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Slice of Life

A scene in Toradora! anime.

**Slice of Life** is a popular genre of anime and manga that portrays daily life of its characters. It often shows their school life and friendly or romantic relationships in a limited time span.

Usually, it takes place in a realistic world with realistic, ordinary teen characters, often with real-life Japanese locations. Sometimes, it can have some fantasy or supernatural elements, like in *Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid*.

The plot focuses on the characters' interactions and relationships, sometimes showing dramatic conflicts between them or the characters getting through hardships together. Drama and conflict in the Slice of Life genre generally centers on relatable, real life circumstances. The place of action is usually the characters' school or home city.

## Notable Examples

* *Anohana*
* *Clannad*
* *Hyouka*
* *March Comes in Like a Lion*
* *Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid*
* *Mob Psycho 100*
* *ReLIFE*
* *The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.*
* *Toradora!*
* *Violet Evergarden*
Husbando

### Description

An informal term used to describe a male character that an individual is attracted to.

### Examples

* Satoru Gojo from *[[w:c:jujutsu-kaisen-|Jujutsu Kaisen]*

The informal term **husbando** (ハズバンド) is used by members of the anime and related media fan communities to describe male characters that they are attracted to. It is used in anime, manga, manhwa, webtoons, and video games, but it's more common in use by real-life otaku who discuss those things. As a single fan or fan-base designates a character as a husbando based on their subjective attraction to him, multiple characters can be a husbando and possess completely distinct personalities and characteristics.

## Origin

It is a blend of English "husband" and Japanese "ハズバンド" (*hazubando*), which is derived from the English word.

## Contemporary Usage

An otaku can use this term to describe a male character they are attracted to. It can even mean they would marry the character, if he was real. One person can have multiple husbandos from multiple series or just one favourite. Fans often discuss which husbando is the best.

Husbandos are often protagonists of popular anime series, for example Spike or Lelouch.

## Examples

* Daisuke Kambe from *Fugou Keiji Balance: Unlimited*
* Lelouch vi Britannia from *Code Geass*
* Mamoru Chiba from *Sailor Moon*
* Shinya Kogami from *Psycho-Pass*
* Spike Spiegel from *Cowboy Bebop*
* Yu Narukami from *Persona*

## Related Items

* Waifu
* Harem
* Love Triangle
Nancy Winnie Sevilen

## Nancy Winnie Sevilen (ナンシーウィニーセビレン)

Company BossCompany Captain

**Nancy Winnie Sevilen** (ナンシーウィニーセビレン, *Nanshīu~inīsebiren*?) is a fictional character from the Hardcore Mecha Game.

## Personality & Character

She usually wears a loose mood with his employees lightly, but she is a clever blunt and makes accurate judgments whether it is a business field or a battlefield.

## History

She is the Boss of Hardcore Defense Corp. (H.C.D.C.) and the Captain of assault frigate ship **Phoenix**.
Love Triangle

A **love triangle** or **eternal triangle**[1] is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person,[2][3][4] or in which one person in a romantic relationship with someone is simultaneously pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with someone else.[5][6][7][8] A love triangle typically is not conceived of as a situation in which one person loves a second person, who loves a third person, who loves the first person, or variations thereof.[9]

Love triangles are a common narrative device in theater, literature, and film. Statistics suggest that, in Western society, "Willingly or not, most adults have been involved in a love triangle."[10]

The 1994 book *Beliefs, Reasoning, and Decision Making* states, "Although the romantic love triangle is formally identical to the friendship triad, as many have noted their actual implications are quite different ... Romantic love is typically viewed as an exclusive relationship, whereas friendship is not."
Tyson (episode)

**Tyson** is the sixth episode of the first season of *In the Dark*. It premiered on May 9, 2019.

## Synopsis

ROCK BOTTOM — Murphy (Perry Mattfeld), unable to deal with things, begins to push everyone away, including Max (Casey Diedrick). Meanwhile, Murphy and Jess (Brooke Markham) have a heart-to-heart. Rich Sommer, Derek Webster, Kathleen York, Morgan Krantz, Keston John and Thamela Mpumlwana also star.

## Cast

* Perry Mattfeld as Murphy Mason
* Kathleen York as Joy Mason
* Rich Sommer as Dean
* Brooke Markham as Jess
* Keston John as Darnell
* Morgan Krantz as Felix
* Thamela Mpumlwana as Tyson
* Derek Webster as Hank
* Humberly González as Vanessa

## Notes

* This episode had a viewership of 0.51m.
Yandere

Yuno Gasai, a Yandere from Future Diary (Mirai Nikki)

### Description

A word used in Japanese fiction of a character who initially is loving, kind, merciful and gentle. Through obsessive love, admiration or devotion, becomes behavior that is feisty, stubborn, bossy, and mentally destructive in nature.

### History

1985 anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Haman Khan, leader of the Axis Zeon, in her love-hate relationship with Char is often credited as the first anime example of the yandere archetype.

### Examples

Sekai Saionji from School Days, Nadeko Sengoku from Bakemonogatari and Takami Minatsuki from Deadman Wonderland

**Yandere** is a portmanteau of two Japanese words *yanderu*, meaning to be sick, and *deredere*, love struck. The term describes someone who has been driven to insanity by extreme obsession or love, thus resulting in abnormal behavior if not violence.

