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So, What
things comes at first when you HEARD the WORDS “JAPAN” ?
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~~~ ANIME ~~~
- Anime (Japanese: アニメ, [anime] ) are Japanese animated productions
usually featuring hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the abbreviated
pronunciation of "animation" in Japanese, where this term references
all animation. In other languages, the term is defined as animation from Japan
or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often
characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastic themes.
Arguably, the stylization approach to the meaning may open up the possibility
of anime produced in countries other than Japan. For simplicity, many
Westerners strictly view anime as an animation product from Japan.
~~~ MANGA ~~~
- Manga (漫画 ) are
comics created in Japan, or by Japanese creators in
the Japanese language, conforming
to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and
complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art.
In Japan, people of all ages read manga. The medium includes
works in a broad range of genres: action-adventure, romance, sports and games,
historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, mystery, suspense,
detective, horror, sexuality, and business/commerce, among others.
Since the 1950s, manga
has steadily become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry, representing
a ¥406 billion
market in Japan in 2007 (approximately
$3.6 billion) and ¥420 billion ($5.5 billion) in 2009.
Manga have also gained a significant worldwide audience. In
Europe and the Middle East the market is worth $250 million. In 2008, in the
U.S. and Canada, the manga market was valued at $175 million. The markets in
France and the United States are about the same size. Manga stories are
typically printed in black-and-white, although
some full-color manga exist (e.g. Colorful).
In Japan, manga are usually serialized in large manga magazines,
often containing many stories, each presented in a single episode to be
continued in the next issue. If the series is successful, collected chapters
may be republished in tankōbon volumes,
frequently but not exclusively, paperback books.
A manga artist (mangaka in Japanese) typically works with a few assistants in a small studio
and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing company.
If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even
during its run. Sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing
live-action or animated films.
The term manga (kanji: 漫画; hiragana: まんが; katakana: マンガ) is
a Japanese word referring both to comics and cartooning.
"Manga" as a term used outside Japan refers specifically to comics
originally published in Japan.
Manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in other
parts of the world, particularly in China, Hong
Kong, and Taiwan ("manhua"), and South Korea
("manhwa"). In France,
"la nouvelle manga" has
developed as a form of bande dessinée comics drawn in styles influenced by
manga. There are also OEL manga in America
too.
~~~ VIDEO GAME ~~~
- Japanese game development is often identified with the golden age of videogames -
particularly Nintendo under
Shigeru Miyamoto and Hiroshi
Yamauchi, and Sega during the same time period - and its
industry dominated the field during the 1980's and 1990's, remaining dominant
until the 2000's.
~~~ COSPLAY ~~~
- A costume that imitates a (usually fictional) character,
especially from Japanese media (such as manga, anime, tokusatsu, video
games, and Japanese pop music bands).
~~~ VOCALOID ~~~
- A computer remixing and voice editing program, in which one is
supplied with different seiyuu, or voice actors. one shall proceed to type the
melody and lyric of a song, and upon pressing play, hear that character sing
the chosen song. There are many different vocaloids, but the most common is the
first... Hatsune Miku, literally
meaning 'voice of the future' . She dons
bright blue pig tails, a super tiny mini skirt, arm warmers, and flings a leek.
There is much of vocaloid on youtube and nico video.
~~~ OTAKU ~~~
- Otaku is the honorific
word of Taku (home).
Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as it is
used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn't have a life
(no social life, no love life, etc)
Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).
In the Western culture, people confuse otaku to be something positive like "Guru". If you think about it, it's not really good to be called a guru if it means you are a total loser who can't socialize with other people except through the Internet. Other Japanese words which have been confused by Westerners also include but not limited to: Anime, Manga, etc.
Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).
In the Western culture, people confuse otaku to be something positive like "Guru". If you think about it, it's not really good to be called a guru if it means you are a total loser who can't socialize with other people except through the Internet. Other Japanese words which have been confused by Westerners also include but not limited to: Anime, Manga, etc.
