MisaTange's definitions
No, not Japanese animation porn. That would be hentai. Anime is short for Japanese animation, but isn't porn. Anime began at the start of the 20th century, 1917. The first talkie anime is Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka. The first anime film was Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, in 1944. It represents most, if not all, of fiction in Japan. They come with voice actors for the non-Japanese versions, and seiyuu with Japanese. The abbreviation emerged in 1970. Usually, the anime comes after the manga.
Anime isn't porn, at all. How can you explain the adventure/action stories of Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball Z? How can you explain anime and pop references in the anime/manga Lucky Star? There's so much anime that isn't hentai, at all.
by MisaTange July 8, 2009
Get the Animemug. An anime face that resembles a kitten's face, it is often used to indicate sarcasm, 'I didn't do it!' kind of thing, or seeing something cute. Some anime characters, like Konata from Lucky Star, has the kitty face. It has a colon, ended with the number 3.
by MisaTange July 7, 2009
Get the :3mug. 1. A common Japanese girl's name meaning 'lily.'
2. Language spoken in the islands of New Guinea and the Amazon.
3. A genre of sexually explicit anime/manga literally meaning Girls Love. It is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called shōjo-ai by western fans.
The themes yuri deals with have their roots in the Japanese lesbian literature of early twentieth century, with pieces such as Yaneura no Nishojo by Nobuko Yoshiya. Nevertheless, it is not until the 1970s that lesbian-themed works began to appear in manga, by the hand of artists such as Ryoko Yamagishi and Riyoko Ikeda. The 1990s brought new trends in manga and anime, as well as in dōjinshi productions, along with more acceptance for this kind of content. In 2003 the first manga magazine specifically dedicated to yuri was launched under the name Yuri Shimai, followed by its revival Comic Yuri Hime, launched after the former was discontinued in 2004.
2. Language spoken in the islands of New Guinea and the Amazon.
3. A genre of sexually explicit anime/manga literally meaning Girls Love. It is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called shōjo-ai by western fans.
The themes yuri deals with have their roots in the Japanese lesbian literature of early twentieth century, with pieces such as Yaneura no Nishojo by Nobuko Yoshiya. Nevertheless, it is not until the 1970s that lesbian-themed works began to appear in manga, by the hand of artists such as Ryoko Yamagishi and Riyoko Ikeda. The 1990s brought new trends in manga and anime, as well as in dōjinshi productions, along with more acceptance for this kind of content. In 2003 the first manga magazine specifically dedicated to yuri was launched under the name Yuri Shimai, followed by its revival Comic Yuri Hime, launched after the former was discontinued in 2004.
1. Hello Yuri! Welcome to Japan!
2. People living in the Amazons speak yuri.
3. I bought the new volume of this yuri manga.
2. People living in the Amazons speak yuri.
3. I bought the new volume of this yuri manga.
by MisaTange July 9, 2009
Get the Yurimug.