A classic example of a yandere is Yuno Gasai, from the series Future Diary, who is prone to kill anyone who may interfere with her obsessive passion for the series' protagonist, Yukiteru Amano.

## Personality

A yandere has tendency to threaten anyone who is close to the person they are attracted to. They like to be manipulative and want to keep their love interest only for themselves. When interacting with their love interest, they don't always reveal their true personality and the other person sometimes discovers it when the yandere lets their guard down. However, they can be also more openly yandere and not hide their way of thinking or their actions.

## Contemporary Usage

This term can relate to a character in anime or manga to describe their personality, but can also be used towards real-life people.

## Notable Examples

* Yuno Gasai from *Future Diary*
* Minatsuki Takami from *Deadman Wonderland*
* Anna Nishikinomiya from *Shimoneta*
* Kaede from *Elfen Lied*
* Nina Einstein from *Code Geass*
Ahegao

Hataru Shidare from Dagashi Kashi doing ahegao.

### Summary

An expression featuring unfocused eyes and an open mouth common in ecchi material and anime-related subcultures.

### Popularity

Grew to prevalence in the mid-2010s.

**Ahegao**, also called **gapeface**, is a facial expression common in hentai and ecchi media. Features typically include an open mouth, sometimes outstretched tongue, and unfocused eyes. This term became more commonly known due to the growing popularity of ahegao clothing. These garments, usually hoodies, feature collages of characters' faces baring the ahegao expression. The term grew to further prevalence due to its use by adult cosplayers, internet personalities, and members of the budding e-girl and e-boy subculture.

## History

Aheago was first used to describe climax expressions in 1960s Japanese erotic art communities. The term grew in usage and the expression description was often used in Japanese adult magazines in the 1990s. The term was further proliferated by the growing otaku subculture and rise of digital spaces, like forums and chatrooms. Aheago becoming a more widely recognized trope simultaneously led to a character's features being further exaggerated when it was used in adult material, and toned down versions of the expression appearing in materials intended for wider audiences.

As this media began international distribution, Aheago quickly became a widely recognized trope and term in global anime and related media fandoms. By the mid 2010s, sub-communities began repurposing this trope in a variety of unique ways.

## Clothing

Ahegao clothing stems from a collage of various hentai characters baring the expression created by the artist Hirume. In 2016, images of this collage applied to shirts began appearing online and soon, individuals could order custom shirts featuring the collage. By the late 2010s, various garments of clothing featuring a variety ahegao colleges were available both online and in the anime convention scene. Ahegao hoodies in particular became widely recognized and memes relating to the clothing flourished.

In 2018, hentai artist Asanagi created ahegao apparel featuring higher quality images. This garments are available through the English hentai localizer and publisher FAKKU, but unofficial versions remain just as common.

## In Cosplay and E Subculture

In the late 2010s, ahegao became increasingly common among adult cosplayers and members of the e-girl and e-boy subculture. There are several higher trafficked subreddits centering on real people baring the expression in various situations and forms of dress. In particular, internet personality Belle Delphine grew to fame for posting photos and images of her performing ahegao. The expression has also become fairly commonplace on the TikTok social media platform.
This Isn't Even My Final Form

The template "This Isn't Even My Final Form" meme.

### Summary

A trope and meme derived from shonen characters transforming to suddenly prevail in a fight.

### Popularity

Derived from Dragon Ball Z, grew as a meme in the early 2010s.

**This Isn't Even My Final Form** is a trope common in Shonen Action (Battle) series and a broader meme that's popular in the anime and related media fandom. This expression is used to denote the trend of antagonists in combat focused anime changing their appearance and growing more powerful when pressured in a fight, thus creating more narrative tension. The phrase is widely attributed to the *Dragon Ball* villain Freeza, who undergoes various transformations during his first battle with the series' heroes, however the character does not utter the expression in any iteration of the series.

## History

As a trope, villains transforming into a more powerful form is one of the oldest and most common plot devices in shonen anime and manga. Especially in Mecha series where transformations are commonplace, this action is usually used by one participant in a fight to gain the upper-hand against the other combatant. This kind of transformation is distinct from the Magical Girl transformation, as it involves a superhuman character becoming even more powerful, as opposed to a grounded character gaining supernatural abilities.

Notable villains that transform in this fashion include Toguro from *Yu Yu Hakusho,* DIO from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,* and Father from *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*.

## As A Meme

"This Isn't Even My Final Form" grew in popularity as a meme and phrase in the otaku community beginning in the early 2010s. Most often, this meme takes the form of image macros of people in elaborate dress or cosplay, strangely modified models or sculptures, or enraged individuals. This meme is also used fairly often in the *Pokémon* fandom and other communities centered on RPGs, as character growth and transformations are usually integral to those properties.
Tarethur O'Connell

## Tarethur (タレスルオコンネル)

LieutenantCompany Mercenary1st Mobile Task Force

**Tarethur O'Connell** (タレスルオコンネル, *Taresuruokon'neru*?) is one of the protagonists of the ***Hardcore Mecha*** Game series.

## Personality & Character

With a straightforward personality, he always considers his mission the highest priority, and carries out his responsibilities carefully and seriously but loves sex

## Skills & Abilities

is Ace pilot Hardcore Defense Corp.(H.C.D.C.) and Lieutenant of 1st Mobile Tast Force Unit. The skill to control the mecha is worthy of trust, and also possesses excellent fighting ability as an individual.

