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Anime Anatomy
A type of censorship used in non-pornographic anime and manga. Instead of pixelating or covering nipples or genitals, they're simply not drawn. |
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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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Big Boobs
What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts? |
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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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Breast Envy
Commonly seen in anime and manga, less-developed girls are often envious of those with larger breasts. |
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Caught in a Lewd Position
In anime and real life, people barge in and see a person and another person in a compromising position, intentionally or accidentally. |
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Chibi
Chibi means to be small in stature. In anime/manga the term is used for a character that is small in appearance and exaggerated features. |
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Christmas
Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated on December the 25th where people often exchange presents. |
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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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Cooking
Someone or something to do with cooking. |
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Cosplay
The practice of dressing like characters from anime, manga, video games, and even novels, TV shows, celebrities, etc. |
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Crude Humor
A style of comedy that takes a crass and politically incorrect approach to topics considered to be taboo, indecent, or impolite such as sex, violence, bodily functions, pedophilia, race, death, gender, sexual orientation and things that would generally be considered offensive if made light of. |
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Date
Going on a date with... |
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Dreams & Nightmares
The imaginary events that goes on in your head when you are asleep. In some anime's they can bring important messages or to haunt a person. |
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Drunk
Someone who loves to consume alcohol, and typically overdoes it. |
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DVD Release
Anime episodes and movies released on DVD should be linked to this page. |
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Ecchi
Ecchi is a Japanese term meaning sexy or erotic, anything that evolves sexy characters. Derived from the word "Hentai" but their meanings are completely different. Ecchi walks that line between sexy, but never crosses it into full graphic nudity or sex. |
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Energy Blast
A character can harness their power and shoot energy-based projectiles from their body. |
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Espionage
This is the act of secretly watching a person or group to gather information, often for political purposes. Spies typically disguise themselves so that they might sneak around. Espionage is also frequently tied to assassination plots. |
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Eyecatch
Eyecatches are short scenes or illustrations used to begin and end a commercial break in anime. |
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Face Between Breasts
When a character has had their face put in the middle of a girls breasts. Though most of the time it may be on accident. Other times it shows sexual relationship between a man and a woman. |
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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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Gratuitous Changing Scene
Scenes of characters changing clothes shown in part or entirely for the purpose of fan service. |
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Humans
Just your average person! |
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Japanese Festival
Japanese Festivals are referred to in Japan as 'Matsuri'. Festivals can be local affairs or even nationwide holidays. In many ways similar to Fairs in the US. |
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Japanese Honorifics
Japanese Honorifics are best described as a sign of respect and endearment. Politeness is an important part of Japanese culture and language. |
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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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Lecher
Characters who exercise their strong libidinous desires in unwholesome ways, such as peeping on the objects of their desire, making inappropriate comments, stealing underwear etc. Though typically middle-aged or elderly men with a penchant for young girls, there are probably a few dirty old women out there. |
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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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Nosebleed
Bleeding from the nose, in manga/anime it mostly used as a sight gag that happens when a character is thinking or witnessing something perverted. |
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Omorashi
A Japanese term meaning "to wet oneself." It refers to the fetish where one experiences sexual arousal from someone having a full bladder and/or wetting themselves. The fetish is prominently featured in erotic manga and anime, and commonly associated with young moe characters. |
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Otaku
In Japanese, otaku means people who are obsessed over something. Usually, it is in reference to anime, manga, and video games. In the western world, the word is frequently designated to a fan of anime, manga, video games and/or Japanese culture. |
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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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Parody
Parody is a style of work that closely resembles or mocks preexisting material or genres for comedic effect. |
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Physical Exam
Physical health examinations that often take place at schools in anime and manga. Typically focusing on girls having their bust size measured, such scenes often serve as a form of fan service. |
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Rain
In addition to being just weather, the rain can symbolize many things. It can represent life, foreshadowing, sadness, and many things. |
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Revealing Attire
A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing. |
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Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry is a type of competition or animosity among brothers and sisters, blood-related or not. |
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Skinship Grope
In anime and manga, girls sometimes admire each other's assets, to the point of groping either with or without permission. This concept applies to any part of the body and either gender, but it's usually all about boobs. |
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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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Teachers
A Teacher is a type of person who is in charge of educating others in some form of higher learning or skill. The Japanese title is "Sensei". |
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Thanks for the Mammary
A guy may have the best of intentions, but sometimes he may accidentally grab a boob. These things happen. |
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Tricky
Coined by Tom Pinchuk, tricky refers to content that sexualizes minors or characters with the appearance of minors. Generally, these characters have a physical appearance that puts them noticeably under the legal age of consent (17) in the United States. |
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Wardrobe Malfunction
Those moments when clothing slips or falls off, revealing a little too much. During fights, this is usually considered "clothing damage" rather than a wardrobe malfunction. |
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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. |