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2-D love
On the very extreme end of anime fandom lies the otaku who develop romantic feelings for certain anime characters, to the point of actually desiring a 2-D relationship over a real, 3-D one. This topic...
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Does a love of anime always lead to a love of Japan?
It’s not unusual for people who become anime fans to also become interested in the country that anime comes from – Japan. I’ve seen this interest in some form or other in most of the anime fans I’ve...
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Sexuality versus violence in anime
This topic was a recent entry on AnimeNation’s Ask John column. It begs the question of why American anime fans are often vehemently opposed to moe, fan service, or any other type of anime that...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 1: Pronunciation
Welcome to the first installment in a series of posts I’m going to be writing about the fundamentals of the Japanese language. Part 1 will be an introduction to the post series as well as covering an...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 2: Reading
Here’s Part 2 of my ongoing Fundamentals of Japanese post series. In Part 1 I went over how to pronounce Japanese and read it using English letters (romaji). Now I’m going to discuss how it’s read...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 3: Particles
Now that I’ve covered the Japanese syllabary and writing systems, in this section I’ll be going over the basics of Japanese sentences. To me, the most fundamental parts of Japanese grammar are...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 4: Verbs and Adjectives
In Part 3 I discussed the very basics of Japanese grammar with particles and the “to be” verb です(desu). Today I’ll be moving up to the next step in grammar fundamentals with the conjugation of...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 5: Speech Levels
In Part 5 of my Fundamentals of Japanese series, I’ll be covering the characteristics of the language’s different levels of speech… Polite Speech Japanese comprises varying levels of speech, using...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 6: Counting and Demonstrative Forms
This is going to be the final post in my Fundamentals of Japanese series. I’m using it to discuss the two last grammar points I feel are important for a basic understanding of the language, but...
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Violence in the media and anime
Canne recently wrote a post about violence in the media in regards to the “Dark Knight shooting,” and John wrote a related post about whether the shooting could somehow affect anime releases in the...
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