"Who, me?" Japanophiles may be aware that despite great strides, gender equality in Japan still isn’t quite where it is in the western world. That’s well-exemplified in a new word that appeared in Japanese around 2009: jōshiryoku, or “women’s power.” Where in the States “women’s …Read more »
You know, I know it, and manga and anime creators sure know it: there’s nothing better than a good rivalry. Be it sports, shonen or virtually any genre, there’s few things that keep viewers watching than two equally-matched rivals fighting for the same prize, or …Read more »
Even anime fans who aren’t particular Dragon Ball experts are probably familiar with the premise: assemble the seven dragon balls and your wish is Shenron’s command. Japanese ranking site Goo has polled its readers with the question: if you had the seven dragon balls, what …Read more »
Anime pollsters, it appears, are on a parents kick. Last week we featured a controversial poll about anime’s worst dads , and this week the question posted by ranking site Charapedia asked Japanese fans, “what anime would you like to show your parents?” As many …Read more »
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 »
Character songs – or kyarason for short, sometimes known as image songs – are those anime songs sung in-universe by one or more anime characters and attributed to those characters. To give an example that dates us horribly, think of the classic “My Boyfriend is …Read more »
Matt Schley
