October 30, 2023 • 20 mins
In this episode, the guys define a number of wacky weeb vocab terms that you should know.
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Isaac (00:10):
So before we get started today, I just wanted to let you
know that this chapter will includesome topics of a sexual nature.
We'll give you a warning beforehand,but we just wanted to let you
know right here at the start.
Anyways, on to the show!
(00:39):
Hello everyone, and welcome tothe Newlyweebs Handbook, the show
where we guide newcomers throughthe world of anime, manga, and
all things Japanese pop culture.
I'm the former Newlyweeb Isaac,
Hunter (00:47):
and I'm Hunter, the Walking Weeb Encyclopedia.
Now Isaac, when you started this journey,don't you wish you had a dictionary
of all the weeb terms you encountered?
Isaac (00:54):
Oh absolutely, sometimes I'm still confused when I
hear someone say something.
Hunter (00:57):
Well listeners, in order to prevent you from ending up in the
same situation, we've compiled awonderful list of wacky weeb vocab to
help guide you along on your journey.
Isaac (01:04):
So put on your thinking caps,
Hunter (01:05):
climb aboard the saddle of knowledge,
Isaac (01:07):
and get ready to be learned a thing!
Together (01:10):
Yeehaw!
Isaac (01:14):
So to begin with, let's talk about some technical terms.
These are terms that are used when talkingabout the anime and manga industry and
some of the behind the scenes work.
We're going to do our best tokeep this interesting, but we do
apologize in advance if it sounds likewe're reading off of a vocab list.
Hunter (01:28):
Because we are.
Isaac (01:29):
Yeah, we are.
Hunter (01:31):
So kicking off this list, we're going to start with Sub.
Sub is an anime that has subtitles inanother language displayed on the screen
while the original Japanese audio plays.
But on the flip side of that, we alsohave dub, an anime that has dialogue
re recorded in another language.
Isaac (01:44):
Now, ONA is short for Original Net Animation.
It's anime that was releaseddirectly onto the internet.
And another term you may hearthat's similar to ONA is...
OVA, which is short for OriginalVideo Animation, and it's anime that's
usually released onto something likeDVD or if you go back far enough, VHS.
Moving on to the reading sideof things, we have Light Novel.
(02:05):
Light Novels are shorter, simplernovels that sometimes have a few
pictures where they'll show whattheir characters look like or maybe
some other relevant plot point.
but they mostly consist of wordswhereas obviously manga is more comic
like and has pictures and panels.
There's also Tankobans whichis a standalone book that
is not part of a series.
(02:26):
Sometimes though it is used to describeone volume of manga in a series.
Hunter (02:31):
A fourkoma is a short comic strip that's Typically a
gag or comedy manga, similar toPeanuts or Garfield in the West.
It's typically about four panelslong, and a panel is an individual
frame or image in a manga.
Isaac (02:42):
And the creators of manga are called mangaka.
They write and or illustrate manga,though the industry is a little
bit more complicated than that.
Hunter (02:50):
And a scan of the manga panels or the original pages haven't been
translated yet are called raw manga scans.
On the anime side of that, youhave the raw episodes which are the
anime episodes that have not beentranslated into other languages yet.
Sometimes during the production of ananime that is based on a manga, The anime
will catch up to the longest currentstory, and they will have to create
filler or non canon episodes to killtime until more of the story is finished.
(03:13):
And these episodes are usuallynot considered an actual
part of the main story.
Isaac (03:17):
Now I'm going to go ahead and apologize if these next few
explanations aren't the best because Ionly just learned some of these terms.
But a single cour is an animeof around 12 to 13 episodes.
While a two cour, or sometimesreferred to as double cour anime...
is around 24 to 26 episodesthat are aired continuously.
You may also hear the term splitcour, which is an anime of around 24
(03:40):
to 26 episodes that's aired in twoparts with a break in the middle.
There's also season, which refers to bothseries of episodes that are part of a set
and also a three month span of the year.
So you may hear the fall seasonof anime or the summer season.
They just line up with the three monthperiods we have for our actual seasons.
At the beginning of most anime,you'll hear a song that plays
(04:02):
with the opening credits.
This is referred to as anopening, or OP for short, and
they're usually really good.
Hunter (04:10):
They're usually bangers.
Isaac (04:11):
And at the end of most anime, you'll hear a song that
plays with the ending credits.