~~~ JPOP ~~~
- J-pop (often
stylized as J-POP; Japanese: ジェイポップ jeipoppu; an abbreviation for Japanese pop), natively also known simply as pops, is a musical genre
that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s.
Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional Japanese music, but significantly in 1960s pop and rock
music, such as The Beatles and The
Beach Boys, which led to Japanese rock bands such as
Happy
End fusing rock with Japanese music in the early
1970s.
J-pop was further defined
by new wave groups in the
late 1970s, particularly electronic synthpop band Yellow Magic Orchestra and pop rock band Southern
All Stars. Eventually, J-pop replaced kayōkyoku ("Lyric Singing
Music", a term for Japanese pop music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. The term was coined by the
Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music, and now refers
to most Japanese popular music. The musical genre has been immensely
influential in many other music styles, and hence those of neighboring regions,
where the style has been copied by neighboring Asian regions, who have also
borrowed the name to form their own musical identities.
~~~ JROCK~~~
- Popular mainstream Japanese rock bands would be Glay,
L'Arc~en~ciel, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer and Kagrra. The genre are same goes as
“VK”.
~~~ VISUAL KEI ~~~
- Brand of Japanese rock music where band members (mostly men) wear elaborate make up and stage costumes, much of the
time crossdressing. The "kei" is
japanese for style of type, meaning "visual style music" The music ranges from 80's-esque goth rock, to heavy
metal to punk and usually some combo of the 3. Most bands are indies (independant
or on indies labels) but a few make it to major
labels such as Malice Mizer, Raphael, and Dir En Grey. Also seen written "VK"
or sometimes incorrectly lumped in with the catch
all word "Jrock", meaning all
japanese rock music.
~~~ PURIKURA ~~~
- Purikura or (プリクラ) is
the shortened form of the trademarked name プリント倶楽部 (purintokurabu) or
Print Club. It's like 'hoover' or 'biro' in that the trademark has come to mean
all incarnations of the product.
Purikura is a popular activity among Japanese school children and young adults, mainly girls, young women and young couples.
Purikura booths let you take digital pictures with your friends which you can then decorate with the touch-screen and stylus. You can add frames, stamps, sparkles (in some machines these print as real glitter) and you can write and draw freehand with a variety of pen colors and styles.
Your finished pictures are then printed off on sticker paper in multiple copies so you can cut them up and share them out. Purikura pictures are often used to decorate stationery in school but you can use them anywhere! Young girls sometimes trade their cutest purikura with each other.
New machines are very popular and those that have been featured in a magazine often have queues of girls waiting to use them.
There are machines in many countries all over the world so if you get the chance, try it out!
Purikura is a popular activity among Japanese school children and young adults, mainly girls, young women and young couples.
Purikura booths let you take digital pictures with your friends which you can then decorate with the touch-screen and stylus. You can add frames, stamps, sparkles (in some machines these print as real glitter) and you can write and draw freehand with a variety of pen colors and styles.
Your finished pictures are then printed off on sticker paper in multiple copies so you can cut them up and share them out. Purikura pictures are often used to decorate stationery in school but you can use them anywhere! Young girls sometimes trade their cutest purikura with each other.
New machines are very popular and those that have been featured in a magazine often have queues of girls waiting to use them.
There are machines in many countries all over the world so if you get the chance, try it out!
~~~ CROSS DRESSING BOYS ~~~
- CROSS-DRESSING
- In Japan, men who wear women's clothing are
called jyosoku (女装子).
The use of the word "otokonoko" for
cross-dressing became popular online a decade ago, but manga and anime depicted
boys who look like girls for years before. Anime Andromeda Shun and
gender-bender gag manga Stop!! Hibari-kun! featured pretty male characters who
were often confused with females.
Historically, clothing is connected with rank and identity in
Japan. Over a thousand years ago, royal edicts dictated what types of clothes
and even what colors men and women of certain classes could wear. Clothing as a
gender marker remains strong in Japan—so does the desire to break down that
gender marker, yet at the same time preserve it.
