Tag: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu

June 9th marks another fun, informal Japanese holiday. Known as Rock (n’ Roll) Day (Rokku no Hi), it comes from ...

I love anime, and I love social media. That's because I can share anime memes and clips with fans around ...

Whenever I ask a question on Twitter/X and get lots of replies from our followers, I know it's a subject ...

One thing that drew me to animation early on was that anything that can be imagined can be animated easily ...

Every morning I wake up and check the replies in J-List's Twitter feed on my phone, which is a good ...

What's Your Favorite Christmas Anime? When Christmas draws near, many fans find themselves re-watching certain beloved anime series or films. ...

Although we as anime fans love the studios that make our favorite shows, and they presumably love us for supporting ...

Greetings from J-List! We're here at the San Diego Comic-Con at booth 4929, at far end of "anime alley." We hope ...

This year's Animelo Summer 2017 Live concert is having its 13th year at the Saitama Super Arena, and had three ...

There are certain difficulties Westerners face when coming to Japan. The language is a problem, of course, especially outside cities ...

The other day I was in a store buying groceries when I decided to pick up some cans of "highball," ...

Every gaijin who speaks some Japanese knows the agony of accidentally using the wrong word of nihongo at an embarrassing ...

When I decided to minor in Japanese back at SDSU, I had to choose one Japan-related elective class in addition ...

When a foreigner goes to Japan, especially for an extended period of time rather than a brief visit as a ...

The concept of humor is a complex one, and it's not uncommon for something that's funny in one language to ...

One of the proudest days in the lives of parents is going shopping with their child to buy a school ...

I like to read sci-fi novels with mind-bogglingly big ideas in them. One series I enjoyed was the Uplift Saga ...

With any language, there are certain words that are guaranteed to cause problems for foreigners -- our brains excel at ...

Last time I mentioned the words uchi and soto, meaning in-group and out-group, which is a favorite topic of Japan ...

One of the biggest challenges Japan faces in the decades ahead is shoshika, or the reduced number of children due ...

Last time I wrote about how the name a person calls another says a lot about their relationship, whether they ...

Japan is a subtle place, where people often substitute vague, indirect language when discussing things they don't want to talk ...

I wrote last week that the Japanese were quite possibly the most polite people in the world, which is one ...

The Japanese are a very health-minded group of people, a fact observed by Aflac founder John Amos when he visited ...