Japanese learners, here’s a useful one for you: ojisan , which can mean both uncle and “middle-aged dude,” basically (an official translation will nab you “old man,” but most people who get called ojisan aren’t that old). It’s the young whippersnappers who usually get top …Read more »
The typical narrative of Japanese animation history usually starts with Tetsuwan Atom , aka Astro Boy , often cited as the “first anime.” That’s not exactly wrong – Tetsuwan Atom creator Osamu Tezuka’s style, production methods, and merchandizing basically set the course for the industry …Read more »
Remember a few weeks ago when CNN sent Otaku USA readers into a froth by completely misrepresenting manga and its readership as child pornographers? Well, they’re not done with “weird Japan” stories, apparently. This time they’ve done a profile of one Hideaki Kobayashi, a 51-year …Read more »
For a certain generation of American anime fans, the original Sailor Moon , along with Dragon Ball Z , was one of the entry points for getting into Japanese animation in the first place. For those fans, as well as the hundreds of thousands in …Read more »
Matt Schley
