Tag: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Over the past 17 years I've helped raise two great kids who are haafu, half Japanese and half American -- ...

Japan is a land of fast-moving fashion trends, and you never know what the next fad will be. One week ...

Japan got some bad news when it was revealed that the population of the country dropped at a faster rate ...

One of the more interesting aspects of Japan is its free-spirited culture of doujinshi, which are comics and related works ...

This weekend saw the release of the new Evangelion movie "You Can (Not) Redo," which continues the "Rebuild of Evangelion" ...

The J-List staff had fun last Friday, as we said farewell to a departing employee and hello to a new ...

All languages change and evolve over time, and Japanese is certainly no different. There was no written language in Japan ...

The third Evangelion movie is coming in a week, so my son and I re-watched the second film to get ...

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

It's a glorious time for me as an anime fan, thanks to the new Space Battleship Yamato series that started ...

As with all all countries, each Japanese city naturally has its own style and flair. Kyoto is the ancient capital ...

Hello again, this time from Boston. My son and I have completed our East Coast tour and are heading back ...

Pachinko is the national pastime of Japanese men, and most anytime you drive by one of the many pachinko parlors ...

The Japanese language has a lot of unique features, like its syllable-based pronunciation system in which ka, ki, ku, ke ...

The other night I found myself randomly surfing Japanese late-night TV to see what was on. First was a TV ...

Sunday is Mother's Day, a day to do something nice for that very special mom in your life. It's also ...

I happened to see a news article that said the president of Nippon Sheet Glass, an American, was leaving the ...

If the anime of the 80s can be summed up as stories about mankind's grand future in space (Gundam, Macross, ...

Japan's relationship with the English language is an interesting one. All Japanese study three years of English in junior high ...

Yesterday I went down to Tokyo, visiting Akihabara to scout for awesome products I wanted to carry on J-List. (The ...

Although Japan is a land crisscrossed by trains, cars are still needed to get around unless you happen to live ...

The autumn crop of keitai denwa (cellular phones) has been announced by Japan's major phone makers, so I thought I'd ...

I often write about the "meticulous Japanese" and their amazing ability to do the same thing in and out for ...

The Japanese are fans of "ranking" TV shows that rank famous products for you, and it's not hard to find ...