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Here’s an interesting one from ranking site Goo: they’ve asked their readers which Japanese celebrities’ lives would make for a good dramatic TV series—and one of the country’s most famous animators has made the list! Let’s check out the top 10: 10. Hidetoshi Nakata Soccer …Read more »
If you follow general Japan news, you know the country held an election this weekend. While here in the real world, it looks like Shinzo Abe will keep his job as prime minister for the time being, pollsters Charapedia used the opportunity to ask readers …Read more »
This seems like such an obvious poll question, I’m surprised we haven’t featured it yet. Japanese anime news site Anime Anime have just released the results of a poll that asked readers: which anime character would most you like to marry? To be more accurate, …Read more »
New series Eromanga Sensei came in at #3. With about a billion shows to choose from each season, it can be tough to zero in on the good stuff. One strategy we’re big fans of here over at OUSA HQ is to wait a few …Read more »
The changing of the season means the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and most importantly, the titans are attacking. Both in Japan and America, there’s little doubt the second season of Attack on Titan is spring 2017’s most hotly-anticipated anime series. But what …Read more »
In November, we Americans will choose our new leaders. Turns out the Japanese have us beat to the punch. Japanese anime fans, that is, who have been asked by pollmasters Charapedia, “who are the anime leaders you’d follow to the bitter end?” Who are anime’s …Read more »
This is a question that’s kept us up many a night, tossing and turning: just who are the 20 hottest guys in anime? Thankfully, pollsters Charapedia have come to the rescue, asking their readers to vote for their favorite hunks. The key point in this …Read more »
For the first time, a Japanese court has ruled computer-generated images can be considered child pornography, sentencing a creator of such images to a one-year prison term, says Tokyo Reporter. The court rejected the defense’s claims that the works were art and simply representations. Akashi …Read more »
Anime fans’ first taste of the complicated honorific style of Japanese speech known as keigo often comes in the form of titles attached to the end of one’s name. One of the most respectful of these titles is “sama,” which is often translated as “sir” …Read more »
Ah, university life. Whether a distant, quasi-fond memory or something you've only been given a small reprieve from this summer (for those of you still in high school and yet to know the joys of university life, the phrase "Abandon hope all ye who enter …Read more »
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