Anime: Japanese for "animation" या "cartoons." In American fandom however, it's used to refer to any form of एनीमेशन produced in Japan. ऐनीमे comes in the form of animated TV shows या movies, video games, and comic books.
AMV: stands for ऐनीमे संगीत Video. AMVs are वीडियो made द्वारा प्रशंसकों that feature scenes from ऐनीमे together with audio from another स्रोत such as English songs, dialogue या संगीत from another TV show, या movie trailers. The best AMVs are praised for their good video editing techniques and cleverness in choosing the best ऐनीमे scenes to go with the chosen song या dialogue.
Baka: Japanese for "stupid," "idiot," या "fool." One of the most common Japanese words used द्वारा many American प्रशंसकों to describe people who are, well, bakas!
BGM: stands for "background music." This refers to the background संगीत of an ऐनीमे TV series, video game, या movie. They're usually fairly common and लोकप्रिय tracks among many ऐनीमे soundtrack CDs.
Bi-: a prefix denoting beauty. A "bishoujo" is a young and beautiful girl and a "bishonen" is an attractive and often effeminate boy.
Chibi (CB): Japanese for "small," "little," या "young." A "chibi" style drawing of an ऐनीमे character usually depicts them as being baby-like, with smaller, chubbier bodies, larger eyes and head, and shorter arms and legs. चीबी characters are usually made to be extremely cute and endearing, and it's not uncommon for even villainous characters to be drawn as such. CB is an acronym for Child Body, and is a prefix indicating a चीबी style. Artists draw their characters like this from time to time as a sort of "self-parody" (fans प्यार them as well).
CLAMP: an extremely famous and लोकप्रिय all-female मांगा creating team made up of Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Some of their most famous works include Magic Knight Rayearth (which was their first breakthrough hit), Cardcaptor Sakura (which became the #1 shoujo मांगा series in जापान in 1996), Clover, Angelic Layer, Chobits, and Code Geass. All of their works are focused mainly on the characters' relationships and inner conflicts, and the sheer beauty of their stories दिखाना that आप don't need tons of fighting and action to get an impacting message across.
COMIKET: A Japanese contraction of the English words comic and market. Comiket is Japan's largest biannual gathering of मांगा sellers and buyers in Tokyo. Held at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, crowds of over 100,000 people will दिखाना up for the two दिन event. Over 10,000 creators and publishers of doujinshi sell their wares at Comiket, but आप can also find vendors selling postcards, posters, trading cards, and other मांगा and ऐनीमे related items. Game developers also have a large presence, selling the very latest in ऐनीमे computer games.
Cosplay: short for "costume play." Cosplay is the act of dressing up as an ऐनीमे character. Many प्रशंसकों tend to do this at big ऐनीमे conventions such as ऐनीमे Expo.
Dandere: Dandere is mostly being confused with kuudere since they are largely similar, especially in terms of personalities. Kuudere means a cool person who still socializes on acceptable levels. Dandere means a person who barely even opens her mouth, coming off as quiet या emotionless. However, when she is together with her और familiarized group of friends, she may opened up and even appear looking cute and sweet. She can really turned extraordinary cute if she stays with that perfect someone.
Doujinshi: Japanese for "fanzine." Doujinshi refers to unofficial मांगा produced द्वारा fans. These fan-made stories can use already existing ऐनीमे and मांगा characters या original ones. They're usually distributed online, but in Japan, some of the better doujinshi is sold in stores.
Dub: refers to editing out the original dialogue of a foreign TV दिखाना या movie and replacing it with dialogue of a different language. In the ऐनीमे world, the "dub" refers to the English language version of an anime.
Ecchi: derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "H" (from the Japanese word "hentai," which means "pervert"). It refers to ऐनीमे with an amount of sometimes humorous indecency, usually involving gratituous nudity and sexual situations.
Ending theme: also called an "ending song" या "outro". Refers to the song sung at the end of every episode of an ऐनीमे series while the end credits role, along with a sequence of एनीमेशन that usually flows with the words of the song. Almost every ऐनीमे has an ending theme that usually changes each season या if the anime's plot changes significantly. The ending theme is almost always followed द्वारा a पूर्व दर्शन of the anime's अगला episode, and is usually और calm, slow, and gentle than the opening theme.
