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  • Otaku Insanity – Stigma attached to Anime

    Otaku Insanity – Stigma attached to Anime

    Here is a hot topic: Moe. 萌え for you who can read Japanese. Moe is, to be simply is a fetish for something related to anime. It's hard to explain, but let's say someone who has a bandage moe is all ga-ga over any anime character wearing bandages. Well, now there are is a growing number of people who claim their actual sexual alignment is towards the moe or 2-d.

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  • Fansubbers, is a week too long?

    Fansubbers, is a week too long?

    Free anime, or fansubs, have been around for a lengthy period of time. Even before the Internet there was college students utilizing their time to sub over VHS tapes with their broken Japanese to English translations. With the invent of the Internet, subs became more...

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  • Can special attack names be too short or too long?

    Can special attack names be too short or too long?

    Here is some food for thought, can any anime attack be too long or too short? I’ve recently been thinking this over as I watch a class Shounen Jump anime known as Yu Yu Hakusho. In regards to attack names I would like to present...

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  • Justice as a Theme in Anime

    Justice as a Theme in Anime

    Justice is a common theme in the majority of your Shounen anime. Although, at times, it can be confusing for us of NA to understand exactly what justice is. For a better look at what Justice, as we define it is we take a look...

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  • Anime Seasons

    Anime Seasons

    Have you ever wondered why anime only comes out in 13, 26, or 52 give or take a few episodes? Well the answer is simple, a season in Japan (at least as far as anime is concerned) is 12 weeks, or 3 months, or one...

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