What Is Ecchi? 7 Best Ecchi Tropes In Anime
No matter what your favorite genre of anime or manga is, you have no doubt come across an ecchi anime at some point. But what is ecchi? And what are the best ecchi anime?...
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What Light Novels Are Best? 2 Must Read Choices
What are the best light novels to read and what is the difference between light novels and normal written literature? Well to answer the first question, we’ll go into depth with the light novels...
16 Best Visual Novel Games: Not All VNs Are Adult
If you’ve seen enough anime or played enough video games, you’ve probably heard of visual novels at least once in your life. You’ve probably found out what visual novels are by now. But ever...
Gender Roles and Sexism in Modern Shoujo Manga
Unfortunately, our society is built over a misogynistic anti-feminist structure that is based on a binary perspective of genders and their roles. Imposing different social places and behaviors for each gender and oppressing what...
The 4 Male Anime Character Types
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...
Ateji – The Hidden Art Of Wordplay In Japanese Kanji
Ateji is a technique unique to Japanese – combining centuries of history between southeastern Asian countries and their writing systems. Kanji, hiragana, and furigana are combined in ways that provide subtext beyond subtext within...
The Rules Of Mahjong In Anime: Luck In Akagi
Yes, you heard me, luck is a skill that can be gained through practice – or so says anime like Akagi. In anime, that the rules of mahjong say luck is a stream which flows...
Fansubbing In Anime: The Origins In Japanese Animation
Anime fandom and Japanese animation in general 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....
What Are Visual, Light, Web Novels And Eroge?
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...
Magic in Anime: The Origin and History
Have you thought about where magic circle in anime come from? Or why there are anime with magic? Chances are you haven’t, and neither did I before looking into it. Your first thought may...