Face Fault: an exaggeration of facial features meant to convey extreme shock या surprise, often seen in anime. A flabbergasted character's mouth will open until it literally hits the floor and eyes will become larger than usual. Most often a face fault is accompanied द्वारा the character simply falling over from shock.
Fandub: like a fansub (see Fansub), except rather than adding subtitles, the Japanese dialogue is edited out and replaced with a fan-made English dialogue. Fandubs are much rarer than fansubs.
Fansub: refers to an ऐनीमे episode या movie with subtitles made द्वारा प्रशंसकों themselves and not द्वारा official companies. They are distributed among the ऐनीमे market mostly via the Internet. They are very लोकप्रिय among ऐनीमे प्रशंसकों because many fansubs are made for episodes या फिल्में of ऐनीमे that hasn't yet been officially released and dubbed/subtitled द्वारा American companies. Depending on who आप ask, they could be considered somewhat illegal, but so far they're generally tolerated since most fansubbers create fansubs purely out of passion and not to make a profit. Also, fansubs help promote the ऐनीमे market and they open opportunities for American companies to acquire the rights to ऐनीमे shows that are currently लोकप्रिय fansubs.
Fan fic: short for "fan fiction". Refers to original stories written द्वारा प्रशंसकों using already existing anime/manga characters and plot lines.
Fan art: art made द्वारा प्रशंसकों depicting characters from an ऐनीमे या manga.
Fan service: usually used to refer to scenes in ऐनीमे that don't have much purpose but are there mainly to please any adolescent male viewers. Such scenes include a female character taking a शावर, शॉवर या bath, having her panties show, etc. On a और positive note, प्रशंसक service could also refer to anything shown in an ऐनीमे that is unrelated to the story but is pleasing to the fans, such as cute animals, flashy outfits, या cool action scenes.
Filler: refers to an episode of an ऐनीमे series that does not occur in the series' original मांगा (and thus, not created द्वारा the original author). The purpose of filler episodes is to give the मांगा time to catch up with the ऐनीमे या to make the ऐनीमे last longer than the manga. Since the stories of filler episodes are not made द्वारा the series' original creator, they usually involve events in which nothing extremely significant is done या accomplished that affects the actual main storyline. Instead, these episodes usually focus और on character development, या they could just be randomly funny या cute episodes in an otherwise serious या action-packed ऐनीमे series.
Graphic novel: a book made up of chapters from a मांगा series. They're usually around 150 to 200 pages long. Most मांगा is originally sold in a series of chapters in weekly magazines. About 10 of these chapters make up a graphic novel. The Japanese word for graphic novel is "tankouban" (see Tankouban).
Hentai: Japanese for "pervert." Hentai is an actual genre of ऐनीमे that includes major nudity and sexual situations.
Hiragana: Japanese characters/letters used for words of Japanese origin only या words without a based Chinese kanji reading. Japanese grammar particles and certain Japanese names are also written in hiragana.
Image song: a song from an ऐनीमे sung द्वारा one of its characters usually about his/her thoughts and feelings. These songs are usually only heard on the anime's soundtrack CDs and are always sung द्वारा the actual voice actor/actress of the character.
J-pop and J-rock: refers to Japanese लोकप्रिय या rock music, similar to English pop and rock but with its own unique sound. A lot of ऐनीमे use existing songs द्वारा Japanese artists and almost all of them have at least one available soundtrack CD (usually the longer and और लोकप्रिय an ऐनीमे is, the और soundtracks it gets).
Josei - मांगा that target और mature women. It is the female equivalent to Seinen manga. Unlike shoujo manga, the romance is और realistic and less idealized. The storytelling is और explicit and mature.
Kanji: Japanese characters/letters based directly on Chinese writing. Each kanji usually has a specific meaning and several readings.
Katakana: Japanese characters/letters used to write words of a foreign origin. Fantasy-based words, sound effects, and some characters' names are written in katakana.
