Anime: Japanese for "animation" atau "cartoons." In American fandom however, it's used to refer to any form of animasi produced in Japan. Anime comes in the form of animated TV shows atau movies, video games, and comic books.
AMV: stands for Anime Muzik Video. AMVs are video made sejak peminat-peminat that feature scenes from Anime together with audio from another sumber such as English songs, dialogue atau Muzik from another TV show, atau movie trailers. The best AMVs are praised for their good video editing techniques and cleverness in choosing the best Anime scenes to go with the chosen song atau dialogue.
Baka: Japanese for "stupid," "idiot," atau "fool." One of the most common Japanese words used sejak many American peminat-peminat to describe people who are, well, bakas!
BGM: stands for "background music." This refers to the background Muzik of an Anime TV series, video game, atau movie. They're usually fairly common and popular tracks among many Anime soundtrack CDs.
Bi-: a prefix denoting beauty. A "bishoujo" is a young and beautiful girl and a "bishonen" is an attractive and often effeminate boy.
Chibi (CB): Japanese for "small," "little," atau "young." A "chibi" style drawing of an Anime character usually depicts them as being baby-like, with smaller, chubbier bodies, larger eyes and head, and shorter arms and legs. Chibi characters are usually made to be extremely cute and endearing, and it's not uncommon for even villainous characters to be drawn as such. CB is an acronym for Child Body, and is a prefix indicating a Chibi style. Artists draw their characters like this from time to time as a sort of "self-parody" (fans Cinta them as well).
CLAMP: an extremely famous and popular all-female Manga creating team made up of Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Some of their most famous works include Magic Knight Rayearth (which was their first breakthrough hit), Cardcaptor Sakura (which became the #1 shoujo Manga series in Jepun in 1996), Clover, Angelic Layer, Chobits, and Code Geass. All of their works are focused mainly on the characters' relationships and inner conflicts, and the sheer beauty of their stories tunjuk that anda don't need tons of fighting and action to get an impacting message across.
COMIKET: A Japanese contraction of the English words comic and market. Comiket is Japan's largest biannual gathering of Manga sellers and buyers in Tokyo. Held at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, crowds of over 100,000 people will tunjuk up for the two hari event. Over 10,000 creators and publishers of doujinshi sell their wares at Comiket, but anda can also find vendors selling postcards, posters, trading cards, and other Manga and Anime related items. Game developers also have a large presence, selling the very latest in Anime computer games.
Cosplay: short for "costume play." Cosplay is the act of dressing up as an Anime character. Many peminat-peminat tend to do this at big Anime conventions such as Anime Expo.
Dandere: Dandere is mostly being confused with kuudere since they are largely similar, especially in terms of personalities. Kuudere means a cool person who still socializes on acceptable levels. Dandere means a person who barely even opens her mouth, coming off as quiet atau emotionless. However, when she is together with her lebih familiarized group of friends, she may opened up and even appear looking cute and sweet. She can really turned extraordinary cute if she stays with that perfect someone.
Doujinshi: Japanese for "fanzine." Doujinshi refers to unofficial Manga produced sejak fans. These fan-made stories can use already existing Anime and Manga characters atau original ones. They're usually distributed online, but in Japan, some of the better doujinshi is sold in stores.
Dub: refers to editing out the original dialogue of a foreign TV tunjuk atau movie and replacing it with dialogue of a different language. In the Anime world, the "dub" refers to the English language version of an anime.
Ecchi: derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "H" (from the Japanese word "hentai," which means "pervert"). It refers to Anime with an amount of sometimes humorous indecency, usually involving gratituous nudity and sexual situations.
Ending theme: also called an "ending song" atau "outro". Refers to the song sung at the end of every episode of an Anime series while the end credits role, along with a sequence of animasi that usually flows with the words of the song. Almost every Anime has an ending theme that usually changes each season atau if the anime's plot changes significantly. The ending theme is almost always followed sejak a pratonton of the anime's seterusnya episode, and is usually lebih calm, slow, and gentle than the opening theme.
