Tag: pantsu

There are a lot of unique fashions that are either created or enriched by Japan's anime subculture world, like the ...

Well, we're done with another Anime Expo, and this one was loads of fun as usual. We greeted many fans ...

It's well known that the Japanese love rice, and eat it with nearly every meal, but they're no slouches when ...

Like other forms of media, there are many types of stories to be found in anime, including love comedy, various ...

Well the Phoenix Comicon is over, and I'm back in San Diego. The show was a blast, and we had ...

I've been a student of Japanese since that first day in 1987 when I started Higurashi-sensei's class at SDSU. (There ...

There are many reasons to like a given anime series, including a truly fresh story approach, characters with endearing moe ...

I've written before about how one of the least enjoyable aspects of living in Japan is having to be so ...

I've got a few hobbies, including reciting lines from all Tom Hanks movies in a Forrest Gump voice and trolling ...

One thing I had to get used to as an American living in Japan was how British things could be ...

It's fun to analyze different memes (anime-related or otherwise) as they evolve and change. While some have wide appeal no ...

Yesterday several J-List staff members and I went to Tokyo Big Sight to check out the International Gift Show, a ...

I'm a fan of Strike Witches, a fun anime that blends cute moe girls with World War II-style mecha and, ...

Well, we've come to the end of another year. 2012 was a great year for us at J-List, with lots ...

Names are important things no matter what country you're in, though in Japan they work a little differently than what ...

One thing about being an American is visiting our national shrines in Washington D.C., which include dignified memorials to the ...

Today is the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where thousands of athletes will show off their athletic skills and ...

We're having a great time here at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, meeting fans and customers and selling lots of ...

It's fun to study the history of the memes that pop up in anime. Every time you watch an onsen ...

Today is White Day, an event created to serve as a "return gift day" when men in Japan will give ...

I hope everyone in the States enjoyed the Superbowl. Unfortunately Sunday in the U.S. is Monday morning here in Japan ...

One of the more interesting trends over the past decade or so has been the rise of serious fangirls, called ...

There are many mysterious things about anime that might puzzle viewers from time to time. Why do characters sneeze randomly ...

One of the themes of being an American expat in Japan is discovering how much the country has taken various ...