Anime culture
Everything from Anime culture that turns up in the game, with the story behind each name and the letters that catch people out.
32 pages · 32 terms · 1900 to 2012
- AnimeANIMEThe medium itself, in the word Japan uses for all animation
- BakaBAKAThe insult shouted most often in these shows
- BishojoBISHOJOA pretty young girl as a character type
- BishonenBISHONENA strikingly pretty young man
- ChibiCHIBIArt style with a huge head on a tiny body
- DandereDANDERESilent character who opens up one to one
- DojoDOJOWhere every training arc begins
- EcchiECCHISuggestive without being explicit
- FillerFILLEREpisodes invented to let the source get ahead
- HaremHAREMGenre where one lead is surrounded by suitors
- HenshinHENSHINThe word shouted to trigger a transformation
- IsekaiISEKAIGenre where a truck sends you to another world
- JoseiJOSEIComics aimed at adult women
- KaijuKAIJUGiant monster, city not included
- KatanaKATANACurved blade every anime swordsman carries
- KawaiiKAWAIIJapanese for cute, weaponized
- KuudereKUUDERECold character who thaws very slowly
- MahouMAHOUThe Japanese word for magic
- MangaMANGAJapanese comics, read from right to left
- MechaMECHAGenre of giant piloted robots
- NekoNEKOJapanese for cat, and a common character trait
- NinjaNINJAShadow warrior of a thousand anime
- OmakeOMAKEA short bonus extra tacked onto a release
- OtakuOTAKUA fan devoted enough to make it an identity
- SeinenSEINENComics aimed at adult men
- SenpaiSENPAIThe upperclassman you hope will notice you
- SenseiSENSEITeacher, master, or any mangaka you respect
- SentaiSENTAIColour-coded team of costumed heroes
- ShojoSHOJOComics aimed at a young female readership
- ShonenSHONENDemographic label behind most big battle manga
- TsundereTSUNDEREHarsh outside, soft inside, it's not like they like you
- YandereYANDERECharacter whose affection turns dangerous