This is referred to as theending, or ED for short.
Hunter (04:19):
Let's move on to some descriptive terms.
Most of these terms are Japanese wordsor phrases that are commonly used in
anime, manga, and the weeb community.
Isaac (04:28):
A weeb, as we discussed in the previous chapter, is a term that
describes a non Japanese person whois obsessed with Japanese pop culture,
but especially anime and manga.
It's sometimes used negatively, butit really depends on the context,
and some people will use it todescribe Japanese people, but it's
traditionally non Japanese people.
Hunter (04:49):
On the other side of that, you have otaku, which is a term
that describes the Japanese personwho's obsessed with anime and manga.
It's also sometimes used to describenon Japanese people as well.
Just not as much.
Isaac (04:58):
Sometimes when you're watching an anime, you'll hear someone say baka,
which is basically just Japanese for fool,but it can be used similarly to stupid.
It's the Japanese equivalentof saying you're stupid.
Now I know we've all met that oneperson growing up who claims that
they have these super secret powersand they're like all knowing just
so they can get special attention.
(05:19):
Well, Japanese has a wordfor that, and it's chunibyo.
Chunibyo basically translates directlyto 8th grade syndrome, and describes
the actions someone might go througharound the time of 8th grade.
It can be a little bitbefore, a little bit later.
There's also a reallygood anime about chunibyo.
Hunter (05:37):
Oh, it's so good.
Isaac (05:38):
It's hilarious.
Hunter (05:40):
Sometimes when you hear the name of another person in an
anime you'll hear what sounds liketheir name followed by another word
Isaac (05:45):
or if you're like me you think that's their full name.
Hunter (05:48):
These terms are honorifics.
Japanese tends to be avery polite language.
Speaking respectfully is veryimportant in Japanese so there's a
system of speech that denotes whatyou should call someone based on
their level of seniority over you.
Some examples of this areKaguya-sama and Uzaki-chan.
Some very common terms relatingto honorifics that you'll
hear are senpai and kohai.
Senpai means senior or someone who's overyou, while kohai means junior or someone
(06:10):
who's under you.
Isaac (06:11):
Another honorific you may already be familiar with
is sensei, meaning teacher.
And in the context of siblingrelationships, you may hear Onii
chan or Or Onee chan, meaningbig brother or big sister.
Hunter (06:23):
And sometimes when describing characters, people
will use specific terms related totheir features or personalities.
Some of these terms may include Tsundere,which is a character who is typically
hostile towards another character,but eventually shows a hidden soft
side when they get closer to others.
A yandere is a character whodisplays their love through
manipulation, control, and violence,and they're sometimes murderous.
But on the flip side of that, you havechibi, which are characters and things
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who are typically small and cute.
Isaac (06:48):
There's also gyarus, which comes from the English word gal.
It describes young women who arepart of the gyaru subculture.
In anime, this is usually shownthrough lighter hair colors, major
makeup usage, slightly more revealingclothes, and a very bubbly personality.
You also have kawaii, whichis very closely related to
chibi, which means cute.
(07:10):
Things that are kawaii are usuallycolorful, or just cutesy in general.
Idol is a word you're probably alreadyfamiliar with, but in Japan it has
a slightly different connotation.
Japanese idols are entertainerswho are marketed based on their
attractiveness, talent, and personality.
They're very overworked andtrained in entertainment focused
skills like singing and dancing.
Hunter (07:31):
Speaking of overworked, we have salarymen.
A salaryman in this context isa white collared worker who are
typically overworked due to the poorworking culture prominent in Japan.
The opposite of that would be NEET,which is an acronym for Not in
Education, Employment, or Training.
It means exactly what the namesays, people who aren't seeking any
sort of education, employment, ortraining for some sort of trade.
(07:51):
Now to close off this section, we havetwo terms to describe the sexuality
of characters in anime and manga.
The first one is Yuri.
It's a genre that focuses onrelationships between two women.
It is also referred toas Girls Love or GL.
Isaac (08:03):
Yaoi, on the other hand, is a genre that focuses on
relationships between two men.
It's also sometimes referredto as Boy's Love or BL.
If you decide to watch animesubbed or just before a dub has
been released, you'll obviouslyrun into a lot of Japanese words.