~~~ HELLO KITTY ~~~
- Hello Kitty (ハローキティ Harōkiti?) (full name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト Kiti howaito) is
a fictional
character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko
Shimizu and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi. She is
depicted as an anthropomorphic white Japanese
bobtail cat with a red bow.
The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse,
was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States in 1976. The
character is a staple of the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture. By 2010,
Sanrio had groomed Hello Kitty into a global marketing phenomenon worth $5
billion a year. By 2014, when Hello Kitty was 40 years old, it was worth $7
billion a year, all without any advertising.
Originally aimed at pre-adolescent females, Hello Kitty's market
has broadened to include adult consumers. She can be found on a variety of
products ranging from school supplies to fashion accessories and high-end
consumer products. Several Hello Kitty TV series, targeted towards young
children, have been produced. Hello Kitty is also the main character at the two
Japanese Sanrio theme parks, Harmonyland and the indoor Sanrio
Puroland.
~~~ RILAKkUMA ~~~
- Rilakkuma (リラックマ Rilakkuma?, a combination of the Japanese pronunciation of
relax and the Japanese word for bear) is a character designed by Aki
Kondo, produced by San-X in 2003. The factual story for
Rilakkuma's being is that he mysteriously appears in the female office
lady Kaoru's apartment one day. He is a soft toy bear who has
apparently decided to take up residence there. On his back is a zipper which
when opened reveals a light blue polka dot patterned material. The reason for
the zipper on his back is unknown.
He was first seen in a series of picture books called Rilakkuma
Seikatsu produced by San-X but since has become equally popular as a soft-toy
character. In the picture books, he is often seen dressed up in a variety of
costumes such as a kappa costume. In
addition, it is implied that even in his usual appearance, his entire lower
body is a costume, which he will often replace when it gets old or dirty (Rilakkuma is frequently
seen sitting around waiting for suits that look exactly like him to dry on the
clothes line). However, it is not clear whether his
head is also part of his costume.
His favorite foods are dango, pancakes, omurice, custard
pudding, and grapes. True to his name, he enjoys relaxing and his
favorite things include sleeping, lying around, watching television, listening
to music and soaking in hot springs. He loves
using Kaoru's yellow bean bag pillow, although there has been some controversy
whether or not the yellow bean bag pillow is in fact Kiiroitori.
~~~ Funassyi ~~~
- Funassyi (ふなっしー Funasshī) is a Japanese mascot character,
unofficially representing the city of Funabashi, Chiba. It was
created by a citizen of Funabashi to promote his/her own website. It later
appeared at events, festivals, TV programs and commercials, gaining popularity
all over Japan.
Funassyi is neither a boy nor a girl, but a pear (the Japanese
for "nothing"
(無し) and
"pear" (梨) are both
pronounced nashi). Its parents are ordinary pear trees. Funassyi is the fourth
of their 274 children. Its birthday is July 4, and it is 1,876 years old as of
2014.
Its full name is Funadius IV (フナディウス4世 Funadiusu Yonsei), and its favorite food is peaches. The character is fond
of heavy metal, revealing
that it bought Deep Purple's Machine
Head as its first album, and is also fond of Aerosmith.
Funassyi's "brother" Funagoro (ふなごろー Funagorō), who
is part caterpillar, was introduced on October 15, 2014.
~~~ KIMONO ~~~
- The kimono (着物) is a Japanese traditional
garment. The word "kimono",
which literally means a "thing to wear" (ki
"wear" and mono "thing"), has
come to denote these full-length robes. The standard plural of the word kimono
in English is kimonos, but the unmarked Japanese plural kimono is also
sometimes used.
