Anime Guide

#1 Anime Dictionary

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Anime Dictionary

Hello this is Yukitina again, in this chapter some of you might find it boring but I want you guys to know the common words use in anime so you won't be that confused in the future.

So let's start!

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A

Ahoge 

A single strand of hair that sticks out of a character's head. It literally means "stupid hair" and usually indicates that the character is stupid. However, there are exceptions to this, so it is not an absolute rule. Characters that have an ahoge include the Araragi family from Bakemonogatari, Himeko Katagiri from Pani Poni, America from Hetalia: Axis Powers, Konata Izumi from Lucky Star, Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, Hikigaya Hachiman from "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU", Saber from Fate/stay night and Makoto Naegi from "Danganronpa".

Anime music video

Often abbreviated AMV, video clips from at least one anime series arranged to fit a musical piece playing in the background. Well there's an example of an AMV in the left, by the way I made that AMV hope you will like it.

B

Bishōjo

All hail Bishoujo! Bishoujo means beautiful girl. They usually have shining eyes joke...haha....not funny....yeah right...let's proceed to the next.

Bishōnen 

"Beautiful boy"—Japanese aesthetic concept of the ideally beautiful young man some of them are more beautiful than girls if you watched Princess Princess you will know what I mean. They're so pretty that you will think that they're more attractive than yourself because I already thought about it. By the way there's also a bishounen in real life like the vocalist in a visual kei band called Alice Nine.

C

Catgirl 

Cats are the best! Character with cat ears and a cat tail, but an otherwise human body. These characters often have feline habits, claw-like nails, and occasionally show fangs. Emotional expressions are also feline in nature, such as an exaggerated fur-standing-on-end when startled. These characteristics are also sometimes used on guys as well as in the case of the characters of Loveless, Kyo Sohma of Fruits Basket, and Ikuto Tsukiyomi of Shugo Chara! or Blair from Soul Eater!!

Chibi 

Chibi are just so cute! Its also a Japanese term of small. Chibi are usually shown when there's a gag in the show.

Canon

It means the pair that you ship or want to be together come true or anything that is true in anime. For me NALU is CANON! Don't you agree? Nalu is Natsu and Lucy from Fairy tail.

D

Dandere 

A character that is usually antisocial and silent, that eventually changes to display their sweet, romantic, and loving soft side. One of them is Kanade from angel beats.