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How does online anime streaming work within Japan?
One of the main ways people in the United States watch anime these days is to stream it online via a streaming service like Crunchyroll or Hulu.
Is the online streaming of anime in Japan as popular as it is in America? I know that the Japanese music…
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Can Japanese voice actors watch anime for free after an anime episode is finished?
Can Japanese voice actors watch an anime episode for free after an anime episode is finished because they did contribute their efforts in it?
user32849
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Is Cheese-kun real?
In Code Geass, particularly in the original Japanese version, we can see there was something like a product placement exchanged (as shown in this answer) between the series and Pizza Hut.
Later in the series, C.C. starts having stickers and a…
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Fake anime or manga release as an April Fools Prank?
My question has a bit of a back-story to add context.
Firstly, like most Attack on Titan fans, I am OVERHYPED about the second season coming out. I was talking with a friend on campus about it, then she pointed out that its release date is April…
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Is it common for Japanese school kids to live alone IRL?
In so many animes, I have noticed that middle- and high-school kids live by themselves without any adults around to supervise. While this may serve as a useful plot device, I noticed that it happens far too often. Arima Kousei of Your Lie in April…
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What is the Liquor tax law in Japan?
When in the beginning of Kimi no na wa, Yotsuha asks Mitsuha to sell the sake they made in the festival and advertise it as Shrine Maiden sake and use the money to go to Tokyo, Mitsuha refuses saying that it breaks the Liquor Tax Law (or that's what…
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Why does school bullying keep showing up in manga?
School bullying has always been an element in manga, but why? Is it because school bullying is common in Japan, or some other reason? If it indeed has something to do with the common bullying in real life, who is more likely to be bullied in school?…
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Is it common to tell people how you spell your name in Japan?
In Death Note when Light introduces himself to Naomi Misora, he gives his full name and tells her how to spell it in Japanese. When she gives her name, she also tells him how to spell it.
The audience knows he is doing this because
Light Yagami…
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Why is Kaguya depicted with a flower growing out of her head when in her moron/fool form?
In season 2 episode 2 of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ("Kaguya-sama: Love is War"), in the second skit titled Kaguya-sama wa Okuritai ("Kaguya Wants to Give a Gift"), Shinomiya Kaguya has a huge birthday cake prepared for the student council president…
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How are short anime scheduled to be broadcast in Japan?
Normally, anime is about 23 minutes long. With the addition of ads, it will take about 30 minutes for one episode to air which is what one time slot normally is. Yet, some anime like Miss Monochrome and Tonari no Seki-kun are not 23 minutes long.…
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Are anime series repeated in Japanese TV?
Are seasonal anime series repeated in Japanese TV?
What about long running anime series like Naruto/One Piece? Are these repeated?
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Japanese Scoring System on Public High School Examinations: Quintessential Quintuplets season 2
In 5 Toubun no Hanayome, Fuutarou is assigned to help a rich businessman's quintuplet daughters pass their examinations and graduate. Unfortunately, they all suck at academics, or get distracted by other activities and career goals. Fuutarou notices…
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Is watching free anime in Japan safe?
I am talking about watching those shows in websites that provide them for free. I could of course afford to subscribe to paid websites such as Crunchyroll and the likes, but often I couldn't find the series I wanted to watch there. The free ones…
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Are the Uesugi siblings, Fūtarō and Raiha, named after the Japanese gods of wind and thunder, resp, Fūjin and Raijin?
Their names are Fūtarō (Fuutarou) and Raiha. The gods are Fūjin and Raijin. Is there some Japanese article that possibly talks about this?
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Why did they not have the English voice actors use a Finnish or Finnish-Swedish accent for "Moomin"?
"The Moomins" is a series of books for children made in the 1940s and onward by a Finnish-Swedish female.
In 1990, they released a successful animated TV series called "Moomin" based closely on these characters and the setting, with the production…
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