You can’t have anime without Japanese culture! Find out where anime fashion comes from and why Japan’s designs are so unique.
The Japanese Festival held every year over Labor Day weekend at the Missouri Botanical Gardens has become an attraction for anime fans from St. Louis and the Midwest. I used to make the two hour trek to the gardens from Carbondale to St. Louis to enjoy the festivities and to see the traditional Japanese arts [...]
Anyone out there struggling to learn Japanese by themselves knows it’s tough to learn it by your selves. It’s good when someone wants to study with you but it’s better if they already know it and it’s hella fantastic when a native speaker tries to help you out. Where can you go in [...]
As I was perusing online Japanese fashion sites (which are either never in English or just show pretty pictures with no text), I came across a site which actually analyzes the sub-sects of Japanese street fashion, of which Lolita and Gothic Lolita are a part of.
Gothic Lolita is a distinctive style, though. Sweet or [...]
Have you ever wondered why an anime character spontaneously sprouts a giant sweat drop or gets dripping blue and black lines down their face? What does it mean when a character gets all wavy and super deformed? And why do almost all anime and gaming baddies have white hair?! Whaz up wid that? What [...]
Everyone’s seen them; the greasy unkempt anime uber-fan who can tell you the secret religious meaning in an anime series. By unkempt I mean unwashed and oblivious to daily hygiene. Even
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