## History

Currently he is in charge of a test pilot for UNF's new testing machine, "**MFX-02T Thunderbolt**." He was called the "Antenna Guy" by Vulphaes Bonaparte after their first using his Mecha Thunderbolt

## Gallery

Tarethur O'Connell (タレスルオコンネル, *Taresuruokon'neru*)
Toho

**Toho** (東宝株式会社, *Tōhō kabushiki gaisha*) is a famous multi-media and production company.

## History

Toho was founded on August 12th, 1932, by Ichizō Kobayashi and was originally called Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company. Since founding it's founding it branched off from Theater to thing such as films, distribution, and anime. One of their most famous icons is of course, Godzilla.

## Works

Some of the most notable anime production works include:

* *Baoh (OVA)*
* *Midori Days*
* *Psycho-Pass*
* *Yowamushi Pedal*
* *Haikyuu!!*
* *Blood Blockade Battlefront - Kekkai Sensen*
* *FLCL Progressive*
* *FLCL Alternative*
* *Dr. Stone*
* *Jujutsu Kaisen*
Super Eyepatch Wolf

Super Eyepatch Wolf's Twitter Icon

**Super Eyepatch Wolf**, or **John Walsh**, is an Irish YouTuber, video essayist, and podcaster. He runs the Super Eyepatch Wolf YouTube channel and largely creates videos focusing on anime, manga, professional wrestling, popular television, movies, and horror games. Additionally, he is a host on the Let's Fight A Boss video game podcast.

## Content

Super Eyepatch Wolf's videos primarily center on critical analyses of popular properties and investigations into lesser known pieces of media and communities. His major video series include, Why You Should Watch/Read \_, My Favorite Things (time frame), Current State of Shonen Jump, and The Bizarre World/Modern Reality Of \_. While Current State of Shonen Jump videos generally air annually and My Favorite Things videos premier seasonally, his videos typically do not follow a set schedule, although typically one premieres each month.

Let's Fight A Boss podcast episodes generally release on the first and third Monday of every month. Every episode covers shows and movies the hosts watched, impressions of games they are playing, a roundup of major gaming news items, and answering email questions. The Let's Fight A Boss Podcast also adopts temporary segments on occasion, like reviewing a entries in the *Resident Evil* movie franchise.

## Summary

Super Eyepatch Wolf uploaded his first video, *Why You Should Watch Hunter X Hunter*, to his channel in December 2015. It currently has over 1.5 million views and 43 thousand likes. Most early videos on the channel are broader recommendation videos, with media analysis and critique becoming more common about a year after the channel was created. The current most video video on the channel, *The Fall of the Simpsons: How it Happened*, has around 6 million views and explores the show's decline in both popularity and quality.

Super Eyepatch Wolf attends a number of conventions every year, with MAGFest being the largest. He has collaborated with the YouTuber and streamer Woolie Versus previously, has appeared on Mother's Basement's The Weekly Weebcast, and has appeared as a guest at the Crunchyroll awards. Super Eyepatch Wolf's videos are funded through his Patreon account and his Twitter account is the main source for news and updates regarding his channel.
Bandai Namco

**Bandai Namco** (株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメント, *Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Entāteinmento*) is a Japanese game developing company.

## History

News of a merger between Bandai and Namco occurred after the latter's 50th anniversary in February of 2005. The merger was finalized in September 25th, 2005, thus forming Bandai Namco Holdings and creating the third-largest video game publisher in Japan by revenue alone. Although both companies worked independently from each other, this changed by March 31st, 2006, once their video game operations merged to form the Namco Bandai Games.

## Works

Some of the most notable anime related video games they've published include:

* *One Piece*
* *Dragonball*
* *Naruto*
* *My Hero Academia*
* *Dragon Ball*
* *Sword Art Online*
* *Sailor Moon*
* *Gundam*
Sugoi

Renge Miyauchi's expression in this scene is the embodiment of "sugoi" in the positive meaning.

### Description

A term meaning "awesome" or "awful" in different context.

**Sugoi** (すごい) is a Japanese expression that can mean "awesome" or "awful" depending on context. It's said when one is shocked by something's awesomeness or awfulness and wants to express that feeling.

## Origin

"Sugoi" is a term commonly used in Japanese literature and spoken language. It's used in a number of ways: to describe that something tastes good, that something is nice in general, to say that a boy is cute, to express that one is very excited about something, to say that something someone did or said was awesome or awful and to describe many other similar feelings.

## Contemporary Usage

In the otaku fandom, the term is usually used in the positive context to express excitement or awesomeness. It can refer to waifus or husbandos as an adjective or something amazing that has happened in an anime or manga. Often, it is used with kawaii to describe something.
DLsite

DLsite's Logo

**DLsite** is a digital storefront that centers mostly on doujinshi and doujin games. Founded in 1996, the company sells a variety of games, manga, anime, ASMR, and hentai. While most of the available media on DLsite is in Japanese, the platform also sells English translated versions of their titles in Western territories.

## History

Established in 1996 as Soft Island, the company was renamed DLsite in 2001 when it became a part of ASIS Co. In 2004, DLsite relaunched its website and created an English version of the site. In 2009, DLsite created an optimized version of the platform for mobile devices and then, in 2010, the number of doujin circles registered with the platform exceeded 10,000. The DLsite received another major overhaul and redesign in 2011 and, in 2018, started officially translating select items on their storefront and selling a portion of them on Steam.

