Tag: manga

One thing about Japanese women which amuses my wife no end is their pre-conceived notions about what it's like when ...

One of the greatest names in the history of anime and manga is Matsumoto Leiji, creator of classic space operas ...

Kanji, of course, are the characters that communicate meaning in written Japanese, imported from China around the 4th Century A.D. ...

As an American living in Japan, I go about my day in a normal way, hitting the gym, filling my ...

As a card-carrying fan of oldschool Japanese animation and pop culture, I make it a point to enjoy both cool ...

I often write about a useful method for understanding Japan through the concept of kata, a word that can mean ...

Japan is starting to get into "Christmas mode" as cities turn on beautiful illumination in parks and other public areas ...

I like to watch late-night TV in Japan because there's always something interesting to see, like the show in which ...

The election in the U.S. is finally over, and I'm sure everyone is happy to have it behind them. Unfortunately ...

Google has changed all our lives and added several points to our collective IQs, for which I'm very grateful. If ...

I often write about Japan's falling birth rate since it's one of the more visible challenges the country is facing ...

It can be interesting to analyze the themes used in the creation of characters for anime and manga: the fiery ...

The Japanese are fond of designating certain days to commemorate random things, and every time I get in my car ...

Perceptions are always fun to explore. The other day I made a lunch date with Mrs. J-List at a nice ...

Today's interesting word of Japanese is guuzen (goo-zen), which means "coincidence." I don't know why, but there seems to be ...

Speaking of cats, I've written before about how much the Japanese love them, regularly turning the furry felines into "Internet ...

Well, the San Diego Comic-Con is over for another year, the banners and booths all taken down. After all the ...

Wednesday marked Independence Day in the U.S., and since Anime Expo was kind enough to end before the holiday this ...

One of the more surprising aspects of Japanese popular culture is the number of stories featuring characters of questionable gender, ...

Today is Geek Pride Day, a special day for all of us to celebrate the nerdier side of life, from ...

Although I do my best to be a gentleman, there are times when I've inadvertantly been less than chivalrous to ...

Japan is a country with no guns at all...or so I thought when I arrived here in 1991, and learned ...

The Japanese language has three writing systems to communicate the written word: hiragana, the syllable-based system used for expressing basic ...

One thing I've learned about the Japanese is, they love it when one of their number attains international fame. From ...