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[Tymeless]

Shojo and shonen ai as well. I'm into the fanfic thing and write them quite often. Good exercise for original fiction work.

do explain these terms.

 

[Night_Jasmine]

Ai - love
Shojou - girl
Shounen - boy

You've seen the term "bishounen" right? Beautiful boy

I could be spelling it wrong, which isn't abnormal for me.

 

[Tymeless]

Ai - love
Shojou - girl
Shounen - boy

You've seen the term "bishounen" right? Beautiful boy

I could be spelling it wrong, which isn't abnormal for me.

hai

i'm learning japanese very slowly!

 

[Night_Jasmine]

What little I know, I learned from listening to the Japanese audio.

 

[Tymeless]

What little I know, I learned from listening to the Japanese audio.

i have some cd's but not many!

 

[Night_Jasmine]

Let's see...a Neon Genesis Evangelion sound track, two Magic Knight Rayearth soundtracks, a Sailor Moon box set, and a crap load of MP3s. *giggles* Yep, I'd say I was covered that way too.

 

[Wolfman1982]

I have a English japanese parlour, and Shogun on DVD(well it is my fathers), plus a Japanese - Danish dictionary, but sadly there isn´t a Danish - Japanese dictionary aviable yet in Denmark.

 

[Night_Jasmine]

Might not hurt to write the publishing companies and request one. They tend to listen to clients, especially if they get a lot of requests in.

 

[Wolfman1982]

Might not hurt to write the publishing companies and request one. They tend to listen to clients, especially if they get a lot of requests in.

Oh well, I will see what I can do
Since it could be nice for me and my father to get a Danish - Japanese dictionary too.

 

[Night_Jasmine]

Did you get your dad into anime?

I sorta go my mom hooked. Vision of Escaflowne. She watched the whole thing with me and was addicted.

 

[Wolfman1982]

Did you get your dad into anime?

I sorta go my mom hooked. Vision of Escaflowne. She watched the whole thing with me and was addicted.

Heck, my father thinks anime/manga is awesome. And in some ways he knew about the Japanese drawing shebang before me. Heck he has even some old hokusai/hoksai art stuff. But I have just checked for a dictionary in bookform about Danish Japanese, but there is none.

 

[Night_Jasmine]

Yeah, I remember the old Speed Racer cartoons - sorta. Vampire Hunter D was my first exposure. Then Sailor Moon when I was in college. I was hooked from that moment on. *giggles* I had a crush on Setsuna.

 

[Tymeless]

oh speed racer how i used to love it. i was about 4 or 5 years old watched it and thundercats and stuff every afternoon. and he-man!

 

[Wolfman1982]

oh speed racer how i used to love it. i was about 4 or 5 years old watched it and thundercats and stuff every afternoon. and he-man!

He-man , great I had some of the figures

 

[Tymeless]

He-man , great I had some of the figures

i had them all including both castles and a few other things.

 

[Night_Jasmine]

My brother had all the action figures and both castles. I had the She-Ra castle, her horse and a few figures. Then my mom read a book called "Turmoil in the Toybox" and sold all of it for 20 bucks at a garage sale. We weren't allowed to watch them, Scooby Doo, Smurfs...*sighs* I loved those shows too.

 

[Tymeless]

My brother had all the action figures and both castles. I had the She-Ra castle, her horse and a few figures. Then my mom read a book called "Turmoil in the Toybox" and sold all of it for 20 bucks at a garage sale. We weren't allowed to watch them, Scooby Doo, Smurfs...*sighs* I loved those shows too.

smurfs smurfin rocked!

i had everything!

 

[Night_Jasmine]

I had a smurf plushie that went everywhere with me. Mom threw it out. She almost got rid of my Barbies and Cabbage Patch kids for the same reason.

 

[Wolfman1982]

NJ: what an insane family you have , eeerhm oh I forgot. I live in Denmark, and you live in USA. Seriously sometimes I am shocked to hear those things. Throw out the He-man figures ? and throw out the other stuff ?