## Contemporary Efforts

Today, DLsite plays a key role in the legal sale and dissemination of adult doujinshi and games made in Japan. They also offer a variety of safe for work titles, including *Hatoful Boyfriend*, various binural titles, and game development assets.
Netflix

Netflix's logo

**Netflix** is an American streaming service founded in Scotts Valley, California, in 1997. It is available worldwide except in the following: Mainland China, Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. It streams and produces both anime and other types of movies and series.

## History

Netflix was founded in Scotts Valley in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. It started with DVD sales and rental by mail, but a year later it focused on the DVD sales.

Netflix expanded its business in 2007 with the introduction of streaming media while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental business. In 2020 it expanded internationally by making streaming available in Canada, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean.

Netflix became a producer in 2013 with its first series *House of Cards*.

Currently, it is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, and also has offices in Brazil, Netherlands, India, Japan and South Korea. Netflix is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

## Notable Anime Productions

* *7 Seeds*
* *Aico-reincarnation*
* *Aggretsuko*
* *Ajin: Demi Human*
* *B: The Beginning*
* *Baki*
* *Beastars*
* *BNA*
* *Cagaster of an Insect Cage*
* *Cannon Busters*
* *Carole and Tuesday*
* *Children of the Whales*
* *Devilman Crybaby*
* *Kengan Ashura*
* *Violet Evergarden*
Big Three

The Big Three anime posters.

### Description

The Big Three refers to three very long and very popular anime, Naruto, Bleach and One Piece.

The **Big Three** was a term used to describe the three most popular running series during their golden age in Jump's mid 2000s period - *One Piece*, *Naruto* and *Bleach.*

## Origin

The nickname "The Big Three" came about due to their immense worldwide popularity and length. With that, they were always featured in front of the shared Shonen Jump covers and always had bigger images for their main protagonists: Luffy, Naruto and Ichigo. All three series ran for at least 15 years and 70 volumes, and all three overlapped in publication from 2001-2014.

While the three series weren't the biggest sellers in the magazine, *Hunter x Hunter* sold more per volume than *Bleach* for example, they kept their position on the covers due to their overall popularity.

These three manga have each received long running anime series, *Bleach* (2004-2012) has 366 episodes, *Naruto* (including *Shippuden*) has 720 episodes, and *One Piece* has 1074 episodes as of September 2023, with *One Piece*, *Naruto Shippuden*'s sequel *Boruto*, and the *Bleach* sequel series *Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War* still being produced. These statistics do not include the spin-offs, sequels, movies, or *One Piece*'s live-action show, so the full numbers for entire franchises are higher.

All three are shonen series, which usually focus on topics such as adventure, growth, and action. This genre normally has a lot of subplots and one main, overarching plot. Fighting is also a main part of most shonen series: the protagonists almost always have a superpower and are very muscle headed in nature.

## Usage before and after the mid 2000s

The term is commonly used in various otaku discussions, and The Big Three tend to attract similar audience so it's likely that fans of one series will at least try to check out the rest.

Sometimes fans discuss what the Big Three of other genres could be, or try to find a New Big Three for shonen. During *Bleach*'s decline in sales and popularity, *Toriko* rose to popularity and started to become featured in front of *Bleach* on the shared Jump covers, effectively taking its place in the big three. Soon after *Toriko* and *Bleach* started to lose popularity and eventually end alongside *Naruto*, other series became featured more often in front with *One Piece*, including - *My Hero Academia*, *Haikyuu*, *Assassination Classroom*, *Black Clover*, and *Kimetsu no Yaiba*, but it is unlikely that there will ever be other three simultaneously running series that would be able to challenge the original big three in popularity.

During the Golden Age of Weekly Shonen Jump, when its circulation was at its peak, according to fans a "Big 3" equivalent for early 90s would be *Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk and* Yu Yu Hakusho*. While late 90s equivalent would be* One Piece*,* Rurouni Kenshin *and* Hunter x Hunter*.*
Harem

**Harem** (ハーレムもの, *hāremumono*, "harem works") is a genre of light novels, manga, anime, hentai, and video games originating in Japan in the 1970s but exploding late 1980s and 1990s with dating simulator games and focused on polygynous or polyandrous relationships, where a protagonist is surrounded by three or more androphilic/gynephilic love interests or sexual partners. Harem works are frequently comedies that rely on self-insertion protagonists allowing the audience to project themselves unto, and on having relatable and interesting ensemble cast of characters. A story featuring a heterosexual male or homosexual female protagonist paired with an all-female/yuri harem series is informally referred to as a **female harem** or **seraglios**, while a heterosexual female or gay male protagonist paired with an all-male/yaoi harem series is informally referred to as a **male harem**, **reverse harem**, or **gyaku hāremu (逆ハーレム)**. Although originating in Japan, the genre later inspired variants in Western media.[1]
Yuri

***Yuri*** (Japanese: 百合, lit. "lily"), also known by the *wasei-eigo* construction **girls' love** (ガールズラブ, *gāruzu rabu*), is a genre of Japanese media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters. While lesbianism is a commonly associated theme, the genre is also inclusive of works depicting emotional and spiritual relationships between women that are not necessarily romantic or sexual in nature. *Yuri* is most commonly associated with anime and manga, though the term has also been used to describe video games, light novels, and literature.