Face Fault: an exaggeration of facial features meant to convey extreme shock atau surprise, often seen in anime. A flabbergasted character's mouth will open until it literally hits the floor and eyes will become larger than usual. Most often a face fault is accompanied sejak the character simply falling over from shock.
Fandub: like a fansub (see Fansub), except rather than adding subtitles, the Japanese dialogue is edited out and replaced with a fan-made English dialogue. Fandubs are much rarer than fansubs.
Fansub: refers to an Anime episode atau movie with subtitles made sejak peminat-peminat themselves and not sejak official companies. They are distributed among the Anime market mostly via the Internet. They are very popular among Anime peminat-peminat because many fansubs are made for episodes atau Filem of Anime that hasn't yet been officially released and dubbed/subtitled sejak American companies. Depending on who anda ask, they could be considered somewhat illegal, but so far they're generally tolerated since most fansubbers create fansubs purely out of passion and not to make a profit. Also, fansubs help promote the Anime market and they open opportunities for American companies to acquire the rights to Anime shows that are currently popular fansubs.
Fan fic: short for "fan fiction". Refers to original stories written sejak peminat-peminat using already existing anime/manga characters and plot lines.
Fan art: art made sejak peminat-peminat depicting characters from an Anime atau manga.
Fan service: usually used to refer to scenes in Anime that don't have much purpose but are there mainly to please any adolescent male viewers. Such scenes include a female character taking a pancuran, pancuran mandian atau bath, having her panties show, etc. On a lebih positive note, peminat service could also refer to anything shown in an Anime that is unrelated to the story but is pleasing to the fans, such as cute animals, flashy outfits, atau cool action scenes.
Filler: refers to an episode of an Anime series that does not occur in the series' original Manga (and thus, not created sejak the original author). The purpose of filler episodes is to give the Manga time to catch up with the Anime atau to make the Anime last longer than the manga. Since the stories of filler episodes are not made sejak the series' original creator, they usually involve events in which nothing extremely significant is done atau accomplished that affects the actual main storyline. Instead, these episodes usually focus lebih on character development, atau they could just be randomly funny atau cute episodes in an otherwise serious atau action-packed Anime series.
Graphic novel: a book made up of chapters from a Manga series. They're usually around 150 to 200 pages long. Most Manga is originally sold in a series of chapters in weekly magazines. About 10 of these chapters make up a graphic novel. The Japanese word for graphic novel is "tankouban" (see Tankouban).
Hentai: Japanese for "pervert." Hentai is an actual genre of Anime that includes major nudity and sexual situations.
Hiragana: Japanese characters/letters used for words of Japanese origin only atau words without a based Chinese kanji reading. Japanese grammar particles and certain Japanese names are also written in hiragana.
Image song: a song from an Anime sung sejak one of its characters usually about his/her thoughts and feelings. These songs are usually only heard on the anime's soundtrack CDs and are always sung sejak the actual voice actor/actress of the character.
J-pop and J-rock: refers to Japanese popular atau rock music, similar to English pop and rock but with its own unique sound. A lot of Anime use existing songs sejak Japanese artists and almost all of them have at least one available soundtrack CD (usually the longer and lebih popular an Anime is, the lebih soundtracks it gets).
Josei - Manga that target lebih mature women. It is the female equivalent to Seinen manga. Unlike shoujo manga, the romance is lebih realistic and less idealized. The storytelling is lebih explicit and mature.
Kanji: Japanese characters/letters based directly on Chinese writing. Each kanji usually has a specific meaning and several readings.
Katakana: Japanese characters/letters used to write words of a foreign origin. Fantasy-based words, sound effects, and some characters' names are written in katakana.
Kawaii: Japanese for "cute." A very popular word used among American Anime peminat-peminat used to describe things that are, well, cute.
