1. A Brief Explanation of Japanese Media in both the US and Japan

2. This presentation can be viewed online: http://www.slideshare.net/psychcf/anime-info-panel

5. Part I: For newcomers

7. Manga – Japanese Comic Books

8. Unlike their American counterparts, they can cover very adult or complex topics, and some are targeted at adults exclusively

9. American comics usually involve superheroes, which isn't always the case with Manga

12. Have a handful of illustrations in them

14. Usually have images of characters on top with a given emotion on their face, and dialogue in a pane on the bottom, dialogue is also spoken most of the time

15. Some are R-18 (18+, or ”juuhachikin”), some are clean

18. Some can take months to make and are very detailed

19. Sometimes people do different adaptations of characters

22. This list consists of the most common, a complete list can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_anime_and_manga

27. Doujin: fanwork. Printed works are referred to as Doujinshi.

28. Fanservice (or just 'service'): Describes techniques used to appeal to male audience, eg. A shower scene (NOTE: 'service/sabisu' usually translates to free stuff)

30. Kawaii – Literally 'cute'

31. Seiyuu – Voice Actor

32. Mangaka – Someone who writes manga

33. Waifu - A female character that one considers to be their &quot;2D wife&quot; (running gag). ”<Character> is mai waifu”

34. OAV/OVA: Original Animated Video, usually a 1-4 part mini-series or side-story of sorts.

39. Most liked, but less popular: Clannad, Samurai X, Code Geass, Mushi-shi, Summer Wars, Kanon, Nodame Cantabile, Monster, and Gurren Lagann, Rozen Maiden, To Aru Majutsu no Index/Kagaku no Railgun

40. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoteworthyAnime

42. If something has a second or third season, it's probably good

43. If you want to watch something at a con that is very popular (ie. Evangelion), get there early

47. It's arguable that fansubs/scanlations are good, because they show companies which series are going to be popular (IMO K-ON wouldn't have been licensed if it wasn't so popular with fansubs, although there are probably better examples), but they still are hurting the industry

48. Part II: Culture Notes

50. Japanese names are flipped so the family name goes first

51. When referring to someone, you use the family name in formal relationships, and the first name in close relationships. There are also suffixes such as -san, -kun, -chan, -senpai, etc. that need to be used depending on formality level

53. In the US, usually people set up retirement funds. In Japan, usually the child takes care of their parents' financial burdens when they retire (which is why many asian families pressure children to work hard at school)

54. During the Meiji Restoration, a lot of changes were introduced to ”westernize” Japan (before, Japanese was somewhat feudal with clans and such)

55. Common spare time activities include Kareoke, Batting cages, shopping, arcades, etc (there are others).

57. Main religions: Shinto, Christianity, and Bhudism. Shinto is Japan's original religion, has several gods that are within nature

59. Side Note: Christian symbols and Evangelion

61. Is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods, including new and used items.

62. Seen in Genshiken

65. Popular genres: fighting, shooter/danmaku, puzzle, RPG/netgames

66. Touhou: popular doujin game among otaku subculture (tons of fanworks)

67. Popular games: Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Zelda, Street Fighter, Metal Gear Solid, Mario, Puyo Puyo, Sim City, BlazBlue, Pokemon, Mugen, Pokemon (there are TONS, and games' popularity fluctuate, so I can't list them all)

68. Console rankings (popularity): Wii, PS3, Xbox 360

73. Some schools hold classes on Saturdays

74. The Japanese school system is based off of France's, and is somewhat different from ours in terms of grade levels

75. From Kindergarten to High School, students from each grade are divided into several classes, each with their own room. Teachers rotate between rooms, and students remain in the room. Students bow to the teacher before receiving instruction.

79. In many cases students will use them to get to school

80. Talking on a Cell Phone is not allowed on most trains, instead you have to text

82. Biggest 3 carriers are NTT Docomo, Au by KDDI, and Softbank

83. SMS on Japanese phones has for the most part been phased out in favor of email (most phones support email)

84. QR Codes are common, mainly because mobile versions of websites are common

86. Japanese doesn't have plurals like we do. For example, if I were to use ペン (pen) in a sentence, it could translate to ”pen” or ”pens”. To indicate more than one, it needs to be done explicitly (lit. “many pen” or “two pen”)

87. Japanese is Subject Object Verb, English is Subject Verb Object

91. Part III: Anime/Manga Community

93. Then, a story board is made, then keyframes are made

94. Then in-between animators draw the animation between keyframes

95. Effects are added

96. Most of these are automated by computers these days

97. Voice actors then dub over the animation

99. That translation is then adapted to subtitle and dub versions

100. Despite what some people say, professional translators are damn good at their jobs, sometimes flaws were in the original that made it over to the translation

103. Sometimes honorifics are preserved, sometimes different nicknames are used instead, and they make a chart of how people should be referred to

104. Sometimes words get translated differently depending on the target (eg, doujinshi vs fan comic)

107. orz = emoticon of a guy bowing

108. There are also different emoticions, but you can google those （ ﾟ Д ﾟ）

109. There are also a ton of abbreviations that I'm not going to bother listing

115. Eventually conventions formed, and people started giving panels on certain series

116. Anime continued to gain popularity, companies started popping up to licence Anime/Manga, and it grew to what it was today

118. Japanese Anime/Manga conventions are more like trade shows, informing people what they should buy or watch on tv/read in magazines

119. Comiket is a major Japanese convention for Manga and Doujinshi (can find music and games there too)

120. American conventions are more interactive and informative

124. Fans with tunnel vision – Yes, Naruto/Bleach/One Piece are great, but there are other series out there, some even better!

125. Overuse of the word ”Otaku” - It has a negative connotation in Japan, it should here too.

127. Watch anime such as Otaku no Video, which discusses Gainax

128. Read TVTropes for quality series to watch

129. Look on Anime News Network for popular shows

130. Don't take Anime/Manga seriously: it's an idealized environment. Go there.

132. Learn which companies produce merch (Bandai does a lot of figurines, Cospa does shirts and such)

133. Good site with realistic info (although, may be outdated): http://thejapanfaq.cjb.net/

135. http://amaterasu.is.moelicious.be/forums/index.php?board=2.0

136. http://www.guidetojapanese.org/

137. http://www.smart.fm/

138. Rosetta Stone

139. Anki/spaced repetition flashcard program

140. http://jisho.org/

141. Learn basic grammar and words, then start translating manga and looking up words on jisho.org or something

142. Or just take a class, but that's too easy :/

143. Questions?

144. This presentation can be viewed online: http://www.slideshare.net/psychcf/anime-info-panel