Themes associated with *yuri* originate from Japanese lesbian fiction of the early twentieth century, notably the writings of Nobuko Yoshiya and literature in the Class S genre. Manga depicting female homoeroticism began to appear in the 1970s in the works of artists associated with the Year 24 Group, notably Ryoko Yamagishi and Riyoko Ikeda. The genre gained wider popularity beginning in the 1990s; the founding of *Yuri Shimai* in 2003 as the first manga magazine devoted exclusively to *yuri*, followed by its successor *Comic Yuri Hime* in 2005, led to the establishment of *yuri* as a discrete publishing genre and the creation of a *yuri* fan culture.

As a genre, *yuri* does not inherently target a single gender demographic, unlike its male homoerotic counterparts *yaoi* (marketed towards a female audience) and gay manga (marketed towards a gay male audience). Although *yuri* originated as a genre targeted towards a female audience, *yuri* works have been produced that target a male audience, as in manga from *Comic Yuri Hime*'s male-targeted sister magazine *Comic Yuri Hime S*.
Rebels

The rebels (no official name) are the protagonist group of the story. They are ragtag group of people who are either against or not affiliated with CAGE. For the other non-CAGE character group, see Rogues.

## Members

### Main Four

Sevan

The story's protagonist.

Ayame

The marks(wo)man of the group.

Subaru

The guy with knives who thinks Luna is stupid.

Luna

The archer, who isn't actually stupid.

### Others

Velouria

Best girl according to Sushi.

Zepp

The "commander" of the group.

Euryth

Zepp's cyborg companion.

Chiaki

The drunk foxgirl, NOT LEGAL.

Ryde

Chiaki's liquid guardian.

Mercury

The nurse of the group.

Aron

Supplies the group with money and housing.

Watts

Former creator of CAGE androids.

Alpha

The first android created by Watts.

Flynt

Aron's bodyguard.
Jump

Jump's Logo

**Jump** (ジャンプ, *Janpu*) is a line of manga anthology magazines published in Japan by Shueisha. The most famous one being **Weekly Shonen Jump** (週刊少年ジャンプ, *Shūkan Shōnen Janpu*), with other magazines including Jump SQ, Saikyo Jump, Ultra Jump, Weekly Young Jump, Grand Jump & others.

"Weekly Shonen Jump" is the best-selling manga magazine and during its best era mid-1980s to the mid-1990s had its highest circulation of 6.53 million copies per week. As of 2018, it had a weekly circulation of 1.8 million copies.

Some of the best selling and influential manga originate from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, including *Dragon Ball*, *One Piece*, *Naruto* and, recently, *Kimetsu no Yaiba: Demon Slayer*.

## History

The Weekly Shonen Jump launched in 1968 to compete with Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. Originally it was bi-weekly magazine and was just called Shonen Jump, but after its 20th issue it became weekly.

Its Golden Age was during the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, where its circulation increased from 3 million to 6.53million. It was mostly due to the popular series *Dragon Ball* and *Slam Dunk*. Since 1996, the magazine circulation was on the decline, until it saw a small increase in 2007 due to *One Piece's* increased popularity, but soon continued to decline even more with the introduction of the digital era.

## Works

Some of the most popular and best selling manga had originated from Weekly Shonen Jump and its other Jump magazines:

* *Dragon Ball*
* *Slam Dunk*
* *Fist of the North Star*
* *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*
* *One Piece*
* *Naruto*
* *Dragon Quest*
* *Bleach*
* *Gintama*
* *Rurouni Kenshin*
* *Yu-Gi-Oh!*
* *Hunter × Hunter*
* *Captain Tsubasa*
* *Saint Seiya*
* *Toriko*
* *Kuroko no Basuke*
* *Haikyuu*
* *My Hero Academia*
* *Kimetsu no Yaiba: Demon Slayer*
* *Tokyo Ghoul*
* *Terra Formars*
* *Kingdom*
* *D.Gray-man*
* *Death Note*
* *Shaman King*
* *Kinnikuman*
Idol

The iDOLM@STER's 765 Production's concert

**Idol** (アイドル, *aidoru*) is a popular genre of anime and manga. Idol series tend to follow either an individual or a group on their journey to become idols, working tirelessly to make their dream come true. It can be seen as a mixture of the cute girls doing cute things sub-genre and the sports genre, considering the competitive nature of idol groups in most series.

Idol series generally include singing, music, and dancing as a prominent feature of the series, with the idol's personal growth and career development being the primary focus.

Oftentimes series in this genre are parts of larger multimedia projects, sometimes including video games and live concerts.

## Notable Examples

* *THE iDOLM@STER*
* *Love Live!*
* *Aikatsu!*
* *AKB0048*
* *Starmyu*
* *IDOLiSH7*
* *Zombieland Saga*
Kawaii

Idol anime such as Love Live! are full of kawaii characters.

**Kawaii** (かわいい) is a Japanese term that means "cute" or "lovely" and a name for the "cuteness culture" in Japan. The Japanese like cute items such as clothing, toys, items of everyday use and cute style of anime and manga. Their fondness of the cute aesthetic has formed a culture called kawaii.

## Origin

Originally, in the Shogunate period, the term had a completely different meaning, "pitiable" or "docile". A similar term, "kawaisō", referred to women being "arousing compassion" or "piteous". It evolved to "embarassed", "blushing", "splendid", "admirable" and to the current meaning, "cute" and "lovely".

