Garage kits have now become an industry in their own right and some producers have become large and well-organised companies. Kami -God or goddess, applied as a term of greatest respect, eg the great artist Osamu Tezuka, often referred to as 'manga no kami', the manga god. Even greater respect implied by the suffix '-sama'. Cuteness is a characteristic of great importance in some anime. Sentai -Japanese for team.
Many shows are the term, or the shorter suffix 'tai' to indicate that there is a team of heroes.
Settei -The line art which is made up at the start of a project, used by the animators for reference, and often sent to magazines for advance publicity use. Shojo -Japanese for girl. Shojo manga are manga drawn in a very flowery, pretty, romantic style and deal with mainly romantic or emotional subjects. Shonen -Japanese for boy. Side Story -A story set in the same universe as a well known group of characters, but focusing on other, perhaps minor, charas, or introducing new ones, showing another 'side' of the title.