While these words will be subtitled,we're gonna go ahead and define
some of the common ones for you.
Now, we don't speak Japanese, so pleasedon't hate us for our pronunciation.
Hunter (08:25):
Kicking off this list, we have Konnichiwa, which means hello,
then konbanwa, which means goodevening, and hai, which means yes.
Isaac (08:33):
There's also samimasen, which means excuse me, there's gomenasai,
which means I'm sorry, and there'sohayougozaimasu, which is good morning.
Hunter (08:42):
And then now you have Arigato, which means thank you.
Itadakimasu, which typically meansto receive, but is said before a
meal, as a polite gesture, similar tosaying grace, in a non religious way.
Then you have daijoubu, whichmeans you okay, or are you okay?
Then ja ne, which means see ya.
Isaac (09:00):
There's also nani, which means what.
There's nya, which is meow.
There's Neko, which means cat.
There is Gaiden, which is side story.
It's basically just a spinoff.
You may have heard thisin the game Ninja Gaiden.
There's also Doki Doki, whichis an onomatopoeia describing
the sound of a beating heart.
(09:20):
And there is Genki, whichtechnically means I'm fine, but
it's usually used to describesomeone that is energetic or lively.
Hunter (09:28):
Then you have gumbare, which means do your best.
Sugoi, which is awesome, Kaiju,which is a giant monster, like
Godzilla, and Oni, which means demon.
And finally, to cap off this list, we haveAra Ara, which basically means, oh my.
Now there's typically twodifferent ways you can say it.
The first way is Ara Ara,
Isaac (09:47):
oh my.
Hunter (09:48):
And the second way is Ara Ara,
Isaac (09:51):
oh my.
Hunter (09:53):
This next section, we'll be covering some terms
used in the weeb community.
Cosplay is the act of dressing up as acharacter from a show, game, or book.
I've done my fair share of cosplay.
Isaac (10:07):
And I got mistaken for DoodleBob.
Hunter (10:09):
It was a great time.
Great time.
You have waifus, which arefemale characters who someone is
attracted to and considers aboveall other potential characters.
And husbando is just the male version
of that.
Isaac (10:19):
Waifu Wednesdays and husbando hump days coming to a podcast near you.
Moving into some morecreative terms, we have AMV.
AMV stands for Animated Music Video.
Animated Music Videos are scenes fromanime edited to fit in the beat of a song.
You also have Fan Subs, which iswhen fans will take an anime that
hasn't been translated yet andthey will translate and provide
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their own subtitles for this anime.
It's a lot less common than it used tobe with the advent of streaming services,
but you do still see it occasionally.
There's also Fan Dubs, which arewhen a fan community will take
an anime and they will dub overit with their own translations.
There's the manga side ofthis, which is Scanlation.
It is fan made manga translations.
(11:02):
You then have fan producedmanga called doujinshi.
Doujinshis tend to reimagine or expandthe series they're derived from.
Though a lot of doujinshistend to be sexual in nature.
You may also hear them referredto as doujin for short.
And finally, wrapping up thissection of our list, we have MC,
which is short for Main Character.
Now it's time to speak the unspeakables.
(11:29):
Before we get into this finalsection, we do want to give you
a warning that this section isdedicated to terms of asexual nature.
If you would like to avoid thiscontent, then feel free to skip to the
timestamp provided in the show notes.
Hunter (11:40):
Hentai.
Hentai is Japanese for pervert, but it'sused to describe anime style pornography.
And there's Echi, Japanesepronunciation of H.
Basically a less extreme versionof perverted content, thus
only being the H of hentai.
And harem is a subgenre that involves oneman having a relationship with many women.
The female equivalent issometimes called a reverse
harem.
Isaac (12:00):
And this is why this section is called the unspeakables.
A loli is a female childlike characterthat is depicted in an erotic manner.
Yeah, it's a shame this exists.
People who are into lolis.
These are sometimesreferred to as lolicons.
The male equivalent of thiswould be shota, or shotacons.
(12:21):
Now, something much lessdisgusting is fanservice.
Fanservice is things in animeor manga that are used to
sexually interest audiences.
These things are not atall relevant to the plot.
Hunter (12:33):
Pantsu means...
Isaac (12:34):
Underwear.
Hunter (12:38):
Are you a man?
Do you like big, burly men?
Well, then Barra is for you.