Kun: An honorific used for addressing atau referring to children and teenagers, particularly males, atau in an adult setting, used to address an inferior. In anime, anda see this term used lebih and lebih to address females, especially ones who tend to act rather "masculine".
Kuudere: Applies to girl who are, well, cool, and eventually proceeds to lebih of the “dere” side whenever she is with the right person. Kuudere can be expressive, though barely. Basically, kuuderes are mostly cool and collected. Their direct interactions are another trait of this archetype.
Manga: Japanese for "comics". In American fandom it's used to refer to Japanese comics specifically. Unlike American comics which are basically limited to the superhero and comedy genres, the Manga industry is enormous in Jepun and Manga encompasses an extremely wide range of genres and tastes. Most Anime TV shows have a Manga series that they're based on.
Mangaka: Japanese for comic book artist, ocassionally used with the same meaning sejak englisg-speaking fans.
Nani: Japanese word for what? It's usually expressed sejak characters when they don't understand something atau are suprised sejak what they heard.
Mecha: a genre of anime/manga that involves giant, often anthropomorphic robots that are usually piloted sejak humans. Examples of mecha Anime include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam Series, and Code Geass.
Moe: A fairly baru-baru ini but increasingly popular type of Anime character and also a genre. Moe refers to the archetype of cute, warm, innocent, and often times under-age girls in Anime that evoke some passion atau arousal from male viewers. The stereotypical moe character is a cute, polite, naive, submissive, and vulnerable young girl who makes others want to protect her.
OAV atau OVA: stands for Original animasi Video atau Original Video Animation. OAVs are usually a series of Anime episodes made exclusively for utama video release and not for TV atau cinema. OAV's usually have longer and better episodes (since they don't have to worry about TV censorship) and better animation. An OAV could be based on an already existing Anime TV series atau it could be a totally original story.
Opening theme: also called an "opening song"or "intro". Refers to the song sung at the start of every episode of an Anime series while the beginning credits role, much like the "theme songs" of many American TV shows. However, the songs of Anime opening themes are usually much lebih symbolic and they're made to flow specifically with the animasi being shown. Almost every Anime has an opening theme that usually changes each season atau if the anime's plot changes significantly. The opening theme is usually lebih fast-paced, exciting, and enticing than the ending theme.
OST: stands for Original Sound Track. An OST is a Muzik CD including all of the major background Muzik and songs from a telah diberi Anime series.
Otaku: a derogatory Japanese word used to refer to anyone who's totally obsessed with any one thing. In American Anime fandom however, it's less derogatory and is used to refer to someone who's obsessed with Anime and manga.
Sama: The very formal honorific used when talking to atau about someone who is much older and wiser, atau someone whom anda admire to the point of near worship. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to men atau women. Used primarily to tunjuk great respect to an individual, as in "Miyazaki-sama is a distinguished artist."
San: The formal, polite honorific one uses when talking to atau about someone of equal social status. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to adult men atau women.
Scanlation: Like a fansub, except for Manga instead of anime. A scanlation of a Manga is when the original Japanese Penulisan is edited out and replaced with a fan's translation.
Seinen - Manga that is meant for a lebih mature male audience. It is the male equivalent of Josei manga. Seinen titles are typically darker and lebih somber than their Shonen counterparts.
Seiyuu: Japanese for "voice actor/actess." American Anime peminat-peminat use it to refer to the Japanese people who do the voices for Anime characters. Like the Anime shows themselves, seiyuus have their own peminat following too.
Senpai: An honorific used sejak a young person when talking to atau about a benefactor atau senior in a social organization. The usage of this honorific is encountered time and again in anime, mostly when students are talking to atau about their senior classmates. Used as a noun, it would just mean, "our seniors", atau "our upperclassmen".
Side story: a story set in the same world as an already existing anime/manga but focusing on different subjects, such as minor characters, new characters, atau subtle plots that aren't really talked about in the actual series.
