Josei
: 女性 【じょせい】
(n.) woman.
Demographic indicator for anime and manga aimed at women. One of the rarest forms of anime, a significant proportion of josei anime/manga appears to fall under the category of "yaoi." Although there are some housewife/family/young mother stories in manga format in Japan, non-yaoi josei is relatively underpublicized in the West. Popular examples of non-yaoi josei include Paradise Kiss and Honey and Clover.
See also: shōjo, shōnen, seinen
Demographic indicator for anime and manga aimed at women. One of the rarest forms of anime, a significant proportion of josei anime/manga appears to fall under the category of "yaoi." Although there are some housewife/family/young mother stories in manga format in Japan, non-yaoi josei is relatively underpublicized in the West. Popular examples of non-yaoi josei include Paradise Kiss and Honey and Clover.
See also: shōjo, shōnen, seinen
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Answerman - Why Are Teen Sex Comedies Only Acceptable When They're Live Action?
anime
Some folks find lurid anime sex comedies featuring teenagers like High School DxD deeply offensive, but won't bat an eye at an American live-action sex comedy set in high school. What gives? Justin gets into it.
― Dave asked: Recently an anime company was on facebook promoting an upcoming release of a fanservice heavy show set at a Highschool. The comment section got pretty toxic pretty quickly with...
Shelf Life - No Game, No Life Zero
anime
Paul takes a look at this prequel film that might be better than its source series, along with a breakdown of all this week's new anime releases!
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Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2 BD+DVD
anime
Beautiful visuals and heartening character work butt up against cheesy dialogue and rushed plotting in the conclusion to ufotable's ambitious JRPG adaptation.
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The Mike Toole Show - Canada's Anime Legacy
anime
Mike embarks on a voyage to the Great White North to discover Canada's history of English anime dubs both great and terrible!
― One of the best things about anime being a fairly hot ticket in global entertainment is the multitude of ways it just suddenly shows up, be it in theaters, on TV, or online. Once upon a time, you could keep track of pretty much everything that was being aired and screened in...
Defeating the Demon Lord's a Cinch (If You've Got a Ringer) Novel 1
novels
We get stories about hapless teens getting spirited away to another world all the time, but what do the native citizens of those fantasy kingdoms think of these interlopers? This quirky light novel series offers their perspective.
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The List - 7 Notorious Animation Meltdowns
anime
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Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter GN 1
manga
When a traffic accident lands an office worker in the body of an otome game villainess, is there anything she can do to change her fate? Rebecca Silverman finds out.
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Manga Answerman - Why is Summer the Season for Spooky Stories in Manga?
manga
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― Why is Summer considered the season for spooky stories in manga, not Autumn / October like it is in North America? Much as Halloween at the end of October is the holiday that anchors the season for spooks and ghouls in North Amer...
ANNCast Live at Otakon 2018
just for fun
ANNCast is back with the audio from our panel at Otakon 2018, featuring special guest Mike Toole! Zac and Mike take a quick tour of 20 years of ANN history, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
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Interview: SSSS.GRIDMAN with TRIGGER's Masaru Sakamoto and Masato Takeuchi
anime
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Interview: revisions Producer Kazuya Ide
anime
Kazuya Ide, producer for visual effects and animation studio Shirogumi Inc, chats about revisions, his new CG anime from the director of Code Geass, what it takes to put together a CG anime, and the future of animation in Japan.
― Kazuya Ide is a producer for Shirogumi Inc., a visual effects and animation studio in Japan with a decades-long legacy - you've likely seen their work in Shin Godzilla (or ...
Tokyo Alice GN 1
manga
Romance and leisure butt heads for the heroine of this grounded and relatable dramedy for adult women. Rebecca Silverman has the details.
― At first blush, Tokyo Alice looks like a manga version of the stereotype that women just love to shop more than anything else in the world. And that is part of what's going on here – Fu Arisugawa is a shopaholic, specifically addicted to brand names and expensive...