Barra is a homoerotic genremade for gay men by gay men.
It's typically pornographic.
Isaac (12:49):
Speaking of pornographic, a tag to watch out for is NSFW.
You may have already heard of thisbefore, but just in case you haven't,
NSFW stands for Not Safe for Work.
Hunter (12:58):
It's typically porn.
Isaac (13:00):
Not always, but most of the time, yeah.
Another thing to mention too is,two terms we discussed previously,
Yaoi and Yuri, can also sometimes bereferring to pornographic material.
So, if you are wanting material thatis not pornographic, but more in
the lines of Yaoi and Yuri, Then youtypically do want to look up something
(13:20):
like girl's love and boy's love versusYaoi versus Yuri, because most of those
will result in pornographic material.
Well, that concludes our wonderfullist of wacky weeb vocab.
Thank you all so much for tuning in toChapter 2 of the Newly Weebs Handbook.
Though this list is by no meanscomprehensive, we hope it will help
keep you from feeling super confused.
Hunter (13:41):
Be sure to tune in next time for Chapter 3.
Generalized genre guide.
Isaac (13:45):
And remember, newly weebs,
Together (13:46):
Be nice, wear Old spice.
Hunter (13:49):
Not sponsored.
Anyways, Ja ne!
Isaac (13:51):
Ciao!
Hunter (13:52):
That's Italian, stupid.
Isaac (13:53):
Oh yeah.
What's that?
You're still here?
Are you looking for something secret?
Something special?
Well, good news!
I know this episode may have been a littlebit boring, but I have a present for you!
Welcome to the firstever section of OUTTAKES!
(14:17):
We hope for this to be a recurringsection right here at the end for
anyone who decides to stay and listen.
These clips are goingto be largely unedited.
And will include a littlebit of vulgar language.
In today's chapter, we're going to includeclips from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, but in
the future we hope to just include clipsfrom the chapter that you're listening to.
(14:38):
I am going to give some explanationfor some of the clips that play,
others I'll just let play out, butfor this first clip, this is what it
sounds like when we're trying to makesure our mics are set up correctly.
Hunter: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (14:50):
undefined
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!
Hello, everybody!
My name is Markiplier.
Hey, Isaac, what're you doin today?
Isaac: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (15:11):
undefined
Hunter (15:14):
Nice, no one asked!
Isaac (15:15):
Actually on the recording, you asked.
Hunter (15:17):
I don't know what you're talking about that does not exist.
Together (15:25):
*Halo theme continues being butchered
*Isaac: Is that just the Halo 4 version of it?
Hunter (15:41):
Yes, it is 100 percent Halo four version.
* Isaac (15:48):
Starts Butchering the Halo 4 theme*
Yes.
We're aware.
We're idiots.
Now this next clip is the last one ireally have to do any explaining for To
give you an idea of the context behindthis clip i was working on some editing
for chapter one and During that editing,I was messing around trying to find the
wonderful background music you hear now.
(16:09):
And while I was doing that, Ifound a wonderful, wonderful track
called You So Zany from a royaltyfree website called Audionautix.
And we had spent about two hours atthis point editing our intro music.
So I was like, Hey Hunter, don'tyou think it would be funny if I
put this instead of our intro music?
(16:32):
And he was like, yeah, no, that's funny.
Just make sure you save first.
And I was like, Oh, don't worry.
I'll save it.
And so, I thought I had savedthe work we did, you know, all
two hours of the work we did.
Instead, what I did was save our workin a separate file I titled Funny.
When I did this, though, I never savedthe work back on the original file.
(16:52):
That meant when I deleted all of ourwork and replaced it with You So Zany,
and then I inevitably ended up closingFunny, all of our work was gone.
So, after we got through laughing at howstupid and funny it sounded, I opened
up the original file and realized whatI did, and I just went, Uh, Hunter?
And he just goes, What?
I said, I messed up.
(17:14):
So, needless to say, wehad to redo all of it.
But hey, now y'all get tohear my wonderful mistake.
Hello everyone, and welcome tothe Newly Weebs Handbook, the show
where we guide newcomers throughthe world of anime, manga, and
all things Japanese pop culture.
I'm the former Newlyweeb, Isaac.
Hunter (17:31):
And I'm Hunter, the idiot that dragged him into this wacky world.