Shoujo: Japanese for "girl" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shoujo anime/manga usually have a target audience of young girls and involve a lot of emotional female characters and effeminate, attractive male characters. They're drawn in a pretty, flowery, romantic style and the plots are mainly focused on character relationships and interpersonal conflicts. Examples of shoujo anime/manga include Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Ouran High School Host Club, and Fruits Basket.
Shounen: Japanese for "boy" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shounen anime/manga usually have a target audience of young boys and involve mostly fiery male characters (who usually have super powers of some kind) and evil, villainous characters (many of which eventually become good guys). They're drawn in a sharp, hard-core style and are mainly focused on fast-paced but often complex plot lines, with a lot of fighting and action scenes. Examples of shounen anime/manga include Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto.
Sub: short for "subtitled." Refers to the Anime in the original Japanese dialogue with subtitles in another language (usually English).
Tankouban: Japanese word for a volume atau graphic novel of a Manga series (see Graphic Novel).
Tsundere: is a Japanese concept of a character archetype which describes a person with a conceited, irritable, and/or violent personality that suddenly becomes modest and loving when triggered sejak some sort of cause (such as being alone with someone). It can also describe a contradictory personality which is good-willed on the inside, but with a harsh attitude on the outside.
Yandere: Japanese term for a personality that is initially extremely loving and gentle, then at one point becomes deranged atau psychotic, often brutally so. anda can cosider it the opsite of tsundere.
Yaoi: an anime/manga story in which the plot is centered around a romance relationship between two male characters, usually at least one of them being very effeminate.Yaoi is mostly seen in the world of Anime peminat art and peminat fics, in which the peminat-peminat (usually girls) take the male characters of a particular anime/manga series and put them in gay relationships. Yaoi relationships are also referred to as "shounen-ai," meaning "boy's love."
Yuri: the same as Yaoi (see Yaoi above), but with the romance relationship being between two female characters. Yuri relationships are also referred to as "shoujo-ai," meaning "girl's love."
AMV: stands for Anime Muzik Video. AMVs are video made sejak peminat-peminat that feature scenes from Anime together with audio from another sumber such as English songs, dialogue atau Muzik from another TV show, atau movie trailers. The best AMVs are praised for their good video editing techniques and cleverness in choosing the best Anime scenes to go with the chosen song atau dialogue.
Baka: Japanese for "stupid," "idiot," atau "fool." One of the most common Japanese words used sejak many American peminat-peminat to describe people who are, well, bakas!
BGM: stands for "background music." This refers to the background Muzik of an Anime TV series, video game, atau movie. They're usually fairly common and popular tracks among many Anime soundtrack CDs.
Bi-: a prefix denoting beauty. A "bishoujo" is a young and beautiful girl and a "bishonen" is an attractive and often effeminate boy.
Chibi (CB): Japanese for "small," "little," atau "young." A "chibi" style drawing of an Anime character usually depicts them as being baby-like, with smaller, chubbier bodies, larger eyes and head, and shorter arms and legs. Chibi characters are usually made to be extremely cute and endearing, and it's not uncommon for even villainous characters to be drawn as such. CB is an acronym for Child Body, and is a prefix indicating a Chibi style. Artists draw their characters like this from time to time as a sort of "self-parody" (fans Cinta them as well).
CLAMP: an extremely famous and popular all-female Manga creating team made up of Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Some of their most famous works include Magic Knight Rayearth (which was their first breakthrough hit), Cardcaptor Sakura (which became the #1 shoujo Manga series in Jepun in 1996), Clover, Angelic Layer, Chobits, and Code Geass. All of their works are focused mainly on the characters' relationships and inner conflicts, and the sheer beauty of their stories tunjuk that anda don't need tons of fighting and action to get an impacting message across.