Sorry, sometimes I feel I get an instant culture shock.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

Thank goodnes, I have a "normal" Danish family, this is just getting freaky and too American, since I don´t get it.

And well I don´t get it, it reminds me of some serious weird historical flashbacks to many things. Sorry again, but I just can´t comprehend those things.

 

[Tymeless]

I had a smurf plushie that went everywhere with me. Mom threw it out. She almost got rid of my Barbies and Cabbage Patch kids for the same reason.

wow the religious right will do anything to even make a childs life miserable!

 

[Night_Jasmine]

Tell me about it - I barely got to go to prom because of the 'no dancing' rule of the Baptists. Never got invited to parties because they knew I couldn't go. *sighs*

Wolfie, all American families aren't like this. Mine was...well...my brother calls us the "Brady Bunch from hell."

 

[Wolfman1982]

wow the religious right will do anything to even make a childs life miserable!

Is it ok, to say some things are fuckedup over there ? or am I wrong about that ? of course I can give you Danish examples of fuckedup stuff here, but I don´t think it would be that parralel with the issues there.

Wolfie, all American families aren't like this. Mine was...well...my brother calls us the "Brady Bunch from hell."

I know NOT all American families are that way, but still it shocks me every now and then.

 

[sunandshadow]

Terms:
Anime - all Japanese animation
Manga - the printed variety, comic books and graphic novels
Hentai or Ecchi - literally means perverted, refers to either a pervert or to pornographic anime or manga
Doujinshi - any fan-made comic starring characters from a real series; these are often but not always romantic/sexual
YAOI - an abbreviation, literally means "no peak, no point, no meaning" but has come to stand for gay male romance
Shounen Ai - boy love, not the pedophillic kind but a sweet gay romance with no sex
Yuri - lesbian romance
Shoujo Ai - girl love, sometimes portrays hero worship rather than sexual attraction.
Seme - a top/dominant
Uke - a bottom/submissive
Bishounen - beautiful boy
Shounen - boys' anime or manga, such as dragonball z
Shoujo - girls' anime or manga such as Sailor Moon
Otaku - a person obsessed with anime/manga (i.e. me lol)

I probably know about 500 Japanese words, although the grammar continues to baffle me. But I can probably answer any questions about terms.

 

[Tymeless]

Is it ok, to say some things are fuckedup over there ? or am I wrong about that ? of course I can give you Danish examples of fuckedup stuff here, but I don´t think it would be that parralel with the issues there.



I know NOT all American families are that way, but still it shocks me every now and then.

your more then welcome to say the states are fucked up in alot of ways for one our President is fucked up. conservatism is fucked up. hell i'm a christian but i won't say i belong to a church because not a single church represents my views. i'm not gonna get into it all. We are a prudish nation in a lot of ways but its because of a vocal minority as opposed to a silent majority.

 

[Tymeless]

Terms:
Anime - all Japanese animation
Manga - the printed variety, comic books and graphic novels
Hentai or Ecchi - literally means perverted, refers to either a pervert or to pornographic anime or manga
Doujinshi - any fan-made comic starring characters from a real series; these are often but not always romantic/sexual
YAOI - an abbreviation, literally means "no peak, no point, no meaning" but has come to stand for gay male romance
Shounen Ai - boy love, not the pedophillic kind but a sweet gay romance with no sex
Yuri - lesbian romance
Shoujo Ai - girl love, sometimes portrays hero worship rather than sexual attraction.
Seme - a top/dominant
Uke - a bottom/submissive
Bishounen - beautiful boy
Shounen - boys' anime or manga, such as dragonball z
Shoujo - girls' anime or manga such as Sailor Moon
Otaku - a person obsessed with anime/manga (i.e. me lol)

I probably know about 500 Japanese words, although the grammar continues to baffle me. But I can probably answer any questions about terms.

here being an Otaku is kinda considered a compliment to the collector. In Japan the last thing you want to be is an Otaku because there obsessions dwarf anything we obsess about here.