Isaac (17:35):
Now guys, has this ever happened
to you?
Hunter (17:37):
Hey man, I just watched this new anime.
It was really cool!
It was a shounen battle anime, wherethis group of mercs were saving
the world from a monstrous kaiju.
I really enjoyed it, I thinkyou should check it out.
Isaac (17:47):
Oh,
uh, uh, yeah, I'lldefinitely check it out.
Hunter (17:52):
If that's the case, then this podcast is for you.
Isaac (17:54):
In today's inagural chapter, we'll guide you through
an overview of anime and manga.
Together (17:58):
So climb aboard the SS Newly Weave and we'll
set sail for the otaku seas
Isaac (18:04):
So yeah, that happened.
I hope y'all got as muchenjoyment out of that as we did.
Hopefully not as much painas we also got though.
Anyways, I'm just going to letthe rest of these clips play.
These are just miscellaneous outtakes.
Hunter (18:17):
Ara Ara.
Similar to Peanuts orGarfield in the West.
Isaac (18:27):
I love Garfield.
Hunter (18:28):
I know.
Typically about four panels long.
Isaac (18:32):
And, sometimes when you're watching an anime, you'll hear someone say, Baka.
Um, that was terrible.
And three, we don't have to clap.
What am I doing?
I can cut this part out in a minute.
I've lost my place in The script
Hunter (18:50):
Okay, well, we're gonna get rid of this part.
Isaac (18:51):
Yeah.
Hunter (18:53):
I did not mean to start recording.
Isaac (18:55):
Let's hope that's synced.
Hunter (18:56):
Let's hope so.
Okay.
Three.
Two.
One.
Isaac (19:01):
We don't need to clap
Hunter (19:03):
I wasn't gonna clap!
Three.
Two.
One.
Sometimes when you hear...
Sometimes...
Okay,
Sometimes you'll hear the nameof another person in in an anime.
Isaac (19:28):
And three, two, one
Hunter (19:31):
So now that you have a general understanding and background of what anime
is, shall we venture into the world of...
Fuck.
Stop.
Isaac (19:47):
So the first stop of our journey is going to take us to post WWII Japan.
3, 2, 1.
Well, I think this is a goodspot for us to wrap it up today.
Hunter (20:04):
Yeah, I agree.
Isaac (20:05):
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welcome to The Newlyweebs Handbook,the show where we guide newcomers
through the world of anime, manga,and all things Japanese pop culture.
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So before we get started today, I just wanted to let you
know that this chapter will includesome topics of a sexual nature.
We'll give you a warning beforehand,but we just wanted to let you
know right here at the start.
Anyways, on to the show!
(00:39):
Hello everyone, and welcome tothe Newlyweebs Handbook, the show
where we guide newcomers throughthe world of anime, manga, and
all things Japanese pop culture.
I'm the former Newlyweeb Isaac,
Hunter (00:47):
and I'm Hunter, the Walking Weeb Encyclopedia.
Now Isaac, when you started this journey,don't you wish you had a dictionary
of all the weeb terms you encountered?
Isaac (00:54):
Oh absolutely, sometimes I'm still confused when I
hear someone say something.
Hunter (00:57):
Well listeners, in order to prevent you from ending up in the
same situation, we've compiled awonderful list of wacky weeb vocab to
help guide you along on your journey.
Isaac (01:04):
So put on your thinking caps,
Hunter (01:05):
climb aboard the saddle of knowledge,
Isaac (01:07):
and get ready to be learned a thing!
Together (01:10):
Yeehaw!
Isaac (01:14):
So to begin with, let's talk about some technical terms.
These are terms that are used when talkingabout the anime and manga industry and
some of the behind the scenes work.
We're going to do our best tokeep this interesting, but we do
apologize in advance if it sounds likewe're reading off of a vocab list.
Hunter (01:28):
Because we are.
Isaac (01:29):
Yeah, we are.
Hunter (01:31):
So kicking off this list, we're going to start with Sub.
Sub is an anime that has subtitles inanother language displayed on the screen
while the original Japanese audio plays.
But on the flip side of that, we alsohave dub, an anime that has dialogue
re recorded in another language.
Isaac (01:44):
Now, ONA is short for Original Net Animation.
It's anime that was releaseddirectly onto the internet.
And another term you may hearthat's similar to ONA is...