Kawaii: Japanese for "cute." A very लोकप्रिय word used among American ऐनीमे प्रशंसकों used to describe things that are, well, cute.
Kun: An honorific used for addressing या referring to children and teenagers, particularly males, या in an adult setting, used to address an inferior. In anime, आप see this term used और and और to address females, especially ones who tend to act rather "masculine".
Kuudere: Applies to girl who are, well, cool, and eventually proceeds to और of the “dere” side whenever she is with the right person. Kuudere can be expressive, though barely. Basically, kuuderes are mostly cool and collected. Their direct interactions are another trait of this archetype.
Manga: Japanese for "comics". In American fandom it's used to refer to Japanese comics specifically. Unlike American comics which are basically limited to the superhero and comedy genres, the मांगा industry is enormous in जापान and मांगा encompasses an extremely wide range of genres and tastes. Most ऐनीमे TV shows have a मांगा series that they're based on.
Mangaka: Japanese for comic book artist, ocassionally used with the same meaning द्वारा englisg-speaking fans.
Nani: Japanese word for what? It's usually expressed द्वारा characters when they don't understand something या are suprised द्वारा what they heard.
Mecha: a genre of anime/manga that involves giant, often anthropomorphic robots that are usually piloted द्वारा humans. Examples of mecha ऐनीमे include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam Series, and Code Geass.
Moe: A fairly हाल का but increasingly लोकप्रिय type of ऐनीमे character and also a genre. Moe refers to the archetype of cute, warm, innocent, and often times under-age girls in ऐनीमे that evoke some passion या arousal from male viewers. The stereotypical moe character is a cute, polite, naive, submissive, and vulnerable young girl who makes others want to protect her.
OAV या OVA: stands for Original एनीमेशन Video या Original Video Animation. OAVs are usually a series of ऐनीमे episodes made exclusively for घर video release and not for TV या cinema. OAV's usually have longer and better episodes (since they don't have to worry about TV censorship) and better animation. An OAV could be based on an already existing ऐनीमे TV series या it could be a totally original story.
Opening theme: also called an "opening song"or "intro". Refers to the song sung at the start of every episode of an ऐनीमे series while the beginning credits role, much like the "theme songs" of many American TV shows. However, the songs of ऐनीमे opening themes are usually much और symbolic and they're made to flow specifically with the एनीमेशन being shown. Almost every ऐनीमे has an opening theme that usually changes each season या if the anime's plot changes significantly. The opening theme is usually और fast-paced, exciting, and enticing than the ending theme.
OST: stands for Original Sound Track. An OST is a संगीत CD including all of the major background संगीत and songs from a दिया ऐनीमे series.
Otaku: a derogatory Japanese word used to refer to anyone who's totally obsessed with any one thing. In American ऐनीमे fandom however, it's less derogatory and is used to refer to someone who's obsessed with ऐनीमे and manga.
Sama: The very formal honorific used when talking to या about someone who is much older and wiser, या someone whom आप admire to the point of near worship. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to men या women. Used primarily to दिखाना great respect to an individual, as in "Miyazaki-sama is a distinguished artist."
San: The formal, polite honorific one uses when talking to या about someone of equal social status. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to adult men या women.
Scanlation: Like a fansub, except for मांगा instead of anime. A scanlation of a मांगा is when the original Japanese लेखन is edited out and replaced with a fan's translation.
Seinen - मांगा that is meant for a और mature male audience. It is the male equivalent of Josei manga. Seinen titles are typically darker and और somber than their Shonen counterparts.
Seiyuu: Japanese for "voice actor/actess." American ऐनीमे प्रशंसकों use it to refer to the Japanese people who do the voices for ऐनीमे characters. Like the ऐनीमे shows themselves, seiyuus have their own प्रशंसक following too.
Senpai: An honorific used द्वारा a young person when talking to या about a benefactor या senior in a social organization. The usage of this honorific is encountered time and again in anime, mostly when students are talking to या about their senior classmates. Used as a noun, it would just mean, "our seniors", या "our upperclassmen".
Side story: a story set in the same world as an already existing anime/manga but focusing on different subjects, such as minor characters, new characters, या subtle plots that aren't really talked about in the actual series.