## Contemporary Usage

In the otaku fandom it's solely used as a word for "cute". The otaku use "kawaii" interchangeably with "cute" very often when talking about anything related to anime or manga.

It can refer literally to everything, including people, animals, fictional characters and items, often clothing and cosplays. Being kawaii is especially characteristic for waifus and idol genre characters. It's related to cute girls doing cute things.

The word appears in anime and manga as part of dialogue, since it's a commonly used Japanese word.

In real-life Japan, it sometimes even replaces "beautiful", since the Japanese prefer to use kawaii instead.

## Notable Examples

* *Aikatsu!* characters
* *AKB0048* characters
* *Love Live!* characters
* *Gals* characters

## Related Items

* Cute girls doing cute things
* Idol
* Sugoi
Dandere

Moeka Kiryu from Steins;Gate is a dandere.

**Dandere** (だんデレ) is a Japanese term referring to a character or a person who is quiet, antisocial and shy when interacting with their love interest. It's common for danderes to wear glasses.

## Personality

A dandere is usually silent and doesn't talk until someone else initiates the conversation. While interacting with others, they seem to be shy and nervous. Danderes can come across as emotionless, but really they just hide the emotions and show them only to those they trust and feel safe with.

## Contemporary Usage

This term can relate to a character in anime or manga to describe their personality, but can also be used towards real-life people.

## Notable Examples

* Hinata Hyūga from *Naruto*
* Nodoka Miyazaki from *Negima!*
* Moeka Kiryu from *Steins;Gate*
* Yuki Nagato from *Haruhi Suzumiya*

## Related Items

* Tsundere
* Yandere
MAPPA

MAPPA's Logo

**MAPPA Co., Ltd.** (株式会社MAPPA, *Kabushiki-gaisha MAPPA*) is a Japanese animation studio established on June 14, 2011, by Masao Maruyama, a founder and former producer of Madhouse. He felt that the company had become a "large organization with little freedom".

MAPPA is an acronym for "Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association". In April 2016, Maruyama resigned his position in the studio and founded a new studio, Studio M2. Current CEO is Manabu Otsuka.

## History

Eight years ago, Murayama felt Madhouse had become organization with little freedom. He left the company and created another Tokyo-based studio known as MAPPA.

Their first work was *Sakamichi no Apollon: Kids on the Slope*, which aired in April 2012.

The founder Murayama, resigned his position and Manabu Otsuka took his place.

Their first feature film *In This Corner of the World* was selected as the 40th Japan Academy Award for Best Animation.

On April 2, 2018, MAPPA opened new studio in Sendai.

## Works

Some of their more popular works include:

* *Rage of Bahamut: Genesis & Virgin Soul*
* *Ushio and Tora*
* *Yuri on Ice*
* *Kakegurui*
* *Banana Fish*
* *Dororo*
* *The God of High School*
* *Jujutsu Kaisen*
HIDIVE

**HIDIVE** is an anime online streaming service created by Sentai Films.

## History

The streaming service was founded sometime in 2017 when the Anime Network Online online anime streaming service discontinued.

## Works

Some of the notable streamed anime programs include:

* *Akame ga Kill!*
* *AKB0048*
* *Akikan!*
* *Amagi Brilliant Park*
* *Angel Beats!*
* *Angelic Layer*
* *Aoharu x Machinegun*
* *Battle Girl High School*
* *Btooom*
* *Chihayafuru*
* *Space Adventure Cobra*
* *Elfen Lied*
* *Shokugeki no Soma*
* *Gatchaman*
* *Haikyuu*
* *Hayate the Combat Butler*
* *Hidamari Sketch*
* *Hozuki's Coolheadedness*
* *K-ON!*
Hentai

**Hentai** is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term (変態 (listen)) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of *hentai seiyoku* (変態性欲, "sexual perversion"). In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exist in a variety of media, including artwork and video games (commonly known as *eroge*).

The development of hentai has been influenced by Japanese cultural and historical attitudes toward sexuality. Hentai works, which are often self-published, form a significant portion of the market for *doujin* works, including *doujinshi*. Numerous subgenres exist depicting a variety of sexual acts and relationships, as well as novel fetishes.
Shaft

**Shaft** (株式会社シャフト, *Kabushiki-gaisha Shafuto*) is a Japanese anime production company founded in 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao.

## History

The anime production company Shaft was founded in September of 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao a former employee of Mushi Production. In the earliest days of the company's history they mainly handled clean up work for studios like Sunrise and Tatsunoko Production. It wasn't until 1987 that the studio released its first independent production, an OVA entitled Yume kara, Samenai.

## Works

Some of the most notable anime production works include:

* *Mahoromatic*
* *Popotan*
* *Pani Poni Dash*
* *Negima!*
* *Hidamari Sketch*
* *Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei*
* *Maria Holic*
* *Dance in the Vampire Bund*
* *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*
Original Video Animation

**Original video animation** (オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション, *Orijinaru bideo animēshon*), abbreviated as **OVA** or sometimes as **OAV** (original animated video), are anime films or series made specifically only for home video format. In 2008, a new term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases that are bundled with volume releases of their source-material manga.

## History

OVAs originated during the early 1980s. VCR became a widespread fixture in Japan and the anime industry grew, creating massive demand for anime and "direct-to-video" became a necessity to keep up with the demand. Many popular series were like *Tenchi Muyo!* were released directly to video.

