Tag: Movies

Without a doubt one of the best shows on this season is the new Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works, a ...

Another anime series that caught my eye this season was Grisaia no Kajitsu, a harem-style show about a mysterious main ...

moe culture, and connecting with anime through food. Last weekend was Comic Market, aka Comiket , the huge doujinshi convention ...

I recently went to see the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow, which is basically Groundhog Day meets Saving Private ...

I finally found time to go see the new Godzilla movie that everyone was buzzing about a month or so ...

I've been a lifelong fan of science-fiction stories, especially ones involving time travel and related themes like time dilation. Looking ...

One of the unwritten rules in Japan is that society will change at a slower rate than in Europe and ...

One of the best things to happen to anime fandom has been the rise of the fangirl. Back in the ...

One of the biggest problems facing Japanese schools is ijime (EE-gee-may), or bullying, when a group of kids gangs up ...

Hello and Happy Monday from your friends in Japan! Like the English language, Japanese has been greatly influenced by its ...

Hello from Japan, where it's okay to slurp your soba noodles, but not your spaghetti. Today's update is a day ...

Hello again from all your friends in Japan! I've lived in Japan for twelve years now, and I've had some ...

My Japan Experience: Interesting Quotes from Japan Hi, my name is Peter, and I've lived in Japan for many years, ...

My Otaku Reconsideration Portrait of an Otaky #1187by Peter R. PayneNote: the following is an article I wrote way back ...

You've been in Japan Too Long when... Updated January, 2001 The following were collected from various Usenet groups, most likely ...

Hello from Japan, where you can still find "skin color" crayons sold in stores. It's quite well known that in ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! Seen a certain way, the Japanese can appear quite superstitious. Certainly, there are ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! Seen a certain way, the Japanese can appear quite superstitious. Certainly, there are ...

Hello again from Japan, the home of tako-yaki, a delicious ball of batter with octopus inside. Beer is the preferred ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! In general, when movies are released in Japan, there's a gap of a ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! In general, when movies are released in Japan, there's a gap of a ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! The word for foreigner in Japanese is "gaijin," written using the characters ...

Hello again from all your friends in Japan! Happy faces in email are now a part of Internet culture. The ...

Hello from a somewhat nerve-wracked J-List. Wildfires are raging across several parts of San Diego, and unfortunately, the area of ...