Kimono are T-shaped, straight-lined robes worn so that the hem
falls to the ankle, with attached collars and long, wide sleeves. Kimono are
wrapped around the body, always with the left side over the right (except when dressing the
dead for burial) and secured by a sash called an obi, which is
tied at the back. Kimono are generally worn with traditional footwear (especially zōri or geta) and split-toe
socks (tabi).
Today, kimono are most often worn by women, and on special
occasions. Traditionally, unmarried women wore a style of kimono called furisode, with almost
floor-length sleeves, on special occasions. A few older women and even fewer
men still wear the kimono on a daily basis. Men wear the kimono most often at weddings, tea ceremonies, and other very special or very
formal occasions. Professional sumo wrestlers are often seen in the
kimono because they are required to wear traditional Japanese dress whenever
appearing in public.
~~~ YAKUZA ~~~
- Yakuza
(ヤクザ?, [jaꜜkuza]), also known as gokudō (極道), are
members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating
in Japan. The Japanese
police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団, "violence
group"), while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" (任侠団体
or 仁侠団体?, "chivalrous organizations").
The yakuza are notorious for their strict codes of conduct and
very organized nature. They have a large presence in the Japanese media and
operate internationally with an estimated 103,000 members.
~~~ GEISHA ~~~
- Geisha (芸者), geiko (芸子) or geigi (芸妓) are traditional
Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include
performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance, games and
conversation.
~~~ MAID café (kawaii girl)~~~
- The maid cafe, ultimately, has its basis in
fandom. It was the Japanese otaku who realized the appeal of arriving home to
be greeted by a cute girl in a traditional French maid’s uniform. The cute girl
would smile, welcome him with sweet words, and tend to him throughout the
evening. From there it was popularized by portrayals in many different anime
and manga, including Hand Maid May and Mahoromatic.
As they have done so, the increased competition of maid cafe
industry in Japan has made some use unusual tactics in order to attract
customers. Maid Cafe have also expanded overseas to
countries like China, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Hungary, the
Czech Republic, France, Mexico, Canada and the United States.
~~~ YUKATTA FESTIVAL ~~~
- A yukata (浴衣) is a Japanese garment, a casual
summer kimono usually made of cotton or
synthetic fabric, and unlined. Yukata are worn by both men and women. Like
other forms of traditional Japanese clothing, yukata are
made with straight seams and wide sleeves. Men's yukata are distinguished by
the shorter sleeve extension of approximately 10cm from the armpit seam,
compared to the longer 20cm sleeve extension in women's yukata. A standard
yukata ensemble consists of a cotton undergarment (juban), yukata, obi, bare feet, sandals (geta), a foldable or
fixed hand fan, and a carry bag (kinchaku).
Kinchaku are used by both men and women to carry cellphones,
sunglasses, wallets and tissue. For men, an optional hat or derby may also be
worn to protect the head from the sun. Yukata literally means bath(ing) clothes, although their use is not limited to after-bath
wear. Yukata are a common sight in Japan during the hot summer months.
Traditionally yukata were mostly made of indigo-dyed cotton
but today a wide variety of colors and designs are available. As with kimono,
the general rule with yukata is that younger people wear bright, vivid colors
and bold patterns, while older people wear dark, matured colors and dull
patterns. A child may wear a multicolored print and a young woman may wear a
floral print, while an older woman would confine herself to a traditional dark
blue with geometric patterns. Men in general may wear solid dark colors. Since
the late 1990s, yukata have experienced a revival.
Yukata are worn at outdoor summer events such as hanabi (fireworks) displays and bon-odori festivals.
Yukata are also worn at Japanese inns ryokan after bathing.
~~~ HARAJUKU FASHION
STYLE ~~~
- Harajuku (原宿) is a district
in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Harajuku
is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku
Station to Omotesando,
corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme. In popular
reference Harajuku also encompasses many smaller backstreets such as Takeshita
Street and Cat Street spreading between Sendagaya in the north
to Shibuya in the south.
