Tag: manga

We never think about idioms in our own language, but to non-native speakers, learning the meanings of phrases like "to ...

I love getting a haircut in Japan. The barber shop I use rents space inside a lobby of a large ...

Today marks an interesting 10-year anniversary: the first legal performance of a Japanese song in South Korea, when singer Tomoe ...

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

Japan's next Prime Minister has been decided, and as expected, it's to be Taro Aso, who received more than 95% ...

Happy Wedding! To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Fist of the North Star, the popular manga and anime set in ...

Although anime has become a part of our world culture, watched by fans from all over the globe, the word ...

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda surprised everyone by suddenly announcing his resignation on Monday. He's stepping down, he says, to ...

We're deep in it at the San Diego Comicon ('scuze me, Comic-Con International, whatever) in our booth (#129), meeting and ...

In addition to lots of anime-related panels, video rooms and other interesting events, anime conventions are great because you can ...

You've been in Japan too long when you pay over $70 for a Captain Santa T-shirt and realize a few ...

There's nothing more interesting than studying a foreign language, of learning the way its unique grammatical rules work so you ...

Doujinshi are the fan-created comic-books which have become a huge sub-culture here in Japan. The word literally means "same-person-magazine" and ...

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

One of the things I've liked about my years of learning Japanese is what I've come to call the "joy ...

Manga is the name given to Japanese comic books, although most people over the age of 35 or so will ...

When you study a language like Japanese, you learn many rules that make up the grammar, like the unique particles ...

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

The name of Japan in its own language is nihon or nippon, alternate readings of kanji characters that mean "origin ...

The word otaku is a formal term meaning "you" or "your family" which acquired its alternate meaning of "obsessed fanboy" ...

One of the surprising things about living in a country like Japan is, is how you can get used to ...

Japan has a new ambassador, and it's...Doraemon? Yes, the well-known robot cat from the future has been designated as the ...

Japan's Pachinko industry continues to innovate in interesting ways as it tries to appeal to new kinds of customers, and ...

Just as many in the U.S. and Europe have a fascination with all things Japanesque, the Japanese have their own ...