COMIKET: A Japanese contraction of the English words comic and market. Comiket is Japan's largest biannual gathering of Manga sellers and buyers in Tokyo. Held at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, crowds of over 100,000 people will tunjuk up for the two hari event. Over 10,000 creators and publishers of doujinshi sell their wares at Comiket, but anda can also find vendors selling postcards, posters, trading cards, and other Manga and Anime related items. Game developers also have a large presence, selling the very latest in Anime computer games.
Cosplay: short for "costume play." Cosplay is the act of dressing up as an Anime character. Many peminat-peminat tend to do this at big Anime conventions such as Anime Expo.
Dandere: Dandere is mostly being confused with kuudere since they are largely similar, especially in terms of personalities. Kuudere means a cool person who still socializes on acceptable levels. Dandere means a person who barely even opens her mouth, coming off as quiet atau emotionless. However, when she is together with her lebih familiarized group of friends, she may opened up and even appear looking cute and sweet. She can really turned extraordinary cute if she stays with that perfect someone.
Doujinshi: Japanese for "fanzine." Doujinshi refers to unofficial Manga produced sejak fans. These fan-made stories can use already existing Anime and Manga characters atau original ones. They're usually distributed online, but in Japan, some of the better doujinshi is sold in stores.
Dub: refers to editing out the original dialogue of a foreign TV tunjuk atau movie and replacing it with dialogue of a different language. In the Anime world, the "dub" refers to the English language version of an anime.
Ecchi: derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "H" (from the Japanese word "hentai," which means "pervert"). It refers to Anime with an amount of sometimes humorous indecency, usually involving gratituous nudity and sexual situations.
Ending theme: also called an "ending song" atau "outro". Refers to the song sung at the end of every episode of an Anime series while the end credits role, along with a sequence of animasi that usually flows with the words of the song. Almost every Anime has an ending theme that usually changes each season atau if the anime's plot changes significantly. The ending theme is almost always followed sejak a pratonton of the anime's seterusnya episode, and is usually lebih calm, slow, and gentle than the opening theme.
Face Fault: an exaggeration of facial features meant to convey extreme shock atau surprise, often seen in anime. A flabbergasted character's mouth will open until it literally hits the floor and eyes will become larger than usual. Most often a face fault is accompanied sejak the character simply falling over from shock.
Fandub: like a fansub (see Fansub), except rather than adding subtitles, the Japanese dialogue is edited out and replaced with a fan-made English dialogue. Fandubs are much rarer than fansubs.
Fansub: refers to an Anime episode atau movie with subtitles made sejak peminat-peminat themselves and not sejak official companies. They are distributed among the Anime market mostly via the Internet. They are very popular among Anime peminat-peminat because many fansubs are made for episodes atau Filem of Anime that hasn't yet been officially released and dubbed/subtitled sejak American companies. Depending on who anda ask, they could be considered somewhat illegal, but so far they're generally tolerated since most fansubbers create fansubs purely out of passion and not to make a profit. Also, fansubs help promote the Anime market and they open opportunities for American companies to acquire the rights to Anime shows that are currently popular fansubs.
Fan fic: short for "fan fiction". Refers to original stories written sejak peminat-peminat using already existing anime/manga characters and plot lines.
Fan art: art made sejak peminat-peminat depicting characters from an Anime atau manga.
Fan service: usually used to refer to scenes in Anime that don't have much purpose but are there mainly to please any adolescent male viewers. Such scenes include a female character taking a pancuran, pancuran mandian atau bath, having her panties show, etc. On a lebih positive note, peminat service could also refer to anything shown in an Anime that is unrelated to the story but is pleasing to the fans, such as cute animals, flashy outfits, atau cool action scenes.
