| 1:29am | Pictures from Anime Expo 2009 | | | | Okay, by reader request here are some pictures of the show, randomly and in no particular order.The hit of the show were our spiffy J-List printed event bags we'd brought, which people were carrying all over the place.Lots of cosplay to shoot pictures of. Here's a guy dressed up as Marisa from Touhou,... | | |
| 8:20am | Going from Japan to the U.S. and Back Again | | | | Because I'm fortunate enough to flit back and forth between the U.S. and Japan several times a year, I get to enjoy the best of both sides of the Pacific. I've lived in Japan so long that there's always some reverse culture shock waiting for me when I go home again. For example, after getting used to... |
| 8:19am | Japanese Girls and the Kawaii Things That They Do | | | | I'm big fan of Japanese girls and the kawaii things they do, and when I was a teacher, I loved observing the never ending parade of attractive female students I had. In Japan it's supposedly bad manners for a girl to laugh while showing her teeth, and the way they cover their mouth when laughing really... |
| 8:18am | Japan has Overly Peaceful | | | | Another year, another Anime Expo. As usual, this year was a blast, with a bazillion J-List fans and customers (and more than a few of my Twitter followers) coming by to say hi. We sold a ton of T-shirts, Totoro plush toys and H-games, and I scored the autographs of all the members of Morning Musume on... |
| 7:39am | Cool Products Monday, July 6, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 3:55am | Lessons Learned on Trains in Japan | | | | When I first got to Japan, I was determined to get out and see the country, but it was difficult since it can be costly to travel here and I was a "bimbo" ESL teacher. (Through a linguistic accident, binbo happens to mean "poor" or "penniless" in Japanese, making it mildly fun to start conversations... |
| 3:54am | All About Natto | | | | We're done with the first day of Anime Expo, and have spent the day meeting and greetings thousands of J-List fans, as well as giving our packed dating-sim game panel. We're tired, but it's a good kind of tired. If you'll be at the convention, we hope you'll swing by booth 825 and check out the awesome... |
| 3:53am | Cool Products Friday, July 3, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 7:58am | J-List Anime Expo Update (With Table Numbers) | | | | J-List will be attending Anime Expo, the awesome anime convention, in booths 825, 827 and 829. We'll have a huge selection of everything from toys to cool anime and kanji T-shirts and dating-sim games and more, so please come by! We're giving a great panel on our PC dating-sim games, too, giving out... |
| 7:57am | Studying Japanese and What To Avoid | | | | One of the first words anyone studying Japanese learns is honto, which means "really" or "truly," and whenever a gaijin uses this word I can get an idea of how they studied Japanese. The correct pronunciation is HONE-toh, which is not difficult to get down if you started studying Japanese using a course... |
| 7:56am | Bowing Culture in Japan Revisited | | | | Bowing is an important form of social communication in Japan. Whether it's a short sumimasen accompanied by a brief lowering of the head at someone for bringing you a cup of coffee (which essentially means "sorry for inconveniencing you" in this case, even though we'd just say "thank you" in English... | | |
| 7:55am | Different Customs in Japan | | | | The Japanese do some strange things, at least from the viewpoint of this particular foreigner. In the U.S. you'd never open someone's front door and walk in without being invited, but it's quite common in Japan for someone to open the door and walk in to the genkan (the low area where you leave your... |
| 7:53am | Cool Products Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 8:52am | J-List @ Anime Expo | | | | By the way, J-List will be at Anime Expo, the most awesome place in the world if you're an anime fan -- and this from a guy who lives in Japan. We'll have a huge selection of everything from toys to cool anime and kanji T-shirts and dating-sim games and more. If you'll be at the show, be sure and come... |
| 8:51am | The Vagueness of Words | | | | Hello from beautiful San Diego! I've made the hop from Japan to my hometown, a journey of about 24 hours door-to-door. As usual, it's great to be back home, where throwing back a Coors while eating Triscuit crackers feels downright exotic since it's new and fresh to me. Well, on with today's updateI... |
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