Our Rainy Protocol PV Forms an E-sports Team
Another original e-sports anime has entered the Net café. Our Rainy Protocol (Bokura no Ameiro Protocol) sees a former gamer return to ...
Tag: sports
Omega Strikers PV Creates Action-Packed Soccer
Omega Strikers is an upcoming free-to-play video game for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X, mobile devices, and ...
Is Tribe Nine Really a Sports Anime? Or Is It More?
We here at J-List have previously talked about how sports anime are both a staple of the genre, but often ...
Haikyu!! Volleyball Manga to End on July 20th
An announcement from the official Haikyu!! Twitter account has confirmed that the series will end on July 20th. Haikyu!!, which ...
Japan’s Omotenashi Spirit Dominates 2019 Rugby World Cup
Let me set the scene. I come from a little-known country on the tip of Africa aptly named South Africa. ...
Rugby Explosion in Japan!
(Art via fujii_jun, hirame_sa) The Rugby World Cup is currently being held in Japan, and the country is positively brimming ...
Why We Love Sports Anime (and Anime Butts)
Throughout history, one of the most popular genres of anime has been sports shows, which take the natural drama of ...
Can We Have World Peace Through Shared Popular Culture?
Anime (and Star Wars) Can Bring Us World Peace Through Shared Popular Culture I had a fun weekend, traveling down ...
The History of Hentai, and a New Monster Girl Anime
Do you live in the Los Angeles area? If so we hope to see you at the upcoming Anime Impulse ...
A New Level of “Ecchi” Fanservice, plus the Kanji of the Year
The Holidays are nearly on us, but there's still time for a new sale! From now through December 13th, we're ...
A New Anime with Oppai and Backstory, plus Explaining Japanese Culture to Outsiders
There are many anime series out there filled with subtlety and grace, like Aoi Hana; a realistic story about what ...
Culture Shock in Japan, plus Things the Japanese Love
I'm safely back in Japan after the 16 hour door-to-door hop from San Diego. Whenever I come back to Japan ...
Younger Sisters in Anime, plus the Joy of School Swimsuits
Hello from sunny Phoenix, Arizona, where we've come for the Phoenix Comicon. It's a balmy 114℉/46℃, and we're busy at ...
Exploring the Golden Age of Anime, plus “Girls und Destroyers”
Another cute show airing this season is High School Fleet, aka Hai-Furi, the latest in the ongoing "cute moe girls ...
My Trip to a Zen Buddhist Hospital, and Christmas in Japan
I've always been a huge fan of Christmas, loving everything about it: the music, the annual re-watching of the Charlie ...
Star Wars, Japan, and goofy ideas for anime
Last time I talked about how the classic Japanese novel The Tale of Genji -- about the playboy son of ...
Why Do You Like Anime? (Hint: oppai)
I sometimes like tossing out random questions on J-List's Facebook page or Twitter feed, like the time I asked readers ...
How to raise half-American otaku kids in Japan
We hope you're enjoying the all-new J-List website. Just a reminder: certain products like magazine and snack subscriptions, iTunes cards ...
Living in Japan means never setting your clock back
We hope you're enjoying the all-new J-List website. Just a reminder: certain products like magazine and snack subscriptions, iTunes cards ...
Getting used to toilets in Japan, and some of my obsessions.
I have some odd obsessions. One is that I love hunting down and watching the movies that were released in ...
Beating the heat in Japan, and my favorite new anime.
One show I’ve been waiting for quite eagerly is the second season of Non Non Biyori (roughly translatable as "fine ...
How indoor shoes work, and the history of eyepatch moe.
The concept of 萌え moé can be quite deep. Coined around 1993 in response to (according to one theory) the ...
The 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Yamato, plus kawaii voices in Japan.
We're entering a special time in WWII-related history, when the 70th anniversary of many iconic wartime events will be arriving ...
Comparing obsessions, and the season of the sakura in Japan.
It’s sakura time in Japan right now, as cherry blossoms around the country explode in beautiful fireworks of pink. Being ...