Filler: refers to an episode of an Anime series that does not occur in the series' original Manga (and thus, not created sejak the original author). The purpose of filler episodes is to give the Manga time to catch up with the Anime atau to make the Anime last longer than the manga. Since the stories of filler episodes are not made sejak the series' original creator, they usually involve events in which nothing extremely significant is done atau accomplished that affects the actual main storyline. Instead, these episodes usually focus lebih on character development, atau they could just be randomly funny atau cute episodes in an otherwise serious atau action-packed Anime series.
Graphic novel: a book made up of chapters from a Manga series. They're usually around 150 to 200 pages long. Most Manga is originally sold in a series of chapters in weekly magazines. About 10 of these chapters make up a graphic novel. The Japanese word for graphic novel is "tankouban" (see Tankouban).
Hentai: Japanese for "pervert." Hentai is an actual genre of Anime that includes major nudity and sexual situations.
Hiragana: Japanese characters/letters used for words of Japanese origin only atau words without a based Chinese kanji reading. Japanese grammar particles and certain Japanese names are also written in hiragana.
Image song: a song from an Anime sung sejak one of its characters usually about his/her thoughts and feelings. These songs are usually only heard on the anime's soundtrack CDs and are always sung sejak the actual voice actor/actress of the character.
J-pop and J-rock: refers to Japanese popular atau rock music, similar to English pop and rock but with its own unique sound. A lot of Anime use existing songs sejak Japanese artists and almost all of them have at least one available soundtrack CD (usually the longer and lebih popular an Anime is, the lebih soundtracks it gets).
Josei - Manga that target lebih mature women. It is the female equivalent to Seinen manga. Unlike shoujo manga, the romance is lebih realistic and less idealized. The storytelling is lebih explicit and mature.
Kanji: Japanese characters/letters based directly on Chinese writing. Each kanji usually has a specific meaning and several readings.
Katakana: Japanese characters/letters used to write words of a foreign origin. Fantasy-based words, sound effects, and some characters' names are written in katakana.
Kawaii: Japanese for "cute." A very popular word used among American Anime peminat-peminat used to describe things that are, well, cute.
Kun: An honorific used for addressing atau referring to children and teenagers, particularly males, atau in an adult setting, used to address an inferior. In anime, anda see this term used lebih and lebih to address females, especially ones who tend to act rather "masculine".
Kuudere: Applies to girl who are, well, cool, and eventually proceeds to lebih of the “dere” side whenever she is with the right person. Kuudere can be expressive, though barely. Basically, kuuderes are mostly cool and collected. Their direct interactions are another trait of this archetype.
Manga: Japanese for "comics". In American fandom it's used to refer to Japanese comics specifically. Unlike American comics which are basically limited to the superhero and comedy genres, the Manga industry is enormous in Jepun and Manga encompasses an extremely wide range of genres and tastes. Most Anime TV shows have a Manga series that they're based on.
Mangaka: Japanese for comic book artist, ocassionally used with the same meaning sejak englisg-speaking fans.
Nani: Japanese word for what? It's usually expressed sejak characters when they don't understand something atau are suprised sejak what they heard.
Mecha: a genre of anime/manga that involves giant, often anthropomorphic robots that are usually piloted sejak humans. Examples of mecha Anime include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam Series, and Code Geass.
Moe: A fairly baru-baru ini but increasingly popular type of Anime character and also a genre. Moe refers to the archetype of cute, warm, innocent, and often times under-age girls in Anime that evoke some passion atau arousal from male viewers. The stereotypical moe character is a cute, polite, naive, submissive, and vulnerable young girl who makes others want to protect her.
OAV atau OVA: stands for Original animasi Video atau Original Video Animation. OAVs are usually a series of Anime episodes made exclusively for utama video release and not for TV atau cinema. OAV's usually have longer and better episodes (since they don't have to worry about TV censorship) and better animation. An OAV could be based on an already existing Anime TV series atau it could be a totally original story.