Shoujo: Japanese for "girl" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shoujo anime/manga usually have a target audience of young girls and involve a lot of emotional female characters and effeminate, attractive male characters. They're drawn in a pretty, flowery, romantic style and the plots are mainly focused on character relationships and interpersonal conflicts. Examples of shoujo anime/manga include Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Ouran High School Host Club, and Fruits Basket.
Shounen: Japanese for "boy" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shounen anime/manga usually have a target audience of young boys and involve mostly fiery male characters (who usually have super powers of some kind) and evil, villainous characters (many of which eventually become good guys). They're drawn in a sharp, hard-core style and are mainly focused on fast-paced but often complex plot lines, with a lot of fighting and action scenes. Examples of shounen anime/manga include Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto.
Sub: short for "subtitled." Refers to the ऐनीमे in the original Japanese dialogue with subtitles in another language (usually English).
Tankouban: Japanese word for a volume या graphic novel of a मांगा series (see Graphic Novel).
Tsundere: is a Japanese concept of a character archetype which describes a person with a conceited, irritable, and/or violent personality that suddenly becomes modest and loving when triggered द्वारा some sort of cause (such as being alone with someone). It can also describe a contradictory personality which is good-willed on the inside, but with a harsh attitude on the outside.
Yandere: Japanese term for a personality that is initially extremely loving and gentle, then at one point becomes deranged या psychotic, often brutally so. आप can cosider it the opsite of tsundere.
Yaoi: an anime/manga story in which the plot is centered around a romance relationship between two male characters, usually at least one of them being very effeminate.Yaoi is mostly seen in the world of ऐनीमे प्रशंसक art and प्रशंसक fics, in which the प्रशंसकों (usually girls) take the male characters of a particular anime/manga series and put them in gay relationships. याओइ relationships are also referred to as "shounen-ai," meaning "boy's love."
Yuri: the same as याओइ (see याओइ above), but with the romance relationship being between two female characters. Yuri relationships are also referred to as "shoujo-ai," meaning "girl's love."
AMV: stands for ऐनीमे संगीत Video. AMVs are वीडियो made द्वारा प्रशंसकों that feature scenes from ऐनीमे together with audio from another स्रोत such as English songs, dialogue या संगीत from another TV show, या movie trailers. The best AMVs are praised for their good video editing techniques and cleverness in choosing the best ऐनीमे scenes to go with the chosen song या dialogue.
Baka: Japanese for "stupid," "idiot," या "fool." One of the most common Japanese words used द्वारा many American प्रशंसकों to describe people who are, well, bakas!
BGM: stands for "background music." This refers to the background संगीत of an ऐनीमे TV series, video game, या movie. They're usually fairly common and लोकप्रिय tracks among many ऐनीमे soundtrack CDs.
Bi-: a prefix denoting beauty. A "bishoujo" is a young and beautiful girl and a "bishonen" is an attractive and often effeminate boy.
Chibi (CB): Japanese for "small," "little," या "young." A "chibi" style drawing of an ऐनीमे character usually depicts them as being baby-like, with smaller, chubbier bodies, larger eyes and head, and shorter arms and legs. चीबी characters are usually made to be extremely cute and endearing, and it's not uncommon for even villainous characters to be drawn as such. CB is an acronym for Child Body, and is a prefix indicating a चीबी style. Artists draw their characters like this from time to time as a sort of "self-parody" (fans प्यार them as well).
CLAMP: an extremely famous and लोकप्रिय all-female मांगा creating team made up of Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Some of their most famous works include Magic Knight Rayearth (which was their first breakthrough hit), Cardcaptor Sakura (which became the #1 shoujo मांगा series in जापान in 1996), Clover, Angelic Layer, Chobits, and Code Geass. All of their works are focused mainly on the characters' relationships and inner conflicts, and the sheer beauty of their stories दिखाना that आप don't need tons of fighting and action to get an impacting message across.
