3 Types of Otaku: Just How Anime Obsessed Are You?
The Otaku If there’s a term in the anime world that has great controversy, it’s the term “otaku”. Perhaps you have heard of the term here and there, but do you really know what it means?...
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The Periodic Table of Anime
Hey all, it’s Koma here! There has been a lot of planning going on behind the scenes and some amazing stuff about to be launched for you all (so sign up to the mailing list),...
Anime Family Dynamics: What’s Your Anime Family?
My family is my strength and my weakness. -Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Many people assume that anime is for kids. There’s nothing complicated about something that’s a cartoon, right? Wrong! Wrong on so many accounts! Anime...
How to Celebrate a very Anime Christmas!
It’s that time of year again where the stockings are hung, lights strung around the house, and visits to the emergency room seem to skyrocket along with that electricity bill. While many of us...
Ecchi, harems, and more: 7 examples of Anime vs Reality!
No matter what your favorite genre of anime is, you have no doubt come across an ecchi anime at some point. Ecchi anime come in all sorts of genres, situations, and plot lines so...
The Unknown World of Light Novels: 2 Must-Read Choices
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...
15 Visual Novel Games: Why You Should (NOT) Be Scared Of Boobs
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...
Gender Roles and Sexism in Modern Shoujo Manga
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...
Male Dere Types You Might Not Have Known About
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 and subtext layering in manga and anime
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...
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