Tag: otaku

We've got an update for fans of Steins;Gate, the hardcore visual novel of science, time travel and otaku culture, which ...

The decades after WWII have seen some successful American businesses establish themselves in Japan, including Coca-Cola, Toys R Us and ...

It's fun to examine some of broader categories of anime that exist. There are harem anime like Infinite Stratos and ...

The J-List staff had fun at our New Year's Party on Friday, eating and drinking on J-List's tab as a ...

I write often about the concept of 国民性 kokumin-sei, a word which can be translated as "national character," and one ...

One of the joys of being an anime fan in Japan is visiting the real places seen in your favorite ...

The word 同人誌 doujinshi literally means "same person publication" and refers to an amateur-published work (these days nearly always a ...

Yesterday, December 15, was designated as World Otaku Day by the Internet, a day to celebrate our 2D-loving lifestyle. It ...

The other day I watched the movie Psycho for the first time. The reason was that Tomo, the Japanese staffer ...

I took a couple of days off this week to travel with an Italian friend of mine to Hakone, a ...

Maid cafes have become one of the more famous images of modern Japan, and when foreigners visit Akihabara they'll often ...

"The distance from Earth to space is the same as from Tokyo to Hakone, about 50 miles/80 km." This was ...

Yesterday I drove to the other side of town to obtain a precious resource: a Subway sandwich. Depending on where ...

I've written before about the way Japan-related fandom can be a place where dreams come true. Many of Japan's professional ...

I write often about the word 常識 joushiki, which means "common sense," e.g. the common beliefs and opinions shared by ...

A couple days ago a newspaper in the U.K. published an article about the declining interest in sex by many ...

A new anime season is upon us, and I'm doing my best to keep up with the flood of new ...

One of my favorite things about Japan is the quality of service you experience almost everywhere. Yesterday my employee Yasu ...

When studying a language, it's not uncommon to encounter a word that that's difficult to translate on a 1-to-1 basis. ...

A new anime season is upon us, and as usual I'm still rushing to finish last season's shows, like Attack ...

You never know when the next boom in the anime subculture will show up. One year the hottest thing might ...

I continue to enjoy Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!, aka No Matter How I Look ...

All Japan is in rapture right now over the announcement that Tokyo has been selected to host the 2020 Olympics. ...

One thing I like about the Japanese is how creative they are with language. The other day I was choosing ...