Definitions by Snapper2001

Groovival

Groovival is a cyclical trend that originally focused on late 60s-mid 70s nostalgias for older members of Gen X during the early-mid 1990s. However, it’s actually at its most popular in the mid-2000s.

Japanese Groovival has given us a load of early Toonami stuff such as Kikaider and Samurai Champloo.

Groovival by Snapper2001 November 4, 2025

Wakame Shadows

Wakame Shadows are very metallic and shiny shadows and stripes popularised internationally by effects animators Masahito Yamashita and Hirotoshi Sano.

Wakame Shadows usually work best on robots rather than on humans, yet also have multiple less well known uses, ranging from metallic stripes on Shonen hair to prettiness expanders on rainbows.

Wakame Shadows by Snapper2001 November 3, 2025

Ncha 

Ncha is a truncated corruption of the Japanese word for hello, konnichiwa, likely made famous by Dr. Slump.

Ncha is the famous onomatopoeia uttered by Arale Norimaki, the Android star of Dr. Slump, likely comes from outdated street slang of the mid late 1970s.

Ncha by Snapper2001 May 11, 2025

Deyassification 

Deyassification not only refers to taking the colour out of icons like barbie and the Wizard of Oz’s dorothy, it also refers to the disposability and eventual irrelevance of trendy characters like Barney the dinosaur.

According to Karolina Żebrowska on her YouTube channel, Barbie has undergone a drastic amount of Deyassification thanks to the ill conceived decisions of Mattel’s higher ups.

Deyassification by Snapper2001 August 9, 2024

Sōji Yamakawa

Sōji Yamakawa (山川惣治) was a Kamishibai artist, Emonogatari maker, and mangaka who lived from 1908 to 1992.

Sōji Yamakawa, a beloved writer-artist, was described as hailing from Koriyama in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. He was both a Lutheran and is still a far more interesting author than the equally prolific enid blyton.

Sōji Yamakawa by Snapper2001 February 22, 2024

Kamen Rider Amazon 

Kamen Rider Amazon is a character from the Kamen Rider franchise who appears in his eponymous show.

Kamen Rider Amazon is described as a beastlier and more realistic Tarzanesque equivalent of Bomba the Jungle Boy. His monster form is a mix of monitor lizard, catfish, chameleon, bulldog bat, rabbit and gorilla powers.

Kamen Rider Amazon by Snapper2001 February 22, 2024

Bomba the Jungle Boy 

Bomba the Jungle Boy is from an eponymous old series of children’s books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Bomba the Jungle Boy, is described as a boy with brown hair and brown eyes. Even though he was born in the US, he was stranded in the Amazon as a toddler.

Bomba the Jungle Boy by Snapper2001 February 22, 2024