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A fan's room decorated with dakimakura and merchandise of the anime character Mirai Suenaga, 2012. Nijikon (二次コン) or nijigen konpurekkusu (二次元コンプレックス), from the English phrase "2D complex", is a sexual or affective attraction towards two-dimensional anime, manga, and light novel characters, as opposed to an attraction towards real human beings.
Animegao kigurumi is a type of masked cosplay that has its origins in the official stage shows of various Japanese anime but has also been adapted by hobbyists. In Japan , most performers refer to this kind of cosplay as 'kigurumi' ( 着ぐるみ ) instead of 'animegao' (アニメ顔, meaning "anime face"), which has been used overseas in order ...
In anime and manga, panchira usually refers to a panty-shot, a visual convention used by Japanese artists and animators since the early 1960s. According to Japanese sources, the convention probably started with Machiko Hasegawa 's popular manga Sazae-san , whose character designs for Wakame Isono incorporated an improbably brief hemline . [ 1 ]
Kuchisake-onna has appeared in live-action films, as well as in manga, anime, and video games. The character appears in the 1994 animated film Pom Poko, produced by Studio Ghibli, [14] and later appears in the 1996 live-action short film Kuchisake-onna, directed by Teruyoshi Ishii. [14]
Girls Bravo (Japanese: GIRLSブラボー, Hepburn: Gārusu Burabō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mario Kaneda and serialized from 2000 to 2005 in Shōnen Ace by Kadokawa Shoten. The story focuses on a high school boy who is allergic to girls who is transported to a mysterious world with a mostly female population; when ...
In Japanese popular culture, a bishōjo (美少女, lit. "beautiful girl"), also romanized as bishojo or bishoujo, is a cute girl character. Bishōjo characters appear ubiquitously in media including manga, anime, and computerized games (especially in the bishojo game genre), and also appear in advertising and as mascots, such as for maid cafés.
Lum the Invader Girl [1] [2] (/ l ʌ m /), known in Japan simply as Lum (Japanese: ラム, Hepburn: Ramu), [3] is a fictional character and the female protagonist of Rumiko Takahashi's manga series Urusei Yatsura. [4] [5] [6] She is often believed to be the main protagonist of the series due to her iconic status.
Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl (十兵衛ちゃん, Jūbei-chan) is a Japanese anime television series created by Akitaro Daichi (Fruits Basket, Tsukikage Ran). Jubei-chan follows Jiyu Nanohana, a modern junior high school girl and unwilling heir to the Yagyu Jubei school of swordsmanship.