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Pictures of couples from Strawberry panic! Artbook (simply – original picture book of manga characters). Enjoy! ^_~

Anime music videos (AMVs) are a derivative art form similar to, and arguably an example of, vidding. Generally, an anime music video combines footage from Japanese animation (anime) with music, but increasingly, the art form has expanded to include the creation of music videos with fanart, and sometimes music videos are created from manga scans.

Manga is the commonly used term for Japanese comic books that are often turned into anime-style cartoons. Manga reached the height of its popularity in the 20th century when laws banning this art form were finally lifted. In Japan, Manga books are read by most of the population, and the writers are revered much the [...]

Yukata is a summer fashion staple in Japan. This year (as well as in the past year) a top polling company Oricon asked men and women ranging from middle school students to people in their 40s who they thought was “The Best Female Celebrity in a Yukata“.
The top choice was actreand singer Yui Aragaki (also [...]

Harajuku style originated among teens on the streets near Harajuku Station in Shibuya, Japan. The work that goes into their outfits is incredible. Some of them take years to complete and are a never ending project. A Harajuku Girl will know how to embroider, process leather, and create teddy bears from PVC. It’s a hobby, [...]

Takarazuka is a female-only theater school and performance troupe based in the city of Takarazuka, Japan. The form specializes in Broadway-like musicals with emphasis on song and dance. The plays feature male and female characters, despite all actors being female. Japanese fans of the troupe are almost exclusively female, and stars are treated like Hollywood [...]

Cosplay is a popular hobby of teen-aged girls in Japan, and is also prominent amongst anime fans worldwide. Cosplay is an abbreviation of “costume-play”. During a cosplay event, people dress up as their favorite anime, manga or video game character and parade and pose for photographers.

Sometimes, cosplays can be very good; with a well-crafted, well-fitting [...]

In Japanese, Otaku means someone who is obsessive about a hobby. Typical hobbies this would apply to would be trains, busses, anime and manga, computers, aircraft, cars etc.

Common uses are anime otaku (a fan of anime), cosplay otaku and manga otaku (a fan of Japanese comic books), pasokon otaku (personal computer geeks), gemu otaku (playing [...]

Here’s my list of every shoujo-ai/yuri anime, manga and game of which I know. Some of them I actually watched and enjoyed. This list should help you on your way to finding more series you’ll likely enjoy.
The ones I marked in blue are the ones I really like.

Shoujo-ai anime:
01. Brother, Dear Brother (Oniisama E…) [TV [...]

The word yuri () literally means “lily”.
Yuri is often used to describe any anime or manga series or other thing that shows intense emotional connection, romantic love or physical desire between women.
The term shoujo-ai (girls’ love) was created as an analog for shounen-ai (boys’ love) by an American fans. It isn’t really used in [...]