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Bathing Scene
Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service. |
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Blu-ray Release
Anime episodes or movies released on Blu-ray should be linked to this page. |
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Bunny Girl
The Bunny Girl is a fetish outfit made popular by the Playboy company though the meaning is different in Japan. A popular outfit in cosplay. |
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Convenient Censorship
Convenient Censorship such as steam, hair and beams of light are often used in anime and manga to show naked characters while obscuring their "naughty bits". |
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Crying
What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy. |
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Dismemberment
The loss of limbs and body parts is a common concept in many of the more violent Japanese manga and anime. |
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Dragons
A legendary creature that is typically reptilian, that can fly and can breathe fire and sometimes ice. |
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DVD Release
Anime episodes and movies released on DVD should be linked to this page. |
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Evil
The philosophical idea of the opposition of good. Some believe it is the opposite of good while others consider it a misguided attempt of good. |
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Fan Service
Fan Service is often a sexually provocative moment or pose that takes place in manga and anime. It usually has no real purpose to a story, and serves as a lurid visual. |
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Flashback
Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback. |
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God
A God can be a guardian or a ruler with nearly unlimited powers or sense of consciousness. Most of them are creators or controlers of a sertain element or concept, but there are also gods who are destroyers wile some can be both. |
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Harem
The term "harem" is frequently used to describe manga and anime series that feature one man surrounded by a variety of female romantic candidates. |
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Humans
Just your average person! |
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Kissing
Kissing is the act of pressing your lips to the body of another person. This can be on the cheeks, head, hand, but more commonly to another person's lips. |
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Magic
Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws. |
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Maids & Butlers
Maids and Butlers are highly popular within anime and manga. They can simply be a job, or they can be a lifestyle for loyal servants to a master or mistress. Identified by a particular uniform. Also popular in cosplay. |
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Major death
Death of a major character. |
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Manga Iconography
Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect. |
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Modesty Towel
A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing. |
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Naked Apron
The Naked Apron is a fetish cosplay. The wearer will either be in underwear or naked with an apron covering their front. |
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Ninjas
A ninja is a (typically Japanese) warrior, trained in martial arts fighting styles, and whom typically specializes in stealthy tactics and unorthodox arts of war. |
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Panty Shot
Gratuitous exposure of a character's panties, possibly the biggest fan service concept in anime and manga. |
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Pop Idol
Pop Idols in Japan are classically females in their teens to early twenties. Not only are they singers, but they can also be models and general media personalities. |
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Regeneration
The ability to repair or heal oneself, particularly at an accelerated or unusual rate. |
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Robot Girl
Mechanical or electronic automatons that have identifiable female characteristics. They may or may not behave with human-like emotion. |
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Sea Monster
A creature/monster that lives in the sea or ocean. |
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Shrine Maiden
A Shrine Maiden is a female caretaker of the Shinto shrines of Japan, and they are connected to the oracles from kami. Considered to be a medium/prophet between earth and the spirit realm. Traditionally wearing a white kimono and red hakama. |
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Simulcast
The term generally used when anime is broadcast--usually online--in countries outside of Japan around the same time as it airs in Japan, usually within one week or even within 24 hours. |
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Students
A Student is one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university. A popular theme among many manga and animes. |
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Unreal Hair/Eye Color
A popular design choice for characters in anime is to give them natural hair and/or eye colors that do not occur in real nature. |
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Zettai Ryouiki
Literally meaning "Absolute Territory", zettai ryouiki is the area of uncovered thigh between the skirt and the knee sock. |