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Top Reasons Why You Should Read Berserk
If you have been lurking in the anime and manga world for a while, you may have already caught wind of a manga must-read entitled Berserk. Berserk is easily deemed as a classic manga despite the fact that it is still an on-going series until now. For the uninitiated, Berserk was created by Kentaro Miura…
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Tenno Tanjobi, The Emperor’s Birthday
The Emperor’s Birthday honors the Emperor of Japan, but it is also a time for Japanese citizens to have fun and express their patriotism.
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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Story Of Two Brothers
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Story Of Two Brothers is by far one of the most popular manga that won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shounen demographic in 2004. With over 64 million copies in print around the world along with having received two very successful anime adaptions, this is a manga series that redefined…
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Japanese Arts & Crafts (Part 3 and last)
This is the last part of Japanese Arts & Crafts 15. Byobu Byobu are Japanese folding screens that were historically used to partition rooms for privacy. They are typically adorned with shodo or landscape paintings. 16. Gyotaku Gyotaku is the Japanese art of fish printing that evolved as a way for fishermen to record their impressive catches. 17. Samurai Masks Samurai…
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Fruits Basket, my favourite Shojo
Fruits basket is a manga created by Natsuki Takaya and published in the magazine Hana to Yume. This manga was published for the first time in 1998 and ended in 2006. The series has 23 volumes. Fruits basket became so popular that they made an Anime series of 26 episodes in 2001 and in 2015…
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Japanese Arts & Crafts (Part 2)
We continue with the description of the main japanese Arts & Craft that we started in the previous post. 8. Japanese Fans The folding fan was invented in Japan. Japanese fans are considered a cultural item that are used in ritual, dance and festivals. They were also historically used as a weapon of war by the samurai. Japanese folding…
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Japanese Arts & Crafts (Part 1)
Japanese art evolved unique techniques, traditions and aesthetics as the country’s artists were isolated from the rest of the art world for centuries at a time. When Japanese art finally exploded onto the world stage in the 1860s, it changed everything. For example, Japanese art was one of the inspirations for the Impressionist movement in Europe and…
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Top 10 Anime Opening Theme Songs
This is a karaoke list that every otaku want. These are the best opening songs in Anime Thanks to WatchMojo.com Enjoy!
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Rosario to Vampire: a supernatural school comedy.
Rosario to Vampire is probably the manga that put Monster Girls in the mainstream but the manga was a lot more than just cute girls doing cute things. It had actual depth, stakes and action that the anime adaptation decided to completely gloss over. Rosario to Vampire is a perfect example of the source material…
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Izakaya: Japan’s Pub Culture
Izakaya are Japanese pubs. They vary greatly in style, price, menu and atmosphere. Approximately 1 out of every 5 restaurants in Japan can be considered an izakaya. People don’t commonly have house parties, dinner parties or backyard barbeques in Japan. Coworkers, friends and social clubs use izakaya as a venue for get-togethers. Izakaya are also…