Since before twilight there has been a steady increase of Young Adult Novel productions circulating in western book stores – Japan has been way ahead of us in that respect. What are light novels and what...

What are Visual Novels? If you’ve seen enough anime or played enough video games, you’ve probably heard of visual novels online at least once in your life. But what are visual novels, exactly? And...

Unfortunately, our society is built over a misogynistic structure that is based on a binary perspective of genders and their roles. Imposing different social places and behaviours for each gender and oppressing what does...

When it comes to dere types, most people usually associate it with female anime characters. With the amount of harem anime on the market in comparison to bishounen anime or reverse harem, it is...

  I finally understood what he meant when he said that ‘なかま’ [friend] can also be read as ‘rival’ -Hatoko from Inou-Battle   If you look up the definition of なかま(nakama), you will find that...

- ====> Make sure to catch Part 1 here! <====   • • •   Ok so sure, Vocaloid is pretty neat and Miku is super cute. But her personality is just so.. well.. wait, what...

When most people think of Vocaloid, the twin-tailed internet diva Hatsune Miku comes to mind. But Vocaloid is a lot more than just a single character, and it has a lot more history and influence than...

Yes, you heard me, luck is a skill that can be gained through practice – or so says anime. If you watch any mahjong anime, you’ll quickly learn that luck is a stream which flows...

Anime fandom has changed quite a bit since I first got into it in the early 2000s, let alone the late 1990s when the first online fansubbing groups emerged. These days people tend to...

Anime really stands out. But because anime is so easy to watch and get access to, it overshadows some other forms of creative media which, in my opinion, can be much more interesting than animated...