OVA, which is short for OriginalVideo Animation, and it's anime that's
usually released onto something likeDVD or if you go back far enough, VHS.
Moving on to the reading sideof things, we have Light Novel.
(02:05):
Light Novels are shorter, simplernovels that sometimes have a few
pictures where they'll show whattheir characters look like or maybe
some other relevant plot point.
but they mostly consist of wordswhereas obviously manga is more comic
like and has pictures and panels.
There's also Tankobans whichis a standalone book that
is not part of a series.
(02:26):
Sometimes though it is used to describeone volume of manga in a series.
Hunter (02:31):
A fourkoma is a short comic strip that's Typically a
gag or comedy manga, similar toPeanuts or Garfield in the West.
It's typically about four panelslong, and a panel is an individual
frame or image in a manga.
Isaac (02:42):
And the creators of manga are called mangaka.
They write and or illustrate manga,though the industry is a little
bit more complicated than that.
Hunter (02:50):
And a scan of the manga panels or the original pages haven't been
translated yet are called raw manga scans.
On the anime side of that, youhave the raw episodes which are the
anime episodes that have not beentranslated into other languages yet.
Sometimes during the production of ananime that is based on a manga, The anime
will catch up to the longest currentstory, and they will have to create
filler or non canon episodes to killtime until more of the story is finished.
(03:13):
And these episodes are usuallynot considered an actual
part of the main story.
Isaac (03:17):
Now I'm going to go ahead and apologize if these next few
explanations aren't the best because Ionly just learned some of these terms.
But a single cour is an animeof around 12 to 13 episodes.
While a two cour, or sometimesreferred to as double cour anime...
is around 24 to 26 episodesthat are aired continuously.
You may also hear the term splitcour, which is an anime of around 24
(03:40):
to 26 episodes that's aired in twoparts with a break in the middle.
There's also season, which refers to bothseries of episodes that are part of a set
and also a three month span of the year.
So you may hear the fall seasonof anime or the summer season.
They just line up with the three monthperiods we have for our actual seasons.
At the beginning of most anime,you'll hear a song that plays
(04:02):
with the opening credits.
This is referred to as anopening, or OP for short, and
they're usually really good.
Hunter (04:10):
They're usually bangers.
Isaac (04:11):
And at the end of most anime, you'll hear a song that
plays with the ending credits.
This is referred to as theending, or ED for short.
Hunter (04:19):
Let's move on to some descriptive terms.
Most of these terms are Japanese wordsor phrases that are commonly used in
anime, manga, and the weeb community.
Isaac (04:28):
A weeb, as we discussed in the previous chapter, is a term that
describes a non Japanese person whois obsessed with Japanese pop culture,
but especially anime and manga.
It's sometimes used negatively, butit really depends on the context,
and some people will use it todescribe Japanese people, but it's
traditionally non Japanese people.
Hunter (04:49):
On the other side of that, you have otaku, which is a term
that describes the Japanese personwho's obsessed with anime and manga.
It's also sometimes used to describenon Japanese people as well.
Just not as much.
Isaac (04:58):
Sometimes when you're watching an anime, you'll hear someone say baka,
which is basically just Japanese for fool,but it can be used similarly to stupid.
It's the Japanese equivalentof saying you're stupid.
Now I know we've all met that oneperson growing up who claims that
they have these super secret powersand they're like all knowing just
so they can get special attention.
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Well, Japanese has a wordfor that, and it's chunibyo.
Chunibyo basically translates directlyto 8th grade syndrome, and describes
the actions someone might go througharound the time of 8th grade.
It can be a little bitbefore, a little bit later.
There's also a reallygood anime about chunibyo.
Hunter (05:37):
Oh, it's so good.
Isaac (05:38):
It's hilarious.
Hunter (05:40):
Sometimes when you hear the name of another person in an
anime you'll hear what sounds liketheir name followed by another word
Isaac (05:45):
or if you're like me you think that's their full name.
Hunter (05:48):
These terms are honorifics.
Japanese tends to be avery polite language.
Speaking respectfully is veryimportant in Japanese so there's a
system of speech that denotes whatyou should call someone based on
their level of seniority over you.
Some examples of this areKaguya-sama and Uzaki-chan.
Some very common terms relatingto honorifics that you'll
hear are senpai and kohai.