Harajuku is known internationally as a center of Japanese youth
culture and fashion. Shopping and dining options include many small, youth
oriented, independent boutiques and cafés, but the neighborhood also attracts
many larger international chain stores with high-end luxury merchandisers
extensively represented along Omotesando.
Harajuku Station on the JR
East Yamanote Line and Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' Station served by the
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line also act as
gateways to local attractions such as the Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi
Park and Yoyogi National Gymnasium, making
Harajuku and its environs one of the most popular destinations in Tokyo for
both domestic and international tourists.
~~~ SHIBUYA STREET ~~~
- Shibuya (渋谷区 Shibuya-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As of
2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371
and a population
density of 13,540 people per km². The total area is 15.11 km².
The name "Shibuya"
is also used to refer to the shopping district
which surrounds Shibuya Station, one of
Tokyo's busiest railway stations. This area is known as one of the fashion
centers of Japan, particularly for young people, and as a major nightlife area.
~~~ GINZA ~~~
- Ginza (銀座) is
a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located
south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of
Shinbashi.
It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department
stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. Ginza is
recognized as one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world.
~~~ ROBOTIC ~~~
- There are many variations of Japanese robotics. Some different
types of robots are: Humanoid Entertainment Robots, Androids, Animal (four
legged) Robots, Social Robots, Guard Robots, and many more. There are also a
variety of characteristics for these robots.
The Robotics industry is more important in Japan than any other
country in the world. Japan employs over a quarter of a million industrial
robot workers. In the next 15 years, Japan estimates that number to jump to
over one million and they expect revenue for robotics to be near $70 billion by
2025.
~~~ FINAL FANTASY ~~~
- Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー Fainaru Fantajī) is
a media franchise created by Hironobu
Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The
franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science
fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed
media, and other merchandise. The eponymous first game in the series, published in
1987, was conceived by Sakaguchi as his last-ditch effort in the game industry;
the title was a success and spawned sequels. The video game series has since
branched into other genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, racing, third-person
shooter, fighting, and rhythm.
Although most Final Fantasy installments are stand-alone stories
with different settings and main characters, they feature identical elements
that define the franchise. Recurring elements include plot themes, character
names, and game mechanics. Plots center
on a group of heroes battling a great evil while exploring the characters'
internal struggles and relationships. Character names are frequently derived
from the history, languages, and mythologies of cultures worldwide.
The series has been commercially and critically successful; it
is Square Enix's best selling video game franchise, with more than 100 million units sold, and one of the best-selling video game franchises. It was
awarded a star on the Walk of Game in 2006, and
holds seven Guinness World Records in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008. The
series is well known for its innovation, visuals, and music, such as the
inclusion of full motion videos, photo-realistic character
models, and orchestrated music by Nobuo Uematsu.
Final Fantasy has been a driving force in the video
game industry, and the series has affected Square Enix's business practices
and its relationships with other video
game developers. It has also introduced many features now common
in role-playing video games and has been credited with helping to popularize console-based RPGs in
markets outside Japan.
~~~ CHERRY BLOSSOM ~~~
- A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of
genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese
Cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is
sometimes called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら).
Cherry blossom is speculated to be native to the Himalayas. Currently it
is widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern
Hemisphere such as: Europe, West Siberia, South Korea, China, Japan,
United States, etc.
Many of the varieties that have been cultivated for ornamental
use do not produce fruit. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the
related species Prunus Avium and Prunus
Cerasus.
~~~ Ichimatsu Doll ~~~
Japanese traditional dolls are known by the name ningyō (人形) in
Japan, which literally means human shape.
There are various types of Japanese dolls, some representing
children and babies, some the imperial court, warriors and heroes, fairy-tale
characters, gods and (rarely) demons, and also people of the daily life of
Japanese cities. Many have a long tradition and are still made today, for
household shrines, for formal gift-giving, or for festival celebrations such as
Hinamatsuri, the doll
festival, or Kodomo no Hi, Children's
Day. Some are manufactured as a local craft, to be purchased by pilgrims as a
souvenir of a temple visit or some other trip.