While originally, OVAs were released on VHS, as technology advanced, they later transitioned to other formats LaserDisc, DVD and Blu-ray.

After 2000, some shows included final episodes or side story episodes only in their home video release.

## Benefits

Releasing works directly to video has its own benefits. As time goes, Japanese laws change, making some works needing censor or alterations. A lot of series are forced to censor material while airing on television, but are able to remove the censor for home release. Some shows had suffered backlash from their fans for the censors. Other shows were completely redone, one of the most popular examples is *Hellsing* and its OVA adaptation Hellsing Ultimate. The TV series met heavy backlash and disappointment from the fans. Hellsing Ultimate allowed the producers to make more faithful adaptation of the source-material and was met with positivity among the fans.

Producers started to use OVA for pilot episodes and test the interest in audience, and many popular series had started as OVAs and later become television series or movies. Some popular series continued only as OVA, like the original *Hunter x Hunter* adaptation. Nowadays some shows receive an OVA that is bundled with new volumes of the source-material manga, often between anime seasons to keep fans interest.

## Trivia

* The longest OVA series ever made, *Legend of the Galactic Heroes*, spanned 110 main episodes and 52 gaiden episodes.
Student Council

The Student Council in Kill la Kill.

### Summary

The Student Council is often absurdly powerful and more important than the teachers.

### Popularity

A key element of multiple series that take place in school.

**Student Council** is a trope common in School genre anime. The Council is very powerful and influencial, sometimes to an extreme degree with its members literally ruling and controlling the entire school. It is almost always more important than the principal or teachers.

## History

This trope has been a part of the School anime and manga genre since its inception. The Student Council only differs in power, but is always an authoritative group.

It is present in anime such as *Tenjou Tenge* (2004) in the form of the Executive Council that gets away without consequences for doing several awful crimes and can punish other students for not following the rules.

The theme of the Council members enforcing rules and punishing students appears in series such as *Prison School* (2015).

Even in anime where school is present in the plot, but not very important, Student Council Presidents can have benefits and important roles. *Code Geass* (2006) is an example of this.

Some anime, such as *Best Student Council* (2005) or *Love, Election & Chocolate* (2012) made the Student Council the basis of the entire plot.

In *Kill la Kill* (2013) the Student Council President uses the school as a way to build an army for her cause, and in *Kakegurui* (2017) the President made the whole school her own social experiment.
P.A.Works

www.pa-works.jp/en/

**P.A.Works** ( 株式会社ピーエーワークス, *Kabushiki-gaisha Pī Ē Wākusu* (an abbreviation for short for **Progressive Animation Works**)) is a Japanese anime production company that was founded on September 2007.

## History

The company was founded by Kenji Horikawa who worked for such productions as Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G and Bee Train Production.

## Works

Some of the most notable anime production works include:

* *Canaan*
* *Angel Beats*
* *Hanasaku Iroha*
* *Tari Tari*
* *Red Data Girl*
* *Nagi no Asu Kara*
* *Glasslip*
* *Shirobako*
* *Charlotte*
* *Haruchika*
* *Kuromukuro*
* *Sakura Quest*
* *Uma Musume*
* *Sirius the Jaeger*
* *Iroduku: The World in Colors*
* *Fairy Gone*
* *A3!*
* *Appare-Ranman!*
Doujin Circle

A family, an example of a Doujin Circle, in March Comes in Like a Lion.

*Not to be confused with Doujinshi.*
**Doujin Circle** (同人) is a group of people who share a common job, are a family, share interests, hobbies, fandom, or another kind of an activity or environment.

## Origin

The term derives from the Japanese *dōjin* that can be translated as *clique*, *fandom*, *coterie*, *society*, or *circle*. That word is romanized as *doujin* and used with the word *circle*, so that it's not confused with *doujinshi*.

## Contemporary Usage

The term appears especially in anime or manga that rely on relationships between characters or Japanese-like tradion, such as Historical, Fantasy and Slice of Life works. It can be used by the otaku in the context of sharing one fandom.
Baka

Asuka is known for her iconic "Anta baka?" ("Are you stupid?") phrase.

### Description

A term that means "stupid", "fool", "idiot" frequently used by anime characters, especially female ones.

### Examples

Frequently said by:* Asuka from *Neon Genesis Evangelion*
* Killua from *Hunter x Hunter*

**Baka** (馬鹿) is a pejorative term in Japanese that means "stupid", "fool", "idiot". It's common in anime dialogue and is widely used in the otaku fandom.

## Origin

"Baka" is the most frequently used pejorative term in Japanese literature and spoken language, so it easily made its way into manga and anime. It's suspected that the word originally came from Chinese or Sanskrit.

## Contemporary Usage

Anime fans often use "baka" like their favourite characters do, as a joke to call their friend a fool or jokingly in discussions about their favourite series.

Some waifus are loved for their use of "baka", like Asuka is. Usually, they are known to be tsunderes and scold the main character (or other love interest they have) a lot. Fans like to create video compilations featuring those waifus saying "baka".

## Examples

* Asuka's "Anta baka?" used towards Shinji in *Neon Genesis Evangelion*
* Killua's "Baaaaka" in *Hunter x Hunter*

## Related Items

* Waifu
* Tsundere
Bones

**Bones** (株式会社 ボンズ, *Kabushiki-gaisha Bonzu*) is an animation studio located in Suginami, Tokyo. They're known for creating several hit anime in the early 2000's.

