In Japan, advertisements featuring anime characters are often used to sell goods and services. Marketing strategies that use anime characters exploit people's feelings toward them. The Japanese slang ...

If you see a girl in an anime, then she will more than likely fall under one of two categories. Female leads and side characters tend to be either cute or cool, and anime fans can’t get enough of the ...

Yahoo! Japan has posted an article (in Japanese) about the Japanese market for moe. Derived from the verb "a plant sprouting, " moe is an expression of adoration for innocent girls who are "as fresh ...

This week, Kallie, Meghan, and special guest Jared Petty hold the fort while Miranda and Mike are away. This time, they're talking all things moe! What it means, a few examples, and... a pop culture ...

While religious leaders around the world struggle to connect with increasingly secular youth, there is one Buddhist temple in western Tokyo that has embraced “moe,” or cute anime characters, and will ...

As we head into the weekend, here’s a fun photo app from Higher Bridge Inc. called ‘Moe the World’. I’m not going to try to accurately explain what the Japanese term ‘moe’ means (Wikipedia does a ...

If you thought having to send a couple of Christmas cards to close friends and far-flung cousins during the holidays was annoying, wait 'til you get a load of the "nengajo" (New Year’s card) tradition ...

In Japan, advertisements featuring anime characters are often used to sell goods and services. Marketing strategies that use anime characters exploit people’s feelings toward them. The Japanese slang ...