Category: Lost In Translation

• Lost in Translation: Genres

  In this installment of “Lost in Translation” I want to talk about genres in anime and manga and some of the tropes that are associated with them. Anime and Manga encompass a wide range of genres such as action/adventure, fantasy, science fiction, romance, slice-of-life, and comedy as well as various subgenres. You might hear shōnen,…

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  May 6, 2024

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations

  Anime, Berserk, BlackClover, CardcaptorSakura, DemonSlayer, DragonBall, FruitsBasket, HappyMarriage, HunterXHunter, isekai, JoblessReincarnation, JujutsuKaisen, Manga, MyHeroAcademia, Naruto, Nichijou, OnePiece, Overlord, SailorMoon, seinen, shojo, shonen, SwordArtOnline, ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime, TheDevilIsAPartTimer, TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe, TokyoGhoul, Tsundere, Vagabond, VinlandSaga

• Lost in Translation: Honorifics 

  Welcome back to the blog! This is a segment I started to help new and casual readers of manga understand things that are mistranslated or lost crossing cultures. In this next segment, I want to cover honorifics.  You might have noticed little words tacked onto the end of names in your reading. These “little words”…

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  March 18, 2024

  Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations, Trending

  Chan, GraphicNovels, Honorifics, JapaneseHonorifics, KatashiHatake, Kun, Manga, Naruto, Sama, San, SpyXFamily, VinlandSaga

• Lost in Translation: the Confession

  Hey everybody! It’s Dillon again back to talk about more manga. I hope that in the new year, a few of you have picked up some manga to try it out. I would be curious to hear your thoughts and opinions, so come and find me in Russell Library and chat. I thought about starting…

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  February 5, 2024

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations

  Aharen-senWaHakarenai, Anime, GraphicNovels, Horimiya, Kaguya-sama, KomiCantCommunicate, LoveIsWar, Manga, MyDressUpDarling, Shikimori’sNotJustACutie, TomoChanIsAGirl

• Animation that Excites, Manga that Inspires

  As graphic novels are trending more and more, the term “manga” might have tickled your ear. What is manga and where did it come from? My name is Dillon, I am a new Library Associate here in our Information Services and Adult Learning Department. I’m here to shed some light on the subject.  Manga (pronounced…

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  December 18, 2023

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Lost In Translation, Recommendations, Trending

  Anime, AsiaPacific, Cartoons, Comics, DCComics, GraphicNovels, Japan, Manga, Marvel, Toonami