What is a "cour"? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange
Mar 12, 2014 · Definition 1. cour [koor] noun. One of the four conventional three-month periods of television broadcasting in Japan (January to March; April to June; July to September; October to December): "Noragami" aired during the first cour of 2014. A portion of a television program aired over the course of one cour 1: The big reveal at the end of the ...
What does 'moe' mean? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange
Jan 10, 2013 · Here is an academic paper 1 with an analysis of the concept of moe, including its history and origin, relationship to the socio-economics of Japan, previous academic studies of moe, otaku and fujoshi psychology, and a very in-depth analysis of what moe actually is.
How can you differentiate between the different types of anime?
Mar 17, 2021 · 9. Shounen, Seinen, Shoujo and Josei are terms for four of the main demographics that manga and anime are marketed to. Broadly: People aged between about 12 and 18 are in the Shounen demographic if they're male, or Shoujo if they're female. People aged from 18 to about 45 are in the Seinen demographic if they're male, or Josei if they're female.
What is written on Minato's cloak? - Anime & Manga Stack …
Mar 30, 2020 · 3. It's 四代目火影 (Yondaime Hokage, lit. "Fourth Fire Shadow") since Minato was the 4th Hokage of Konohagakure. While technically correct, a bit of nuance is lost in a direct literal translation of "hokage". The word itself can mean either firelight, a flicker of light, in particular from a latern/lamp, or the shadow or form that move in ...
What are OVAs and how are they different from Specials?
Dec 15, 2014 · Broadly, the two terms could be interchanged, although there are a few points of (almost) difference: OVAs are generally released for home video (be that VHS, DVD, or whatever), whereas it's possible for a Special to be released as a television broadcast that is just separate from the rest of the show.
What's the difference between manga, manhwa, and manhua?
Jan 18, 2014 · The difference between manga, manhwa and manhua would be like the difference between amour, amor and amore. French, Spanish and Italian are all romance languages, so since love would be amor in Latin, you can see how the word stayed relatively the same in all three languages, but evolved to something that would fit more natural in the respective langu
What is the equivalent of "seme" and "uke" in yuri culture?
Dec 25, 2015 · As mentioned in this answer, the terms seme and uke are used in yaoi to describe a duality:. Yaoi fans have adapted these terms to describe the roles in a male/male relationship: the seme is the one who takes the traditional male role: initiates the relationship, "pursues" the uke and is usually "on top" during sex.
What is the difference between Shonen'ai, JUNE, Yaoi and Boys' …
Dec 25, 2015 · The difference between Shonen'ai and Yaoi as already been asked. However, I encountered a few more terminologies concerning anime and mangas referring to masculine homosexuality : Shōnen'ai JUNE...
Newest 'kaiju-no-8' Questions - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange
Q&A for anime and manga fans. In the Kaiju no 8 wikia, it is stated how much of their battle suit powers most of the main characters are able to release, Kikoru Shinomiya, Gen Narumi, Soshiro Hoshina, Mina Ashiro, Leno Ichikawa, ...
culture - Are there any manga whose first chapter has 5-6 color …
Sep 2, 2024 · I have seen many manga which, for the first chapter, at least have some color pages. In Weekly Shonen Jump (WSJ), I think the common pattern is one color page, after that a two-paged title spread. ...