#japanese cultural

[hi-majine]

布目虹夢 「オモチャ」

#vintage #japanese cultural #昭和 #magazine cover

[kekwcomics]

#mothra #godzilla #toho godzilla #toho #toho films #toho monsters #toho studios #fairies #japanese sci fi #japanese movies #japanese culture #kaiju #toho kaiju #kaiji

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits

#exilley's diary #this is about utena btw like. yeah its feminist and a coming of age horror story but also #it was in part ikuhara’s response to the changes he observed in the corporate anime industry and an attempt to subvert those trends #it doesnt really help that i feel certain aspects of the show are filtered through translation and certain cultural emphasises are lost #like for instance. the blood type symbolism. or wakaba’s gestures with making packed lunches #theyre incredibly japanese expressions of conventional gender roles that non-japanese audiences might not fully resonate with

[0nelinerwordplay]

#cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #japan travel #japanese culture #koi #koi fish #naturecore #cute #cuteanimals #photography #photographers on tumblr #landscape #travel #places

[vriskan8or]

let her go

#homestuck #vriska serket #terezi pyrope #vriska #terezi #vrisrezi #mic_art #screencap redraw of that one utena scene woohoo #vrisrezi and utenanthy dont share many similarities but there are some interesting parallels that can be drawn #like theyre all characters who are devoted to the respective roles they think they have #utena needs to be a prince and vriska needs to be a hero #terezi needs to cast vriska as the villain so that she can be the one to bring her to justice while anthy #is resigned to her role as the rose bride and is cast as a witch by others (and herself in a way...) to justify her suffering #im too tired to put into words all the other shit rattlign around in my brain but something something vriska society violence princes utena #something interesting to note is that in the rgu stabbing scene utena is walking to the left while is hs vriskas walking to the right #which i think is mostly a cultural difference due to english being read left to right while japanese is read right to left #changing which direction is percieved as forward #which could be read further into but could also just be the natural flow of the scene or whateevr #idk i need to peruse ohtori.nu again i looooove reading utena essays

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Just a small detail that I wanted to highlight from Netflix’s One Piece. Even though this is clearly a Western production of a Japanese series, as you can tell from the more Hollywood-ish dialogue and action, the series isn’t completely divorced from its Japanese roots. For example, in the first episode, you can clearly tell Koby and Luffy are eating with chopsticks. And the little girl serves chocolate onigiri to Zoro.

It feels like the reverse of how anime used to be treated in the early 2000s. Remember when Pokémon had to change the name of the food to stuff like donuts and pizza? Now we have a Western show that’s based on an anime, and they’re making sure not to erase the Japanese influence in the series.

#one piece #one piece live action #netflix one piece #one piece netflix #anime #pokemon #op koby #koby #monkey d. luffy #monkey d luffy #opla #netflix op #japanese culture #one piece thoughts #anime stuff #Netflix #roronoa zoro #zoro roronoa

[zaebucca]

Hisuian ghosts in a snow grove

#pixelart #ドットの日 #pixel animation #zoroark #pokemon #hisuian zoroark #pixel background #pokemon fanart #japanese culture #yokai #ghost pokemon #nintendo #retrogamer #super nintendo #game boy color #8 bit aesthetic #16 bit games #2d animation

[53v3nfrn5]

Textile Sample Book ‘テキスタイル見本帳’ Edo period (1615–1868)

Medium: Paper and cotton Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 in. (24.13 x 17.78 cm)

#textures #textiles #fabric #clothes #fashion #1600s #1700s #1800s #aesthetic #japan #japanese #culture #blue

[tokyo-fashion]

Harajuku Street Style Interview with Future Japanese Buddhist Monk Rei

Harajuku Street Style Interview with future Japanese Buddhist Monk Rei. Known in the Harajuku scene for mixing traditional Japanese fashion with modern elements, 19-year-old Rei comes from a family of generations of Buddhist priests. He's studying theology now, intending to become a monk and follow the path of his ancestors. Interview by Ticomeba.

#harajuku #japanese fashion #japanese streetwear #japanese culture #Buddhism

[hi-majine]

「少女の友」 1952.04

#vintage #japanese cultural #昭和 #magazine cover

[leisi-lilacdreams]

posting this while i'm in the mood to share

maybe i'll get it done before the actual new years OTL

i want to a series of 12!boys in more japanese settings and i have some ideas

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #my art #tmnt 2012 #tmnt fanart #2012 mikey #2012 leo #2012 donnie #2012 raph #kotatsu #please don't b ully me about the perspective #i'm already doing it to myself ;v; #i see the 2012 turtles being more japanese than other versions #let them connect with their culture #CSP asset store saving my butt #if no one's got me at least the CSP asset store's got me

[haridraws]

delicious ordinary food. completely normal. no catch

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #i just finished reading all the manga volumes that are out!!! spot the reference to my favourite character... creature... #i'm not japanese but i studied it in school a Lot and our high school teacher made us take cooking classes in japanese to improve #obv they dont cook much trad japanese cuisine in the manga but some of the methods and cultural attitudes to food make me v nostalgic!!! #art #my art #fanart #misc fanart

[mythicalartistx]

How did Riku talking about Slapping Sora awake get translated to

It's my job to keep him on his toes

It's so funny that he talks about it casually with Donald Goofy and Mickey right before taking the dive a second time.

And the gestures look like ah yes he's showing how he might slap him, but in the English version THEY ACTUALLY EDITED SO HE DOESN'T SWUNG HIS HAND ALL THE WAY 😭😭

#kingdom hearts #translation #japanese translations #dream drop distance #soriku #kingdom hearts dream drop distance #riku #kh riku #sora #kh sora #the fact they edited it too #kh translations #kh ddd #edit: didn't expect this to get this many notes wow #also I get why change happened it makes sense because some could misinterpret things since jp cultural is different from american cultural #though I still think it's funny #localization vs translation differences is just interesting to me

[redsamuraiii]

Shōgun | BTS: How to Walk | FX

Lady Mariko walks like a ship gliding smoothly across the water.

#shogun #shogun 2024 #shogun fx #anna sawai #japan #japanese culture #japanese tradition

[warakami-vaporwave]

Sakura Death

#sakura #cherry blossom #shodo #japanese calligraphy #calligraphy #japan #inspired #aesthetic #pink flowers #flowers #art #cherry blossoms #pink #japonisme #pastel #black ink #japanese culture #anime aesthetic #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr

[city-cost]

Early autumn leaves viewing in a damp Yoro-Keikoku Valley in the heart of Chiba's Boso Peninsula, near Tokyo, Sunday.

#japan blogs #travel #life in japan #japan #japanese culture #autumn leaves #fall leaves #autumn vibes #autumn japan #tumblr japan #japantrip #chiba #places #aesthetics