Opening theme: also called an "opening song"or "intro". Refers to the song sung at the start of every episode of an Anime series while the beginning credits role, much like the "theme songs" of many American TV shows. However, the songs of Anime opening themes are usually much lebih symbolic and they're made to flow specifically with the animasi being shown. Almost every Anime has an opening theme that usually changes each season atau if the anime's plot changes significantly. The opening theme is usually lebih fast-paced, exciting, and enticing than the ending theme.
OST: stands for Original Sound Track. An OST is a Muzik CD including all of the major background Muzik and songs from a telah diberi Anime series.
Otaku: a derogatory Japanese word used to refer to anyone who's totally obsessed with any one thing. In American Anime fandom however, it's less derogatory and is used to refer to someone who's obsessed with Anime and manga.
Sama: The very formal honorific used when talking to atau about someone who is much older and wiser, atau someone whom anda admire to the point of near worship. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to men atau women. Used primarily to tunjuk great respect to an individual, as in "Miyazaki-sama is a distinguished artist."
San: The formal, polite honorific one uses when talking to atau about someone of equal social status. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to adult men atau women.
Scanlation: Like a fansub, except for Manga instead of anime. A scanlation of a Manga is when the original Japanese Penulisan is edited out and replaced with a fan's translation.
Seinen - Manga that is meant for a lebih mature male audience. It is the male equivalent of Josei manga. Seinen titles are typically darker and lebih somber than their Shonen counterparts.
Seiyuu: Japanese for "voice actor/actess." American Anime peminat-peminat use it to refer to the Japanese people who do the voices for Anime characters. Like the Anime shows themselves, seiyuus have their own peminat following too.
Senpai: An honorific used sejak a young person when talking to atau about a benefactor atau senior in a social organization. The usage of this honorific is encountered time and again in anime, mostly when students are talking to atau about their senior classmates. Used as a noun, it would just mean, "our seniors", atau "our upperclassmen".
Side story: a story set in the same world as an already existing anime/manga but focusing on different subjects, such as minor characters, new characters, atau subtle plots that aren't really talked about in the actual series.
Shoujo: Japanese for "girl" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shoujo anime/manga usually have a target audience of young girls and involve a lot of emotional female characters and effeminate, attractive male characters. They're drawn in a pretty, flowery, romantic style and the plots are mainly focused on character relationships and interpersonal conflicts. Examples of shoujo anime/manga include Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Ouran High School Host Club, and Fruits Basket.
Shounen: Japanese for "boy" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shounen anime/manga usually have a target audience of young boys and involve mostly fiery male characters (who usually have super powers of some kind) and evil, villainous characters (many of which eventually become good guys). They're drawn in a sharp, hard-core style and are mainly focused on fast-paced but often complex plot lines, with a lot of fighting and action scenes. Examples of shounen anime/manga include Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto.
Sub: short for "subtitled." Refers to the Anime in the original Japanese dialogue with subtitles in another language (usually English).
Tankouban: Japanese word for a volume atau graphic novel of a Manga series (see Graphic Novel).
Tsundere: is a Japanese concept of a character archetype which describes a person with a conceited, irritable, and/or violent personality that suddenly becomes modest and loving when triggered sejak some sort of cause (such as being alone with someone). It can also describe a contradictory personality which is good-willed on the inside, but with a harsh attitude on the outside.
Yandere: Japanese term for a personality that is initially extremely loving and gentle, then at one point becomes deranged atau psychotic, often brutally so. anda can cosider it the opsite of tsundere.
Yaoi: an anime/manga story in which the plot is centered around a romance relationship between two male characters, usually at least one of them being very effeminate.Yaoi is mostly seen in the world of Anime peminat art and peminat fics, in which the peminat-peminat (usually girls) take the male characters of a particular anime/manga series and put them in gay relationships. Yaoi relationships are also referred to as "shounen-ai," meaning "boy's love."
Yuri: the same as Yaoi (see Yaoi above), but with the romance relationship being between two female characters. Yuri relationships are also referred to as "shoujo-ai," meaning "girl's love."
