List of Anime Terms

ANIME: Japanese for animation, In 

America only Japanese animation, but in

Japan all animation. 

BISHUJO: Beautiful Woman

BISHONEN: Beautiful man, referded to

young men mostly in their teens.

BIDANSHI: Beautiful man, older man

adult.

CHARA: Character

CHIBI: Small

DOJINSHI: Fam produced manga. Fan fiction in manga form.

HENSHIN: Transformation.

HENTAI: Adult Anime, litraly means

perveted.

KAITOU: mystreious theif.

KAWAII: Cute, cool.

MAHOU SHOUJO: Girl with magic powers

MANGA: Graphic Novel, many anime is

based off of manga

MECHA: Machine anime, such as Mobil

Suit Gundam Wing

NIHON: Japan

OVA (OAV): Original Video Animation

OTAKU: Genaric term for an overly

obsessive anime fan. For example, El

Anime Hombre or Anime Girl.

SD, SUPER DEFORMED: Exagerated anime character. Used for comic effect.

SHOUJO: Girls anime such as Card

Captor Sakura or Sailor Moon.

SHONEN: Boy's anime such as Cutey Honey or Tenchi Muyo.

YAOI: Homosexual Hentai. (Sorry to whomever is offended by this.)

So, you want to be in the revolution eh? Well your gonna have to talk like an Otaku then.  Here's a list of some words that we use. You're not an otaku till you know them.
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