Waiting in the Summer Concepts

Beings from another planet.

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

What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts?

Anime episodes or movies released on Blu-ray should be linked to this page.

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".

What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy.

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.

Someone who loves to consume alcohol, and typically overdoes it.

Anime episodes and movies released on DVD should be linked to this page.

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.

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.

The act of someone giving or receiving their first kiss, or a particular couple kissing for the first time.

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.

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.

The food of Japan in its many flavors, from its own traditional cuisine (such as sushi) to its adaptations of other nations' foods (be cautious eating American-style Japanese pizza).

A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival).

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.

Someone > Someone > Someone

A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing.

The Naked Apron is a fetish cosplay. The wearer will either be in underwear or naked with an apron covering their front.

AI for spaceships in the Onegai Teacher and Ano Natsu de Matteru franchise.

In addition to being just weather, the rain can symbolize many things. It can represent life, foreshadowing, sadness, and many things.

A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing.

When one character has trouble expressing themselves and is very reserved. Usually used in Anime as an endearing quality.

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.

A thin type of clothing which clings to the skin and shows off every curve and crevice of the body's natural form.

A Student is one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university. A popular theme among many manga and animes.

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.

A Olympic team sport played on a beach or indoor court in which two teams of six players are separated by a net and each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court.