Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Everybody loves the wonderful world of Studio Ghibli, and accordingly – everybody who visits Japan wants to get a little piece of the Ghibli action with a visit to the Studio Ghibli Museum. Unfortunately, this is getting harder and harder as tickets sell out ever faster, and […]
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An introduction to otaku: Japan’s counterculture heroes
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When reading Matt’s blog post on itasha car culture, I was struck by an awful thought – we have never explained to you what an otaku is. We’re constantly referring to them, referencing their culture and generally bandying about the term – yet we’ve never once written […]
5 anime films for people who don’t like anime
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Possessions
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! For Japan fans, the world is divided into three distinct sections: those who love anime, those who hate it, and those who have absolutely no idea what anime is. For the benefit of those in the third camp, anime (pronounced like “Annie-May”) are most easily understood as […]
In Miyazaki’s footsteps: 5 destinations for Ghibli fans
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Following the runaway success of Spirited Away, an animated film about a young girl who has to save her parents by infiltrating a bathhouse for the spirits, Studio Ghibli has become a household name all over the world. Hayao Miyazaki, the mastermind behind the studio, has been […]
Japan’s weirdest manga and anime in 140 characters
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ordinarily, we like to steer people away from the idea that Japan is “weird” and “crazy”. Yes, there are lots of things about Japan that are different from what you’re used to – but that doesn’t make them weird, it just makes them different. A lot of […]
8 Things to look out for when in Akihabara
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Akihabara is truly the Japan’s capital of “otaku” – often translated as ‘someone who has obsessive interests in video games, manga, anime, electronics and the like’. There’s more manga and anime in this little district of Tokyo than exists anywhere else in the world. But whether you […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Akihabara is truly the Japan’s capital of “otaku” – often translated as ‘someone who has obsessive interests in video games, manga, anime, electronics and the like’. There’s more manga and anime in this little district of Tokyo than exists anywhere else in the world. But whether you […]