Tag: End of year

Japan’s Words of the Year 2017 Include Instagram, North Korea and… Poop

As the year comes to a close, we’re about to get hit with a spate of lists (actually, listing things has become pretty much a year-round affair, but I digress). Here’s a pretty interesting one for Japanophiles out there: a list of buzzwords heard in …Read more »

Japanese Fans Rank The Best Anime Characters Of 2015

December 24, 2015

Matt Schley

Ah, end-of-year lists. Many, they are. Our favorite pollmasters Charapedia have gotten in on the end-of-year game by asking their readers: who were the best characters of 2015? The rules were pretty simple: the characters didn’t have to be new, they simply had to appear …Read more »