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Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga are adapted into television shows and films and some of the well-known animation studios are founded by manga artists.
A dakimakura (抱き枕; from daki 抱き "embrace" and makura 枕 "pillow") is a type of large pillow from Japan which is usually coupled with pillow covers depicting anime characters. [1] The word is often translated to English as body pillow, waifu pillow, or husbando pillow.
Hidamari Sketch (Japanese: ひだまりスケッチ, Hepburn: Hidamari Suketchi, lit. "Sunny Sketch") is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Ume Aoki.It follows a group of young female art students, and following their daily lives as close friends and neighbors at the nearby Hidamari Apartments.
The concept originated in a sketch created in December 2000 by Japanese doujinshi artist Raita Honjou (credited in Thanks as RAITA). [12] [13] From January 2007, the sketch was discussed extensively on the 4chan image board, and a development group was assembled from users of 4chan and other internet communities, who are of various nationalities; not necessarily Japanese. [14]
The Hidamari Sketch anime television series is based on the four panel manga of the same name written and illustrated by Ume Aoki. Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Ryōki Kamitsubo and produced by the animation studio Shaft , [ 1 ] 12 episodes aired in Japan between January and March 2007; two additional special episodes aired back-to-back in ...
Animegao kigurumi is a type of masked cosplay that has its origins in the official stage shows of various Japanese anime but has also been adapted by hobbyists. In Japan , most performers refer to this kind of cosplay as 'kigurumi' ( 着ぐるみ ) instead of 'animegao' (アニメ顔, meaning "anime face"), which has been used overseas in order ...
Gokicha (Japanese: ごきチャ, lit."Cockroach Girls") is a 4-panel manga series created by Rui Tamachi revolving around anthropomorphised cockroaches.The manga originally existed as self-published doujin works, first released at Comiket in 2009, before beginning serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine from March 2011 to August 2016.
Arjuna (地球少女アルジュナ, Chikyū Shōjo Arujuna, lit."Earth Maiden Arjuna") is a Japanese anime television series created by Shoji Kawamori.The series follows Juna Ariyoshi, a high school girl chosen to be the "Avatar of Time" and entrusted with saving the dying Earth.