The most popular one is Ichimatsu dolls. Ichimatsu dolls (ja:市松人形) represent
little girls or boys, correctly proportioned and usually with flesh-colored
skin and glass eyes. The original Ichimatsu were named after an 18th-century
Kabuki actor, and must have represented an adult man, but since the late 19th
century the term has applied to child dolls, usually made to hold in the arms,
dress, and pose (either with elaborately made joints or with floppy
cloth upper arms and thighs).
Baby boy dolls with mischievous expressions were most popular in
the late 19th and early 20th century, but in 1927 the friendship doll exchange involved the
creation of 58 32" dolls representing little girls, to be sent as a gift
from Japan to the United States, and the aesthetic of these dolls influenced
dollmakers to emulate this type of a solemn, gentle-looking little girl in
elaborate kimono.
~~~ SUSHI ~~~
- Sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨?) is a Japanese food consisting of cooked
vinegared rice (鮨飯 sushi-meshi) combined
with other ingredients (ネタ neta), seafood,
vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits. Ingredients and forms of sushi
presentation vary widely, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is
rice (also referred to as shari (しゃり) or sumeshi (酢飯)).
Sushi can be prepared with either brown or white rice. Sushi is
often prepared with raw seafood, but some common varieties of sushi use cooked
ingredients or are vegetarian. Raw fish (or occasionally other meat) sliced and served without rice is called "sashimi".
Sushi is often served with gari (ginger), wasabi, and soy
sauce. Popular garnishes are often made using daikon.
~~~ BEAUTIFUL MEN (Bishonen) ~~~
- Bishōnen (美少年?, also transliterated bishounen) is a Japanese term
literally meaning "beautiful
youth (boy)" and describes an aesthetic that can be
found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man
whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation.
It has always shown the strongest manifestation in Japanese pop
culture, gaining in popularity due to the androgynous glam rock bands
of the 1970s, but it has roots in ancient Japanese
literature, the homosocial and homoerotic ideals of the
medieval Chinese imperial court and intellectuals, and Indian aesthetic
concepts carried over from Hinduism, imported with
Buddhism to China.
Also note that said alternative charisma is by no means
unspeakable, taboo, or even open secret; young women make no attempt to hide
their attraction, while more masculine heterosexual peers take no issue with
recognizing bishounen as potentially fearsome rivals with enviable traits.
Unlike in certain Western cultures, such admissions are no-risk, devoid of
social stigma, and not normally expected to cast any doubts over one's own
sexuality.
Today, bishōnen are very popular among girls and
women in Japan. Reasons for this social phenomenon may include
the unique male and female social
relationships found within the genre. Some have theorized that bishōnen provide a
non-traditional outlet for gender relations. Moreover, it breaks down stereotypes surrounding feminine male
characters. These are often depicted with very strong martial
arts abilities, sports talent, high intelligence, or
comedic flair, traits that are usually assigned to the hero/protagonist.
~~~ YAOI/YURI ~~~
- Two words that mean same gender love in anime and manga. It
can give people a nosebleed. (Yaoi is Boy+Boy Love and
Yuri is Girl+Girl Love).
Sometimes it involves hentai.
To avoid hentai, go for Shonen-Ai which is for Yaoi couples and Shoujo-Ai which is for Yuri couples.
Example with Naruto:
Yaoi: Naruto and Sasuke
Yuri: Sakura and Ino
Yaoi is for girls and Yuri is for boys. :)
Sometimes it involves hentai.
To avoid hentai, go for Shonen-Ai which is for Yaoi couples and Shoujo-Ai which is for Yuri couples.
Example with Naruto:
Yaoi: Naruto and Sasuke
Yuri: Sakura and Ino
Yaoi is for girls and Yuri is for boys. :)
~~~ UKE/SEME ~~~
- In anime and manga, especially shounen-ai, yaoi and hentai,
uke is a general term for a partner in a relationship who is predominantly
bottom and/or submissive. The equivalent for top is seme.
~~~ ORICON ~~~
- Oricon Inc. (株式会社オリコン Kabushiki-gaisha Orikon), established in 1999, is the holding
company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies
statistics and
information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started
as Original Confidence Inc. (株式会社オリジナルコンフィデンス Kabushiki-gaisha Orijinaru
Konfidensu), which was founded by Sōkō Koike in
November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc.
was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the
latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.
In 2006, Oricon sued journalist Hiro Ugaya when he was quoted in
a Cyzo magazine article suggesting that Oricon was fiddling its statistics to
benefit certain management companies and labels, specifically Johnny and Associates. Ugaya condemned the lawsuit
as an example of a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) in
Japan. The charges were later dropped by Oricon after a 33-month battle that
devastated the reporters life. No charge was held against to the journalist.
They are compiled using data drawn from some 39,700 retail
outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs,
electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations.
Results are announced every Tuesday and published in Oricon Style by subsidiary
Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity
ratings for television commercials on its official website.
~~~ ORICON SINGLE CHARTS ~~~
- Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry standard singles popularity
chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart
rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Oricon does not include download
sales. In Japan, physical sales decreased sharply in the 2000s, while download
sales hit three to four times the amount of single sales.
Original Confidence Inc., the original Oricon company, was
founded by the former Snow Brand Milk Products promoter Sōkō Koike in
1967. That November, the company began publishing a singles chart on an
experimental basis. Entitled Sōgō Geinō Shijō Chōsa (総合芸能市場調査) (English: Surveys of total
entertainment markets), it went official on January
4, 1968.
Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and on
Oricon’s official website. Every Monday, Oricon receives data from outlets, but
data on merchandise sold through certain channels does not make it into the
charts. For example, the debut single of NEWS, a pop group,
was released only through 7-Eleven stores, which are not covered by Oricon, and
its sales were not reflected in the Oricon charts. Oricon’s rankings of record
sales are therefore not completely accurate. Before data was collected
electronically, the charts were compiled on the basis of faxes that were sent
from record shops.
The first number-one song of the Oricon Singles Chart was "Kitaguni no Futari (In a Lonesome City)" (ja) by Jackey Yoshikawa and his Blue
Comets (ja) on November
2, 1967.
~~~ TOKYOHIVE ~~~
- Breaking J-pop news, videos, photos and
celebrity gossip.
~~~ NHK ~~~
- NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), is Japan’s only public broadcaster. As a public
broadcaster funded by fees received from TV viewers, NHK delivers a wide range
of impartial, high-quality programs, both at home and abroad.
~~~ ANIMAXX ~~~
- Animax (アニマックス Animakkusu), stylized as ANIMAX is a Japanese anime satellite
television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A
subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in New Pier
Takeshiba North Tower (ニューピア竹芝ノースタワー Nyū Pia Takeshiba Nōsu Tawā) in
Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its
co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and the noted
anime studios Sunrise, Toei
Animation, TMS Entertainment and
production company NAS.
Operating across Japan, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, South
Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong
Kong, Latin America (replacing Locomotion) and
was launched in Europe (launching across Germany, Romania, Hungary, Czech
Republic in 2007 (replacing
Anime+ in Romania, Hungary, and Czech Republic), Slovakia (replacing
Anime+), Spain and Portugal (both initially on sister
channel AXN) in 2008, and soon to be launched in Poland (has been halted), Italy, France and several other
countries), Africa and Australia (currently a two-hour block
on Sci
Fi Channel,
which is co-owned by Sony
Pictures Entertainment), Animax is the first
and largest 24-hour network dedicated to anime in the world, with a viewer
reach of over 89 million households, 62 countries and more than 17 languages.
