Tag: manga

The other day I reached for some saltine crackers and found myself smirking at the name on the package: "Mornin' ...

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

When you study a foreign language, the first thing you usually learn are the "naughty" words -- that's just human ...

There are many ways you can help Japan. Donating to Red Cross Japan might be difficult from outside the country, ...

There are many ways you can help Japan. Donating to Red Cross Japan might be difficult from outside the country, ...

Advertising in Japan is incredibly creative, and I sometimes find myself enjoying the way a message is delivered even though ...

One of the great mysteries of learning a non-Western language like Japanese is when your brain actually starts "reading" it ...

This morning my car (which has a "car navi" that greets me and tells me interesting trivia) reported that today, ...

Like many, I'm a big fan of bento, the Japanese tradition of convenient and delicious portable lunches in a box. ...

The other day, my daughter came out of her room, and I did a double-take. She was wearing one of ...

One thing I like about popular culture like anime or manga is the way is the way it can teach ...

I write a lot about how Japanese is a vague, nuanced language that can create some challenges for Westerners trying ...

It can be interesting to analyze the themes used in anime and manga. In many series, the stories are built ...

Today one of my Twitter followers asked me, "How did you learn Japanese?" That's quite a big topic, of course, ...

We all have fond memories of childhood which make us natsukashii, a word that roughly means "that makes me so ...

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

Japan is a very different country from the United States, with its own unique culture and traditions, and one thing ...

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

There's a class of four-kanji compound word called yoji-jukugo which are used in Japanese quite a lot. Rather than disliking ...

J-List carries a lot of awesome artbooks from Japan, including all the best anime artbooks, and no matter what you ...

If you visit the Lumine Man department store in Shibuya you'll find something pretty cool: a huge display of Evangelion ...

I'm a big fan of the anime and manga High School of the Dead, a story about a group of ...

The word otaku has come to represent the culture both in Japan and around the world of embracing awesomely nerdy ...

Will you be attending the New York Comic Convention/Anime Festival? If so be sure to drop by booth 2651. J-List's ...