Well, 2010 marks the end of the first decade of the 21st century, and good riddance, I say: no more trying to figure out how to refer to the current ten-year period in short form, like we do with normal decades such as the 80s or 90s. It certainly was a decade of change, with many aspects of our lives revolutionized on a daily basis, and we all got more connected with each other through the hive-mind known as the Internet. For J-List, it was an awesome decade of growth, as we served customers all around the world — almost 300,000 of them, incredibly — and discovered new and interesting ways to fulfill our mission of being a “Wonderful Toybox of Things from Japan” for you. Decades, of course, don’t always begin or end in neat, rounded numbers. For me the 1980s ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but the 1990s didn’t start until the Street Fighter II boom arrived. So when we look back on the new decade that’s just beginning, it will probably look a lot different to us. But no matter what happens this decade, J-List plans to be a peaceful island of Japanese popular culture for you!
Street Fighter II started the 90s for me. What event will be the official start of the 2010’s?