## History

Bones was founded by former Sunrise staff members Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Ōsaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto in October 1998. One of their first projects was collaborating with Sunrise on *Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door*, a feature film based on the *Cowboy Bebop* anime series.

In 2007 the company lost one of the 3 main co-founders Hiroshi Ōsaka to cancer. Since his passing, Makoto Watanabe and Takahiro Komori joined the board of directors.

## Works

Some of their more popular works include:

* *Angelic Layer*
* *rahxephon*
* *Wolf's Rain*
* *Scrapped Princess*
* *Full Metal Alchemist*
* *Eureka Seven*
* *Ouran High School Host Club*
* *Darker than Black*
* *Soul Eater*
* *Un-Go*
* *Space Dandy*
* *My Hero Academia*
* *Show by Rock!!*
* *Bungo Stray Dogs*
* *Mob Psycho 100*
* *Carole & Tuesday*
Aniplex

**Aniplex** (株式会社アニプレックス, *Kabushiki-gaisha Anipurekkusu*) is a Japanese anime and music production company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

## History

Before it was known as Aniplex, it was originally called Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Visual Works Inc. The studio started out as a joint-venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In January of 2001, the studio changed its name to Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Visual Works Inc. after becoming a subsidiary completely owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Sometime in April of 2003, the studio changed its name their current name Aniplex Inc.

## Works

Some of the most notable anime production and distribution the studio have been involved in include:

* *Ace Attorney*
* *Black Butler*
* *Blue Exorcist*
* *Eureka Seven*
* *D.Gray-man*
* *Darker than Black*
* *Full Metal Alchemist*
* *Kaguya-sama: Love Is War*
* *Magi-The Labyrinth Of Magic*
* *Persona -trinity soul-*
* *Persona 4 The Animation*
* *Record of Grancrest War*
* *Silver Spoon*
* *Soul Eater*
* *Space Brothers*
* *Sword Art Online*
* *Valkyria Chronicles*
Viz

**Viz** is an American manga publisher, anime distributor, and entertainment company.

## History

Viz was founded in July of 1986, originally called VIZ LLC. by Seiji Horibuchi. Sometime In 2002, Shueisha became a joint owner of Viz Media. This allowed Shogakukan and Shueishato to exclusively release their manga titles through Viz.

## Works

Some of the notable publications include:

* *InuYasha*
* *Bleach*
* *07-Ghost*
* *Act-Age*
* *Agravity Boys*
* *Bakuman*
* *Banana Fish*
* *Black Cat*
* *Black Clover*
* *Black Lagoon*
* *Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo*
* *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*
* *Boys Over Flowers*
* *Hunter x Hunter*
Destructionater

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## Channel Origins:

The channel Destructionater was not the original channel that Denver(or Destructionater) was featured in. He had an account that was his moms and it reached around

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Phantom Forces

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This is a game that has ben featured in three videos/Live Streams in his channel history. You can look at the wikipedia here for Phantom Forces. Phantom Forces is a FPS game(First person shooter game) that Destructionater says has a lot of the same game mechanics as Arsenal. His first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLO8wzkt2qo&t=64s(THE BEST FPS GAME!!!) shows that he has played before and says in one of his live streams that a subscriber wanted him to join and then he got interested in the very well crafted and popular FPS game. Here are all of the Phantom Forces videos:

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Gal

Aiura Mikoto from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is a gal.

### Description

A type of street fashion and a subculture of rebellious women who dress in flashy ways, have dyed hair, tan skin and heavy makeup.

### History

The subculture became popular around the 1990s and early 2000s. It's seen as rebellious against Japanese tradition.

### Examples

* Aiura Mikoto

**Gal** (ギャル), also known as **Gyaru**, is a woman who dresses in a specific street fashion style with flashy accessories, heavy makeup, decorated nails and has tanned skin and dyed hair. It's a term for both the style described above and the whole subculture of gals.

## Origin

The gal subculture became popular around the 1990s and early 2000s. It became a street fashion style and a subculture that rebels against society in Japan and its traditional culture.

It's something completely different than strict customs or the kawaii culture, so it's seen either as disrespectful or freeing, depending on who is judging it.

## Contemporary Usage

Gals can be more cute, with frills, laces and ribbons, but they are still different and more rebellious than kawaii girls. Curls done up into a bouffant hairstyle are popular.

Some gals are mimicking American or hip-hop fashion. Tattoos and piercings are trademarks of the mature and edgy ones.

There are locations known as meeting places for groups of gals, for example Ikebukuro in Tokyo.

There are also men in the subculture, but they are a minority. They are called *gyaruo*.

## Notable Examples

* Aiura Mikoto from *The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.*
* Kimiko from *Gintama*
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Kyoto Animation

**Kyoto Animation** (株式会社京都アニメーション, *Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Animēshon*) is a Japanese animation studio and Light Novel Publisher.

## History

In 1981 former Mushi Pro staff Yoko Hatta and Hideaki Hatta founded Kyoto Animation Hideaki was the president and Yoko was the Vice-President.

## Works

Some of the most notable anime production works include:

* *Kiddy Grade*
* *InuYasha*
* *Tenchi Universe*
* *Full Metal Panic Fumoffu*
* *Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid*
* *Air*
* *Air in Summer*
* *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*
* *Kanon*
* *Lucky Star*
* *Clannad*
* *Clannad After Story*
* *K-on*
* *Violet Evergarden*
* *Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon*