JapAnime Addiction

We’re Moving !

japanachic — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:01:34 +0000

I’m kinda tired of wordpress and i use google products for just about everything so I am moving this blog over to blogspot. So now we can be found at http://japaniame.blogspot.com. Please come visit us with more new post of what you’ve been liking. That is all.

K-On! [Manga]

japanachic — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:32:12 +0000

Release Date : 2007

Status : Ongoing

# of Issues: Vol 3 Ch. 14

Author and Artist : Kakifly

Genre : Comedy, School Life, Shoujo Ai, Slice Of Life, Music

Find It At : Manga Fox

Rating : out of 5

Summary :(from Manga Fox)It’s Yui Hirasawa’s first year in high school, and she’s eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bass player, are desperately trying to save the school’s light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy…

Review: I’ve heard many good reviews about this manga and thought I would finally give it a try. It actually ended of being a very cute manga and well developed characters which makes me interested in watching the anime. I definitely recommend this to everyone. It has comedy, crazy teachers, girls you can relate too and girls you wish you were or knew. I’m glad that someone has continued to scan and edit this manga because it’s really good. It really is one of those manga you can’t stop reading so please enjoy!

Dorm Snake & Game Music Marching Band

japanachic — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:58:44 +0000

Just for those who haven’t seen the video about the dorm snake game.

or the band that played video game music that anyone can appreciate. All i can say is two words: HOT APPLES!!!

Now this is art.

Human Tetris

japanachic — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:53:23 +0000

This is pretty cool and almost as good as that video about the marching band that played video game music which was incredible or the video about the dorm building snake game. This just shows you how creative some people can be. 1 -UP !

This Week in Japanese News: No More Groping on the Trains

japanachic — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:28:57 +0000

Apparently there has been a large number of people being groped on trains in Japan that now they are launching an anti-groping campaign to stop prevs from their inappropriate touching and taking photos up womens skirts. So now they have no-uniformed police paroling the train stations. What has the world come to when you can’t even get on the train without being harassed. Hopefully this will make these pervs think twice because they just might go to jail for real this time. And let it be know groping is bisexual so watch out guys and girls for those mystery hands and camera.

For the full story go to : JapanToday.com

A Kaleidoscope [Webmanga]

japanachic — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:42:43 +0000

Release Date : 2009

Status : Ongoing

# of Issues: 1 Chapter

Author and Artist : Aschenputtel/Charmaine

Genre : Fantasy, romance

Find It At : Aschenputtel

Rating : 3.5 out of 5

Summary :(from Aschenputtel ) Naive, innocent and gullible Peggy lives a normal life with her foster mother in London. Well, perhaps not so normal since she does not have a single memory of her past before she mysteriously arrived in London about a year ago. All goes entirely well until an unknown man calls her ‘Alice’ and claims that they have met before. It gets even worse when a group of people are hunting her down, accusing her of black magic and the cause of horrid things which she never knew could even happen. With that in mind, she has to be taken to a far away land to hide from those who hunt her, perhaps… to where it all started?

Review: This is a pretty new webmanga and so far so good,the drawing is good and so is the story line. I’m hoping the main character, Peggy, will grow into being a stronger character since now she’s very shy and timid. Not much can be said about this manga since it’s development is in the process, but i would definitely say this is one watch out for.

Ubuntu The Manga!

japanachic — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:59:29 +0000

For those who have used or even heard of ubuntu, you might know how cool it is already. For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s a FREE linix based OS that is super stable and pretty easy to use. I have completely switched from cruddy Windows Vista(GRRR crashed my HP Laptop) for lovely ubuntu and I haven’t had a problem since. Plus you can still use most of your windows programs using a program named Wine. Any who enough about computers kinda, here is a webcomic done in manga style called Ubunchu. It’s cute and helps you to understand what Ubuntu is all about and see if you want to make the switch (i recommend it !) and it comes in multiple langauges. So I hope you enjoy it like all my reviews and please comment.

Find it at : DoctorMo’s Blog

1000 Hits!

japanachic — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:49:49 +0000

I finally reached 1000 hits which has been 4 months in the making and this causes for celebration! Thanks for all of those visiting the site and i hope many more come and visit ^____^. PS. Please comment it makes me feel better about myself and what I am doing lol. Look forward to many more articles and many more reviews. And once again CONGRATULATIONS to me!!!!

Adventures in Bad Voice Acting

japanachic — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:03:17 +0000

These videos contain voice actors that will make you pee your pants with laughter or something close to that.

1. Chaos Wars – Yuri and Karen

2. Hilariously Bad Voice Acting Top 5 – A compilation of bad acting

3. Residential Evil Voice acting – just when you thought it couldn’t get any worst

4. Bad Voice Actin, the Video Game !

5. Spiderman, Spiderman, you need better acting

Anime and Manga Terms

japanachic — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:43:55 +0000

::-chan:: The honorific used when addressing or referring to children, girls and young women.

::Baka:: Japanese for fool or idiot. Very often used in anime.

::Bento:: Bentos are Japanese lunch boxes, which are prepared for school or picnic. It often contains rice and many other things like sausages, eggs, vegetables and fish.

::Bishoujo:: The literal translation is Beautiful Girl.

::Bishounen:: The literal translation is Beautiful Boy.

::Chibi:: Chibi literally means child, while chibi character are a certain style of drawing characters in a cute and deformed way with big heads and small bodies.

::Cosplay:: Female and male anime fans dress up as one of their favourite anime/manga characters. Cosplay is very popular and it is practised especially at anime conventions.

::Fansubs:: Fansubs are anime translated by fan-groups via subtitles. They are released on the internet for free. Each episode usually is 170-250mb large. Most fansubs are hard subs, which means the subs are “branded” onto the video/file. Soft sub indicate the possibility to switch between no sub and 1 or more sub lines (like with original DVDs).

::Gaijin:: Gaijin is short for gaikokujin and means „foreigner“. Sometimes it is also used to insult Japanese peoples for being outsiders.

::Kanpai:: Japanese toast before drinking. It s equivalent to the English „cheers“.

::Kawaii:: Japanese for „cute“. This word is very very often used in anime.

::Kendo:: Japanese material art with a typical wooden sword. In anime there is always a kendo club at school.

::Mahou Shoujo:: Anime/manga genre. Literally means magical girl. Mahou shoujo are stories about witches or sorceress with magical powers.

::Mangaka:: Mangaka are professional manga authors. Successful mangaka are treated like big celebrities in Japan.

::Mecha:: Anime/manga genre. This theme involves mechanical things, mostly about fighting giant robots piloted by a single human.

::One-Shot:: One-Shots are manga that consists of only 1 chapter.

::OP:: OP is short for opening. An opening is the sequence shown at the beginning of each anime episode and is always supported by a song.

::OST:: OST is short for original sound track which contains background music, opening and ending songs of this anime series.

::Otaku:: Literally means fanatic. Otaku are obsessed Japanese anime and manga fans. Certain merchandise and anime that air late at night are exclusively targeted at otaku. While it has negative connotations in Japan to be called otaku, in America and the international anime community this term is more flexible.

::Sakura:: Sakura is the Japanese term for pink cherry blossoms. In anime you will see sakura very often. It symbolizes spring, but it also often has an even greater meaning to the plot.

::Scanlation::Scanlation is the term used for original Japanese manga scanned and translated by fans. Scanlations are distributed on the internet for free and the situation is similar to fansubs.

::Senpai:: Used to address upperclassmen, older co-workers and so on. You can also use it as a suffix and add his/her name to it (example: Maki-senpai).

::Sensei:: Used to address teachers, doctors, trainers, masters, professors and so on.

::Shoujo-ai/Yuri:: Anime/manga genre. It literally means girls` love. Shoujo-ai series deal with homosexual relationships between females.

::Shoujo:: Anime/manga genre. Literally means girl. Shoujo is targeted at young female audience and usually features a romance story with a female protagonist.

::Shounen-ai/Yaoi:: Anime/manga genre. Literally means boys` love. Series of this genre deal with homosexual relationships between men.

::Shounen:: Anime/manga genre. Literally means boy. Shounen is targeted at young male audience. Most common shounen settings are action adventures of the male protagonist in a fantasy world that features fighters and super powers.

::Yatta::Yatta is a common Japanese expression meaning “I did it!” or “hurray!” or “yes!”. It is said after accomplishing something or after something lucky happened to you.