ADR (Automated Dialogue Recording)- The process of making English dialogue fit the characters mouthings.
Anime- The word used to shorten Japanese Animation by western viewers to distinguish it from other animation, such as Canadian, American, or French.
AniParo- ANIme PAROdy, a popular genre in which anime characters are used in comic strips and/ or skits.
BGM (Backgroung Music)- The musical score of an anime or video game.
Bishojo- The japanese word to descibe a beautiful girl.
Bishonen- The japanese word to describe a beautiful boy.
Chara- Script abbreviation for CHARActer.
Doujinshin- The japanese word for Fanzine, a fan's comic adaptation of a popular anime or manga.
Ecchi- A lighter form of hentai, usually with lust crazy boys, peeping Tom's and panty thieves.
Gajin or Gaikokujin- The japanese word for foriegner. It translates to strange person, whereas gaikokujin is a person from another country.
Gekiga- Japanes for graphic novel, a collection of a single title series in one book.
Hentai- Japanese for porn, usually reserved for anime.
Manga- Japanese for comic.
Mecha- Abbreviation of MECHAnical. From cars to tools, it usually refers to anime centered around giant robots.
OVA, OAV (Original Video Animation, Original Animated Video)- An anime series released directly to video instead or TV or Theatres.
OST (Original Soundtrack)- The music from an anime or video game. Unlike BGM, OST includes songs with lyrics or tracks that do not appear in the series.
Otaku- Japanese for obssesive fan. Westerners use it to refer to fans of manga or anime.
Seiyuu- Japanese for voice actor.
Settai- The line art which is made at the start of a project, used by animators for reference, and publicity use.
Shojo- Japanese for girl, Shojo mangas are usually more flowery, bubblely, romantic, and deal with romance and emotions.
Shonen- Japanese for boy- Shonen manga are often adventure related, except for 'shonen-ai' or boy love manga.
Japanese:
Numbers:
0- rei
1- ichi
2- ni
3- san
4- shi
5- go
6- roku
7- shichi
8- hachi
9- ku
10- ju
100- hyaku
1,000- sen
10,000- man
all, whole, total, entire- zenbu
Colors:
blue- ao
black- kuro
white- shiro
purple- murasaki
green- midori
yellow- kiiro
gonld- kin
brown- chairo
grey- hairo
pink- momiro
color- kara
Months:
January- Ichigatsu
Febuary- Nigatsu
March- Sangatsu
April- Shigatsu
May- Gogatsu
June- Rokugatsu
July- Shichigatsu
August- Hachigatsu
September- Kugatsu
October- Jugatsu
November- Juichigatsu
December- Junigatsu
Clothes, Accesories:
clothes- kimono
dress, clothing-
hat, cap- boshi
pants- zuban
bag, sack- fukuro
glasses- magene
umbrella- kasa
t-shirt, undershirt, shirt- shatsu
silk- kinu
sweater- seta
coat, suit, jacket- uwagi
shoes, boots- kutsu
socks- kutsushita
comb- kushi
overcoat- oba
wallet- saifu
skirt- sukareru
Food, Utensils:
food, a dish, edible- tabemono
noodles- soba
soup- supu
whiskey- uisukii
bean curd- tofu
egg- tamago
sauce- sosu
vinegar- su
flour- kona
water- mizu, gogyou
plate- pure-to, zuhan, sara
bowl- bouru, utsuwa, bo-ru, wan
spoon- supun
fork- buten, fo-ku, kumade, wakare
knife- tou, naifu, deba
People:
man. male- otoko
woman, female- onna
father- otosan
mother- okasan
son- sochi, sai, segare, sotsu
daughter- goreijou, otome
grandfather- oijisan
grandmother-
uncle- oji
aunt- hakubo, obasan, shukubo
nephew- oi
niece- mei
he, his- kare, anohito
she, her- kanojo, anokata
Characters
Episodes
$$60 Billion Man
Truth of Mistakes
Peacemaker
Love & Peace
Hard Puncher
Lost July
B.D.N.
Between the Wastland & the Sky
Murder Machine
Quick Draw
Escpe From Pain
Diablo
Vash the Stampede
Little Arcadia
Demon's Eye
Fifth Moon
Rem Saverem
And Now, Goodbye
Hang Fire
Flying Ship
Out of Time
FAQ
Gallery
Japanese
Guns of Trigun
Vash's Revolver
Wolfwood's Auto-Pistol
Meryl's Derringer
Wolfwood's CrossPunisher
Milly's Stungun
Dominique's Heat Wave 187M
Articles
Plants: The How and What?!
Wolfwood's CrossPunisher Type B:
Blueprints
Assembly Instructions
CrossPunisher Type B Commentary by Dracon_Firewolf
Petition & Survey's
Poseidon U.S. Copyright Petition
(Vash & Knives' Revolver Survey DOWN...)
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Links
AirSoftSurgeon.com
Geneon/Pioneer.com
advfilms.com
manga.com
animeigo.com
anime-genesis.com
anipike.com
animelab.com
Hunter's Haven: A Trigun Site
Trigun: Sun & Light- The Virtual Third Season
Akane.org
