Anime

of the United States. While animation is usually revered as entertainment for children in the United States, Japanese animation, or “anime” as it is referred to both in Japan and in the West, is a form of media that is enjoyed by people of all ages. Unlike the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Spongebob Squarepants, both popular American animations in their times, anime focuses more on drama and varying genres with some even being pornographic in nature. The differing cultures of the United States and

The Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan is an electronic wonderland with endless sights to see and a history that doesn’t seem to fit its light-hearted appearance. Once a post-war black market, Akihabara is now the center of all things relating to anime, manga, and videogames (“Akihabara”). Traveling to this unique location would be an experience that would not be forgotten. Akihabara has always been an important location in Japan, even during the Edo period. It was a crossroad that was often traveled

types of people, religion and races, basically anything that makes a person different than another. These are defense mechanisms so people can protect themselves with harmful words from things that they don’t understand. Many cartoon shows known as “anime” originated in Japan and have become really popular in the United

Although the story is written in English, references are often made in Japanese romanji. This authenticates the story to the original anime. For example: The use of ‘Makyo Hyosho’ is an example of the japanese language which is often used throughout the story. ‘Secret jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors’ is an example of language which is specific to the story and the anime that it is based on. The language also helps to link the story with the historical and cultural aspects that the author worked

Pocky, Anime, manga, kanji. Have you heard of any of these? If not… where have you been? All around us teenagers, children, and even adults are being drawn into Japanese culture through TV, books, and even food. Japanese comics, called manga, take up more and more space on American bookshelves, and they've infused new life into the publishing industry. Japanese animation, anime, is on more and more movies and TV screens and influencing popular toys and games. Before the 80’s when people thought

linkage from one investigation to the next as our protagonists search to uncover the mysteries of ghostly habitations. The pace at which the anime unfolds is constructed almost flawlessly; the story flows well and is spaced out evenly enough in order to build up enough suspense to terrify viewers out of their wits before moving onto the next monster. This anime is by no means dull. In

lot of energy, and I found myself focusing on keeping my breath even. Movement was seen, distracting me for a second or two, but it was horribly blurred, and whatever it was, it was wearing a boring shade of green. I felt as if I was watching an anime at horrible quality, and when the green blob spoke, it 's voice was loud and garbled to my ears. Wait. Never mind the mysterious beings. Why was I alive? I saw my body being carried off, and the accidents.. Perhaps it was all a dream? But my body

I loved the original Japanese anime film, but sine Scarlett Johansson is white and not asian like in the film, people started freaking out. To be clear, her character is a robot, not a human. So I don't really care as much as other people since she actually looks the part. I would cast

festival called Sakura Matsuri. Sakura Matsuri is a Japanese festival that takes place at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. I saw her cosplayed as Kido Tsubomi from Kagerou Project. She was with her girlfriend Jessy who was cosplayed as Kaneki from the anime Tokyo Ghoul. I wanted pictures with them both because I liked the characters they were cosplaying as. I went over to them and asked them if I could take a picture with them. They both agreed to take a picture with me. My friend Dave took the picture

American Censorship of Japanese Animation Abrstract: This essay will explore why Americans feel the need to censor Japanese Animation, how the Japanese culture differs from American culture, and how to solve the growing debate of the censorship of Japanese media.              Japan, that strange and exotic land in the east, has a complex and interesting history that has shaped and molded its culture into a very unique society today.  Of course their customs have influenced their entertainment