Otaku Dictionary

Kanji is a bit of a difficult concept for us to understand, especially using the roman alphabet. Rather than having a string of letters like we do in English, G...

Spirituality and ancestry are two subjects that are often seen in anime. Whether it is a strong lightning god or an ancestor coming to give you advice, no...

When it comes to the relationship between video games and anime, there is a delicate balance between the two different mediums. Some stories are better to...

Everyone everywhere has seen a fantasy story told via some medium. Whether it is via a book, a manga, a video game, a tv show, a movie, or more, Fantasy l...

If you aren’t new to anime, then you know what’s going on. However if you are new, then it's time to talk about something that Japan has a penchant for: w...

Come on, you know how it goes… there is a haunted school, things go south somewhere in a neighborhood, and now there is an angry ghost, being, spirit or s...

There are few animation studios in Japan with a history as long as Studio Pierrot’s. Created in 1979, they have been behind some of the most long-lived trends ...

With the not-so-recent explosion of virtual Youtubers, the streaming scene has now more and more virtual idols to adore, and some of them are big inside a...