by Raizel Liebler State of the world kawaii! One of the inspirations for our starting this blog was trying to explain Japanese culture, especially anime…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVxgVNdmmM] Hello Kitty seems to be falling on tough economic times — at least according to the New York Times. This is despite her appointment…
As a followup to our recent posts about anime and Korean dramas, we have more about the cross-cultural influence of pop culture from Asia, or…
While no book can fully explore a culture, two recent books, Sheridan Prasso’s The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies of the…
One of the most amazing items missing from the two recent books on nerd culture (American Nerd & Nerds: Who They Are and Why We…
Following the appointment of Doraemon as the Japanese official ambassador for anime, Hello Kitty has been appointed the Japanese official ambassador for tourism to China…