Senpai means senior or someone who's overyou, while kohai means junior or someone
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who's under you.
Isaac (06:11):
Another honorific you may already be familiar with
is sensei, meaning teacher.
And in the context of siblingrelationships, you may hear Onii
chan or Or Onee chan, meaningbig brother or big sister.
Hunter (06:23):
And sometimes when describing characters, people
will use specific terms related totheir features or personalities.
Some of these terms may include Tsundere,which is a character who is typically
hostile towards another character,but eventually shows a hidden soft
side when they get closer to others.
A yandere is a character whodisplays their love through
manipulation, control, and violence,and they're sometimes murderous.
But on the flip side of that, you havechibi, which are characters and things
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who are typically small and cute.
Isaac (06:48):
There's also gyarus, which comes from the English word gal.
It describes young women who arepart of the gyaru subculture.
In anime, this is usually shownthrough lighter hair colors, major
makeup usage, slightly more revealingclothes, and a very bubbly personality.
You also have kawaii, whichis very closely related to
chibi, which means cute.
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Things that are kawaii are usuallycolorful, or just cutesy in general.
Idol is a word you're probably alreadyfamiliar with, but in Japan it has
a slightly different connotation.
Japanese idols are entertainerswho are marketed based on their
attractiveness, talent, and personality.
They're very overworked andtrained in entertainment focused
skills like singing and dancing.
Hunter (07:31):
Speaking of overworked, we have salarymen.
A salaryman in this context isa white collared worker who are
typically overworked due to the poorworking culture prominent in Japan.
The opposite of that would be NEET,which is an acronym for Not in
Education, Employment, or Training.
It means exactly what the namesays, people who aren't seeking any
sort of education, employment, ortraining for some sort of trade.
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Now to close off this section, we havetwo terms to describe the sexuality
of characters in anime and manga.
The first one is Yuri.
It's a genre that focuses onrelationships between two women.
It is also referred toas Girls Love or GL.
Isaac (08:03):
Yaoi, on the other hand, is a genre that focuses on
relationships between two men.
It's also sometimes referredto as Boy's Love or BL.
If you decide to watch animesubbed or just before a dub has
been released, you'll obviouslyrun into a lot of Japanese words.
While these words will be subtitled,we're gonna go ahead and define
some of the common ones for you.
Now, we don't speak Japanese, so pleasedon't hate us for our pronunciation.
Hunter (08:25):
Kicking off this list, we have Konnichiwa, which means hello,
then konbanwa, which means goodevening, and hai, which means yes.
Isaac (08:33):
There's also samimasen, which means excuse me, there's gomenasai,
which means I'm sorry, and there'sohayougozaimasu, which is good morning.
Hunter (08:42):
And then now you have Arigato, which means thank you.
Itadakimasu, which typically meansto receive, but is said before a
meal, as a polite gesture, similar tosaying grace, in a non religious way.
Then you have daijoubu, whichmeans you okay, or are you okay?
Then ja ne, which means see ya.
Isaac (09:00):
There's also nani, which means what.
There's nya, which is meow.
There's Neko, which means cat.
There is Gaiden, which is side story.
It's basically just a spinoff.
You may have heard thisin the game Ninja Gaiden.
There's also Doki Doki, whichis an onomatopoeia describing
the sound of a beating heart.
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And there is Genki, whichtechnically means I'm fine, but
it's usually used to describesomeone that is energetic or lively.
Hunter (09:28):
Then you have gumbare, which means do your best.
Sugoi, which is awesome, Kaiju,which is a giant monster, like
Godzilla, and Oni, which means demon.
And finally, to cap off this list, we haveAra Ara, which basically means, oh my.
Now there's typically twodifferent ways you can say it.
The first way is Ara Ara,
Isaac (09:47):
oh my.
Hunter (09:48):
And the second way is Ara Ara,
Isaac (09:51):
oh my.
Hunter (09:53):
This next section, we'll be covering some terms
used in the weeb community.
Cosplay is the act of dressing up as acharacter from a show, game, or book.
I've done my fair share of cosplay.
Isaac (10:07):
And I got mistaken for DoodleBob.
Hunter (10:09):
It was a great time.
Great time.
You have waifus, which arefemale characters who someone is
attracted to and considers aboveall other potential characters.
And husbando is just the male version
of that.
