Tag: Oreimo

There are some things you say when you live in Japan that you'd certainly never utter back home. For example, ...

Yasu and I continue to have fun in Georgia, visiting various tourist sites and finding interesting foods to eat, like ...

When you're married to a Japanese woman you should be prepared to hear some surprising observations every once in a ...

One reason anime is interesting as a genre is because of the strong emotions it lets fans access. Whether it's ...

Over the weekend I caught the last three episodes of Ore no Imouto ga Konna Kawaii Wake Ga Nai, aka ...

A lot of people talk about the falling Japanese population, but the staff of J-List is doing something about it. ...

I finally made time to finish the second season of Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, ...

Language has many uses, including communicating great ideas, recording the events of history and ordering pizza. It also helps define ...

It's funny, the little bits of Japanese culture you can pick up from random episodes of anime. I've been trying ...

One question I'm asked sometimes is, how do Japanese feel about otaku? Originally a semi-formal way to say "you" or ...

J-List has been involved with licensing and translating visual novels -- in their ecchi form they're known as bishoujo games, ...

When I came to Japan my head was filled with silly stereotypes of delicate wooden houses with paper walls. The ...

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

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

If you've watched more than an hour of Japanese television, you'll know that school uniforms are a big part of ...

I write a lot about the theory and practice of moe (mo-eh), since it's a subject that's dear to me. ...

My daughter is off to Hawaii this week on a school trip with her classmates. Japanese people and Hawaii go ...

Doujinshi are the fan-created comic-books which have become a huge engine of sub-culture here in Japan. The word is an ...

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

There's more to communication than just words, especially in a country like Japan. Often a negative opinion is expressed indirectly, ...

One of the more welcome aspects of the Japanese language is the system of "grammatical particles" which mark parts of ...

Getting Pizza Hut in Japan is always a treat: it is delicious, featuring toppings you can't get anywhere else like ...