Its title is a portmanteau of the words
anime (アニメ) and
max (マックス makkusu). It also has English language networks in
Southeast Asia, South Asia, South
Africa, United Kingdom (as a VOD service
accompanied by a weekly block via Sony Movie Channel) and
a two-hour network in Australia (via Sci Fi Channel). The channel operates in East Asia and select countries in
Europe.
~~~ SUMO ~~~
- Sumo (相撲 sumō) is
a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a
rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring
(dohyō) or
to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport
originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. It
is generally considered to be a gendai budō (a modern Japanese
martial art),
though this definition is misleading as the sport
has a history spanning many centuries.
Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo, and even
today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt
purification, from the days when sumo was used in the Shinto
religion. Life as a wrestler is highly regimented, with rules laid down
by the Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers
are required to live in communal "sumo training stables", known in Japanese as heya, where all
aspects of their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dictated
by strict tradition.
In recent years, a number of high-profile controversies and scandals have rocked
the sumo world, with a concomitant effect on its reputation and ticket sales.
It has also greatly affected the sport's ability to attract new recruits.
~~~ TOKYO DISNEYLAND ~~~
- Tokyo Disneyland (東京ディズニーランド Tōkyō Dizunīrando) is a 115-acre (465,000 m2) theme
park at the Tokyo
Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo.[1] Its main gate
is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the
first Disney park to be built outside the United
States, and it opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same
style as Disneyland in California and Magic
Kingdom in Florida. It is owned
by The Oriental Land Company, which
licenses the theme from The Walt Disney Company. Tokyo Disneyland and its
companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only
Disney parks not wholly or partially owned by the Walt Disney Company.
There are seven themed areas in the park: the World
Bazaar; the
four classic Disney lands: Adventureland, Westernland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland; and two mini-lands: Critter
Country and Mickey's
Toontown. Many of the games and rides in these areas mirror those in the
original Disneyland as they are based on American Disney films and fantasies. Fantasyland includes Peter
Pan's Flight, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Dumbo the Flying Elephant and more
based on classic Disney films and characters. The park is noted for its
extensive open spaces, to accommodate the large crowds that visit the park.
In 2013, Tokyo Disneyland
hosted 8.7 million visitors, moving its ranking to the world's fourth most
visited theme park surpassing Disneyland in Hong Kong,
China, but falling behind Disneyland California, USA.
~~~ Fuji Mountain ~~~
Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical
cone, which is snow-capped several months a year, is a well-known symbol of
Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited
by sightseers and climbers. It is one of Japan's "Three Holy
Mountains" (三霊山
Sanreizan) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku; it is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty, a Historic Site,
and was added to the World
Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013.
The mountain has been selected as a “cultural”
rather than a “natural” heritage site. As per UNESCO, Mount Fuji has “inspired
artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries”. The 25
locations include the mountain itself, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha and six other Sengen shrines, two lodging houses, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, the eight Oshino Hakkai hot
springs, two lava tree molds, the remains of the Fuji-kō cult in the Hitoana cave, Shiraito Falls, and Miho no Matsubara pine tree grove.
~~~ KOKURITSU ~~~
- National Stadium (国立霞ヶ丘陸上競技場 Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Rikujō Kyogijō), is
a stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The stadium
served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as
being the venue for track and field events at the 1964
Summer Olympic Games. The Japan national football team's home
matches and major football club cup finals are currently held at the stadium.
The current stadium, which opened in 1958 is planned to be
demolished in 2015. The site will be redeveloped with a new larger-capacity
National Olympic Stadium designed by architect Zaha Hadid.
The new stadium is set to be the main venue for the 2020
Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, as well as the 2019
Rugby World Cup.
So, THAT'S ALL about JAPAN. Hope you guys can know a lot about Japan after this. Such a beautiful country to live, ne. And plus, I LOVE Japan. And for end this conversation, i wish my biggest thanks to all visitor who's willing to spend your time to read this post. Hontouni Arigatou Gozaimassu. btw, see you all again for the next post. Jane ^__^
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