anime figures from Japan's top toy studios. Queen's ...
Greetings from J-List April 14, 2003
Hello again from Japan, where going to Kentucky means eating chicken and everyone thinks IT stands for "Internet technology." When ...
Greetings from J-List April 11, 2003
Hello and TGIF from your friends in Japan! One thing that's often a shock to outgoing, cheerful Westerners is the ...
Greetings from J-List April 9, 2003
Hello again from Japan, where you can find "goma ice" -- that's sesame seed flavored ice cream to you and ...
Greetings from J-List April 7, 2003
Hello from Japan, the country with tartar sauce flavored corn chips! First of all, the main J-List site was down ...
Greetings from J-List April 4, 2003
Hello from Japan, where the Mazda Miyata is known as the Mazda Roadster, but through unlucky phonetic accident, 99% of ...
Greetings from J-List April 2, 2003
Hello from Japan, where a corn dog is known universally as an "American Dog." For a country that loves English ...
Greetings from J-List March 31, 2003
Hello from Japan, where it's very impolite to stick your chopsticks upright into your rice ("only dead people do this"). ...
Greetings from J-List March 28, 2003
Hello again from all your friends in Japan! I've lived in Japan for twelve years now, and I've had some ...
Greetings from J-List March 26, 2003
Hello again from Japan, the home of tomato flavored pretzels! Part of Peter's Unified Theory of Japan is that the ...
Greetings from J-List March 24, 2003
Hello from Japan, where you can still find "skin color" crayons sold in stores. It's quite well known that in ...
Greetings from J-List March 21, 2003
Hello from all of us at J-List. We've been busy bees all day and have a great update of products ...
Greetings from J-List March 19, 2003
Hello again from all your friends in Japan! With tensions in Iraq increasing every day, Japanese are nervous about what ...
Greetings from J-List March 17, 2003
Hello again from Japan, home of the world's only indoor skiing facility -- the Ssaws ski slope near Tokyo Disneyland, ...
