Anime

Anime possess soft power because Americans are attracted to the content of Japanese consumer products. For example, many Americans use a PlayStation or Nintendo which many of their games are based off of popular amines like Pokémon, Final Fantasy, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, and many more. This allows Japanese culture and anime to influence Americans. Some can argue that soft power is diminished by the American censorship…

This quote is written by Hikigaya Hachiman the anime is called Oregairu. “The past makes wanna die out of regret and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.” This quote is saying in the past you going to regret if you did anything you shouldn’t supposed to do but it will stay in the past. The future going to have anxiety because all the pressure you going to have while trying to succeed on what you want. The happiest time it going to…

comrades through pain. The “Kizna system” is an experiment, using these Kiznaiver in hopes to bring world peace through people sharing pain. We begin this tale with the six Kiznaiver being tasked with missions that are part of this experiment. This anime is set in the futuristic, fictional Japanese town of Sugomori City. While normal in appearance, the city was built for a place to experiment. This is where our “semi-emotionless” protagonist Katsuhira Agata, the imbecile, lives. The main…

indicator of societal status in Japanese culture. To cut off one’s hair is to indicate a change in either that societal status, or in one’s personal life. This tradition has persisted over the years, from the ancient samurai all the way to today’s modern anime. In Ancient Japan, the samurai acted as the military force of the country. Samurai were high on the political ladder, and “by the late 12th century, samurai lords ruled both the provinces and central Japan” (DeSnoo). This status led to…

Blue Exorcist is another Anime I watch. If you like demons and things like that then Blue Exorcist is the perfect Anime for you. Blue Exorcist is awesome. This Anime is about demons and Satan. Rin Okumura is a demon,and Rin Okumura doesn't know until he finds out in episode two or three(don't remember which episode). Rin Okumura is Satan's son. Rin Okumura was born with demonic powers and Rin Okumura has a twin brother Yukio Okumara who wasn't born with demonic powers like his brother Rin…

there are many people who would consider themselves avid fans of anime and manga. The term used for such people in Japanese is otaku. Amongst fan culture, another term used is fujoshi which translates into “rotten girl” (Tanka and Ishida 77) and is used to describe females who are interested in yaoi, also known as Boys’ Love (BL) which revolves around male on male relationships in a romantic or erotic form. In this paper, the anime series Kiss Him, Not Me (also known as Watashi ga Motete…

Geishas, Anime, Manga, J-Pop, what do they all have in common? Japanese culture. Japanese culture combines influences from Asia, Europe, and North America. In my opinion, Japanese culture is more unique than the others. They have similar interest as the United States. Geisha’s, sports, Anime, and music are the defining elements when one thinks about Japanese culture. A geisha is a traditional Japanese entertainer. The appearance of a geisha is a white base with red lipstick and red and…

deterioration of modern-day debate due to its over-combative nature. She argues that framing debates as a fight between opposing extremes obstructs the truth rather than bringing it to light. While I was reading it, I couldn't help but think of the anime fan community (as well as the gaming community, and the sad state of U.S. politics) and the "debates" that take place within it. Far too often, they turn into unintelligible battles of ad hominem attacks and self-serving logic, rather than…

It is common knowledge that the otaku community is not accepted well by the society. Especially by the Japanese society. Which might sound rather ironic since Japan is the country of anime, games, and kawaii. Most Japanese people, when asked, affirmed they hold negative images of otaku people. And more than half believed being an Otaku connected to other social problems such as social isolation and the increase of adults with no wish to have stable jobs. Back in the 1990s, it was a hard time…

us the trains we were supposed to take to get back home because we had no idea. There was an anime convention, I wanted to attend. It was called Liberty City Anime Con and it was new. It took place in a hotel at Castle Point. Liberty City Anime Con would be the first closest convention that was like other anime conventions all over the world. It would have an artist alley and merchandise room full of anime. The panels would be interactive and run by other cosplayers. My mom is pretty a…