Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos Concepts

Beings from another planet.

Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service.

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.

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".

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.

The game played in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise

Eyecatches are short scenes or illustrations used to begin and end a commercial break in anime.

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.

A concept where characters have their mind transferred into someone else's body.

Just your average person!

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.

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.

Telling someone you love them. It usually takes a lot of courage to say it.

Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect.

Parody is a style of work that closely resembles or mocks preexisting material or genres for comedic effect.

A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing.

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.

The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures.

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.

Virtual reality is a realistic simulation of an environment, including 3-D graphics, by a computer system using interactive software and hardware.

A genre of anime/manga featuring girl-on-girl relationships. Although the genre originated in female-targeted works, today it is featured in many male-targeted works as well.

Literally meaning "Absolute Territory", zettai ryouiki is the area of uncovered thigh between the skirt and the knee sock.