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Sailor Moon Manga vs Anime
Sailor Moon is probably one of the most celebrated manga and anime. It has been the inspiration of other magical girl-themed manga and anime series.
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7 Bad Ass Reasons to Start Watching Gintama
Gintama is possibly one of the well-received anime of all time. Not only does it give its audience so much comedy, it also parodies a lot of different anime titles – both new and old ones. However, because of this, many other people who have not really watched Gintama think that this anime is purely…
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White Day: Japanese reverse Valentine´s day
In Japan, it is customary that on Valentine’s Day only women give gifts (usually chocolate) to men, either as an expression of affection, courtesy or social obligation. On the other hand, at the White Day (March 14th), the men who received chocolates at Valentine’s Day thank them for offering a gift to the woman to…
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Learn Hiragana
Hiragana is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana means “smooth kana”
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Christmas Specials Anime edition
Is that time of the year when all our favorite TV series are fully devoted to showing us the spirit of Christmas as its .
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Kanji of the year: Wazawai, disasters marked 2018
On December 12, the Kanji of the Year 2018 was announced: 災, whose reading is wazawai or sai and means “disaster” or “misfortune”.
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Mix it up: Japanese and hip hop culture
“We felt the need to mix it up: Japanese and hip hop culture” The six dancers were invited to take part in a traditional Bon odori dance festival.
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Fruits Basket will be completely adapted into a new anime
Fruits Basket will be completely adapted into a new anime. Natsuki Takaya’s manga will again reach the small screen, but this time it will tell the full story published between 1999 and 2006. Next year FunimationNow will exclusively broadcast the new Fruits Basket anime which, unlike its 2001 predecessor, will completely adapt the manga created…
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Japan Labor Thanksgiving Day
Japan Labor Thanksgiving Day. November 23th is Japan´s National Holiday to give thanks to its workers Originally, Labor Day in Japan was a harvest festival, therefore it took place in autumn. The origins of this day come from the rituals of the Asuka period (11th and 12th centuries). Since the reign of Empress Kōgyoku, the…