COMIKET: A Japanese contraction of the English words comic and market. Comiket is Japan's largest biannual gathering of मांगा sellers and buyers in Tokyo. Held at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, crowds of over 100,000 people will दिखाना up for the two दिन event. Over 10,000 creators and publishers of doujinshi sell their wares at Comiket, but आप can also find vendors selling postcards, posters, trading cards, and other मांगा and ऐनीमे related items. Game developers also have a large presence, selling the very latest in ऐनीमे computer games.
Cosplay: short for "costume play." Cosplay is the act of dressing up as an ऐनीमे character. Many प्रशंसकों tend to do this at big ऐनीमे conventions such as ऐनीमे Expo.
Dandere: Dandere is mostly being confused with kuudere since they are largely similar, especially in terms of personalities. Kuudere means a cool person who still socializes on acceptable levels. Dandere means a person who barely even opens her mouth, coming off as quiet या emotionless. However, when she is together with her और familiarized group of friends, she may opened up and even appear looking cute and sweet. She can really turned extraordinary cute if she stays with that perfect someone.
Doujinshi: Japanese for "fanzine." Doujinshi refers to unofficial मांगा produced द्वारा fans. These fan-made stories can use already existing ऐनीमे and मांगा characters या original ones. They're usually distributed online, but in Japan, some of the better doujinshi is sold in stores.
Dub: refers to editing out the original dialogue of a foreign TV दिखाना या movie and replacing it with dialogue of a different language. In the ऐनीमे world, the "dub" refers to the English language version of an anime.
Ecchi: derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "H" (from the Japanese word "hentai," which means "pervert"). It refers to ऐनीमे with an amount of sometimes humorous indecency, usually involving gratituous nudity and sexual situations.
Ending theme: also called an "ending song" या "outro". Refers to the song sung at the end of every episode of an ऐनीमे series while the end credits role, along with a sequence of एनीमेशन that usually flows with the words of the song. Almost every ऐनीमे has an ending theme that usually changes each season या if the anime's plot changes significantly. The ending theme is almost always followed द्वारा a पूर्व दर्शन of the anime's अगला episode, and is usually और calm, slow, and gentle than the opening theme.
Face Fault: an exaggeration of facial features meant to convey extreme shock या surprise, often seen in anime. A flabbergasted character's mouth will open until it literally hits the floor and eyes will become larger than usual. Most often a face fault is accompanied द्वारा the character simply falling over from shock.
Fandub: like a fansub (see Fansub), except rather than adding subtitles, the Japanese dialogue is edited out and replaced with a fan-made English dialogue. Fandubs are much rarer than fansubs.
Fansub: refers to an ऐनीमे episode या movie with subtitles made द्वारा प्रशंसकों themselves and not द्वारा official companies. They are distributed among the ऐनीमे market mostly via the Internet. They are very लोकप्रिय among ऐनीमे प्रशंसकों because many fansubs are made for episodes या फिल्में of ऐनीमे that hasn't yet been officially released and dubbed/subtitled द्वारा American companies. Depending on who आप ask, they could be considered somewhat illegal, but so far they're generally tolerated since most fansubbers create fansubs purely out of passion and not to make a profit. Also, fansubs help promote the ऐनीमे market and they open opportunities for American companies to acquire the rights to ऐनीमे shows that are currently लोकप्रिय fansubs.
Fan fic: short for "fan fiction". Refers to original stories written द्वारा प्रशंसकों using already existing anime/manga characters and plot lines.
Fan art: art made द्वारा प्रशंसकों depicting characters from an ऐनीमे या manga.
Fan service: usually used to refer to scenes in ऐनीमे that don't have much purpose but are there mainly to please any adolescent male viewers. Such scenes include a female character taking a शावर, शॉवर या bath, having her panties show, etc. On a और positive note, प्रशंसक service could also refer to anything shown in an ऐनीमे that is unrelated to the story but is pleasing to the fans, such as cute animals, flashy outfits, या cool action scenes.
Filler: refers to an episode of an ऐनीमे series that does not occur in the series' original मांगा (and thus, not created द्वारा the original author). The purpose of filler episodes is to give the मांगा time to catch up with the ऐनीमे या to make the ऐनीमे last longer than the manga. Since the stories of filler episodes are not made द्वारा the series' original creator, they usually involve events in which nothing extremely significant is done या accomplished that affects the actual main storyline. Instead, these episodes usually focus और on character development, या they could just be randomly funny या cute episodes in an otherwise serious या action-packed ऐनीमे series.
