How Japanese ‘futon’ beds work, and a new anime about…making anime.
One of the more unique and interesting shows to arrive during the current anime season has been Shiro Bako, about ...
One of the more unique and interesting shows to arrive during the current anime season has been Shiro Bako, about ...
Another anime series that caught my eye this season was Grisaia no Kajitsu, a harem-style show about a mysterious main ...
J-List has been in business since 1996, a long time if you think of it in "Internet years." I started ...
One new anime from the currently-running season that caught my eye is Jinsei, which means "life" as in the span ...
With Anime Expo finally over, the J-List staff can take some time to recover from four fun-but-tiring days of mixing ...
I've been having lots of fun with my daughter, taking in the sights of South Florida before arriving up in ...
I finally found time to go see the new Godzilla movie that everyone was buzzing about a month or so ...
Great news for Sailor Moon fans: we posted a huge number of new products, including stationery, pen cases, stickers and ...
Do Japanese couples say "I love you" to each other? The short answer is, of course they do, just less ...
One reason I believe anime became so popular around the world is that it's a medium that's free to tell ...
It's a great day for Sailor Moon fans, since we got a ton of new products in stock, including plush ...
One thing I like about Twitter and Facebook is the ability to have random conversations with readers, and often when ...
Yesterday I went down to Tokyo Big Sight with Mai, the talented J-List employee who keeps our site stocked with ...
The decades after WWII have seen some successful American businesses establish themselves in Japan, including Coca-Cola, Toys R Us and ...
Every once in a while Japan does something that makes you stop and say, "wait, what?" Like when they advertised ...
It's fun to examine some of broader categories of anime that exist. There are harem anime like Infinite Stratos and ...
We're rushing today's update a bit because tonight is the 新年会 shin-nen kai or New Year's Party of J-List. Similar ...
Well another year has come to an end. We at J-List would like to thank our wonderful customers all over ...
I saw a report on Bloomberg that talked about anime as "Japan's most influential export" in the 21st century, as ...
There are certain things I will never understand about Japan, like their fascination with the number of creases a person ...
Hello from "the land of kawaii and sugoi," Japan! J-List is in full Christmas mode, packing and shipping hundreds of ...
The anime industry has certainly gone through changes over the years. You could break it down into different eras, perhaps ...
One of the more welcome developments in the anime world has been the return of Sailor Moon merchandise after an ...
A couple of updates ago I wrote about the word 常識 joshiki, meaning 'common sense,' and how one of the ...