Graphic novel: a book made up of chapters from a मांगा series. They're usually around 150 to 200 pages long. Most मांगा is originally sold in a series of chapters in weekly magazines. About 10 of these chapters make up a graphic novel. The Japanese word for graphic novel is "tankouban" (see Tankouban).
Hentai: Japanese for "pervert." Hentai is an actual genre of ऐनीमे that includes major nudity and sexual situations.
Hiragana: Japanese characters/letters used for words of Japanese origin only या words without a based Chinese kanji reading. Japanese grammar particles and certain Japanese names are also written in hiragana.
Image song: a song from an ऐनीमे sung द्वारा one of its characters usually about his/her thoughts and feelings. These songs are usually only heard on the anime's soundtrack CDs and are always sung द्वारा the actual voice actor/actress of the character.
J-pop and J-rock: refers to Japanese लोकप्रिय या rock music, similar to English pop and rock but with its own unique sound. A lot of ऐनीमे use existing songs द्वारा Japanese artists and almost all of them have at least one available soundtrack CD (usually the longer and और लोकप्रिय an ऐनीमे is, the और soundtracks it gets).
Josei - मांगा that target और mature women. It is the female equivalent to Seinen manga. Unlike shoujo manga, the romance is और realistic and less idealized. The storytelling is और explicit and mature.
Kanji: Japanese characters/letters based directly on Chinese writing. Each kanji usually has a specific meaning and several readings.
Katakana: Japanese characters/letters used to write words of a foreign origin. Fantasy-based words, sound effects, and some characters' names are written in katakana.
Kawaii: Japanese for "cute." A very लोकप्रिय word used among American ऐनीमे प्रशंसकों used to describe things that are, well, cute.
Kun: An honorific used for addressing या referring to children and teenagers, particularly males, या in an adult setting, used to address an inferior. In anime, आप see this term used और and और to address females, especially ones who tend to act rather "masculine".
Kuudere: Applies to girl who are, well, cool, and eventually proceeds to और of the “dere” side whenever she is with the right person. Kuudere can be expressive, though barely. Basically, kuuderes are mostly cool and collected. Their direct interactions are another trait of this archetype.
Manga: Japanese for "comics". In American fandom it's used to refer to Japanese comics specifically. Unlike American comics which are basically limited to the superhero and comedy genres, the मांगा industry is enormous in जापान and मांगा encompasses an extremely wide range of genres and tastes. Most ऐनीमे TV shows have a मांगा series that they're based on.
Mangaka: Japanese for comic book artist, ocassionally used with the same meaning द्वारा englisg-speaking fans.
Nani: Japanese word for what? It's usually expressed द्वारा characters when they don't understand something या are suprised द्वारा what they heard.
Mecha: a genre of anime/manga that involves giant, often anthropomorphic robots that are usually piloted द्वारा humans. Examples of mecha ऐनीमे include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam Series, and Code Geass.
Moe: A fairly हाल का but increasingly लोकप्रिय type of ऐनीमे character and also a genre. Moe refers to the archetype of cute, warm, innocent, and often times under-age girls in ऐनीमे that evoke some passion या arousal from male viewers. The stereotypical moe character is a cute, polite, naive, submissive, and vulnerable young girl who makes others want to protect her.
OAV या OVA: stands for Original एनीमेशन Video या Original Video Animation. OAVs are usually a series of ऐनीमे episodes made exclusively for घर video release and not for TV या cinema. OAV's usually have longer and better episodes (since they don't have to worry about TV censorship) and better animation. An OAV could be based on an already existing ऐनीमे TV series या it could be a totally original story.
Opening theme: also called an "opening song"or "intro". Refers to the song sung at the start of every episode of an ऐनीमे series while the beginning credits role, much like the "theme songs" of many American TV shows. However, the songs of ऐनीमे opening themes are usually much और symbolic and they're made to flow specifically with the एनीमेशन being shown. Almost every ऐनीमे has an opening theme that usually changes each season या if the anime's plot changes significantly. The opening theme is usually और fast-paced, exciting, and enticing than the ending theme.
OST: stands for Original Sound Track. An OST is a संगीत CD including all of the major background संगीत and songs from a दिया ऐनीमे series.
Otaku: a derogatory Japanese word used to refer to anyone who's totally obsessed with any one thing. In American ऐनीमे fandom however, it's less derogatory and is used to refer to someone who's obsessed with ऐनीमे and manga.
Sama: The very formal honorific used when talking to या about someone who is much older and wiser, या someone whom आप admire to the point of near worship. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to men या women. Used primarily to दिखाना great respect to an individual, as in "Miyazaki-sama is a distinguished artist."
San: The formal, polite honorific one uses when talking to या about someone of equal social status. The honorific is gender neutral and used when referring to adult men या women.
Scanlation: Like a fansub, except for मांगा instead of anime. A scanlation of a मांगा is when the original Japanese लेखन is edited out and replaced with a fan's translation.
Seinen - मांगा that is meant for a और mature male audience. It is the male equivalent of Josei manga. Seinen titles are typically darker and और somber than their Shonen counterparts.
Seiyuu: Japanese for "voice actor/actess." American ऐनीमे प्रशंसकों use it to refer to the Japanese people who do the voices for ऐनीमे characters. Like the ऐनीमे shows themselves, seiyuus have their own प्रशंसक following too.
Senpai: An honorific used द्वारा a young person when talking to या about a benefactor या senior in a social organization. The usage of this honorific is encountered time and again in anime, mostly when students are talking to या about their senior classmates. Used as a noun, it would just mean, "our seniors", या "our upperclassmen".
Side story: a story set in the same world as an already existing anime/manga but focusing on different subjects, such as minor characters, new characters, या subtle plots that aren't really talked about in the actual series.
Shoujo: Japanese for "girl" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shoujo anime/manga usually have a target audience of young girls and involve a lot of emotional female characters and effeminate, attractive male characters. They're drawn in a pretty, flowery, romantic style and the plots are mainly focused on character relationships and interpersonal conflicts. Examples of shoujo anime/manga include Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Ouran High School Host Club, and Fruits Basket.
Shounen: Japanese for "boy" but it's also an anime/manga genre. Shounen anime/manga usually have a target audience of young boys and involve mostly fiery male characters (who usually have super powers of some kind) and evil, villainous characters (many of which eventually become good guys). They're drawn in a sharp, hard-core style and are mainly focused on fast-paced but often complex plot lines, with a lot of fighting and action scenes. Examples of shounen anime/manga include Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto.
Sub: short for "subtitled." Refers to the ऐनीमे in the original Japanese dialogue with subtitles in another language (usually English).
Tankouban: Japanese word for a volume या graphic novel of a मांगा series (see Graphic Novel).
Tsundere: is a Japanese concept of a character archetype which describes a person with a conceited, irritable, and/or violent personality that suddenly becomes modest and loving when triggered द्वारा some sort of cause (such as being alone with someone). It can also describe a contradictory personality which is good-willed on the inside, but with a harsh attitude on the outside.
Yandere: Japanese term for a personality that is initially extremely loving and gentle, then at one point becomes deranged या psychotic, often brutally so. आप can cosider it the opsite of tsundere.
Yaoi: an anime/manga story in which the plot is centered around a romance relationship between two male characters, usually at least one of them being very effeminate.Yaoi is mostly seen in the world of ऐनीमे प्रशंसक art and प्रशंसक fics, in which the प्रशंसकों (usually girls) take the male characters of a particular anime/manga series and put them in gay relationships. याओइ relationships are also referred to as "shounen-ai," meaning "boy's love."
Yuri: the same as याओइ (see याओइ above), but with the romance relationship being between two female characters. Yuri relationships are also referred to as "shoujo-ai," meaning "girl's love."
![Yuri and Kanade [Angel Beats!]](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/35900000/Yuri-and-Kanade-Angel-Beats-anime-35917061-300-188.jpg)