Isaac (10:19):
Waifu Wednesdays and husbando hump days coming to a podcast near you.
Moving into some morecreative terms, we have AMV.
AMV stands for Animated Music Video.
Animated Music Videos are scenes fromanime edited to fit in the beat of a song.
You also have Fan Subs, which iswhen fans will take an anime that
hasn't been translated yet andthey will translate and provide
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their own subtitles for this anime.
It's a lot less common than it used tobe with the advent of streaming services,
but you do still see it occasionally.
There's also Fan Dubs, which arewhen a fan community will take
an anime and they will dub overit with their own translations.
There's the manga side ofthis, which is Scanlation.
It is fan made manga translations.
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You then have fan producedmanga called doujinshi.
Doujinshis tend to reimagine or expandthe series they're derived from.
Though a lot of doujinshistend to be sexual in nature.
You may also hear them referredto as doujin for short.
And finally, wrapping up thissection of our list, we have MC,
which is short for Main Character.
Now it's time to speak the unspeakables.
(11:29):
Before we get into this finalsection, we do want to give you
a warning that this section isdedicated to terms of asexual nature.
If you would like to avoid thiscontent, then feel free to skip to the
timestamp provided in the show notes.
Hunter (11:40):
Hentai.
Hentai is Japanese for pervert, but it'sused to describe anime style pornography.
And there's Echi, Japanesepronunciation of H.
Basically a less extreme versionof perverted content, thus
only being the H of hentai.
And harem is a subgenre that involves oneman having a relationship with many women.
The female equivalent issometimes called a reverse
harem.
Isaac (12:00):
And this is why this section is called the unspeakables.
A loli is a female childlike characterthat is depicted in an erotic manner.
Yeah, it's a shame this exists.
People who are into lolis.
These are sometimesreferred to as lolicons.
The male equivalent of thiswould be shota, or shotacons.
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Now, something much lessdisgusting is fanservice.
Fanservice is things in animeor manga that are used to
sexually interest audiences.
These things are not atall relevant to the plot.
Hunter (12:33):
Pantsu means...
Isaac (12:34):
Underwear.
Hunter (12:38):
Are you a man?
Do you like big, burly men?
Well, then Barra is for you.
Barra is a homoerotic genremade for gay men by gay men.
It's typically pornographic.
Isaac (12:49):
Speaking of pornographic, a tag to watch out for is NSFW.
You may have already heard of thisbefore, but just in case you haven't,
NSFW stands for Not Safe for Work.
Hunter (12:58):
It's typically porn.
Isaac (13:00):
Not always, but most of the time, yeah.
Another thing to mention too is,two terms we discussed previously,
Yaoi and Yuri, can also sometimes bereferring to pornographic material.
So, if you are wanting material thatis not pornographic, but more in
the lines of Yaoi and Yuri, Then youtypically do want to look up something
(13:20):
like girl's love and boy's love versusYaoi versus Yuri, because most of those
will result in pornographic material.
Well, that concludes our wonderfullist of wacky weeb vocab.
Thank you all so much for tuning in toChapter 2 of the Newly Weebs Handbook.
Though this list is by no meanscomprehensive, we hope it will help
keep you from feeling super confused.
Hunter (13:41):
Be sure to tune in next time for Chapter 3.
Generalized genre guide.
Isaac (13:45):
And remember, newly weebs,
Together (13:46):
Be nice, wear Old spice.
Hunter (13:49):
Not sponsored.
Anyways, Ja ne!
Isaac (13:51):
Ciao!
Hunter (13:52):
That's Italian, stupid.
Isaac (13:53):
Oh yeah.
What's that?
You're still here?
Are you looking for something secret?
Something special?
Well, good news!
I know this episode may have been a littlebit boring, but I have a present for you!
Welcome to the firstever section of OUTTAKES!
(14:17):
We hope for this to be a recurringsection right here at the end for
anyone who decides to stay and listen.
These clips are goingto be largely unedited.
And will include a littlebit of vulgar language.
In today's chapter, we're going to includeclips from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, but in
the future we hope to just include clipsfrom the chapter that you're listening to.
(14:38):
I am going to give some explanationfor some of the clips that play,
others I'll just let play out, butfor this first clip, this is what it
sounds like when we're trying to makesure our mics are set up correctly.
Hunter: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (14:50):
undefined
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!
Hello, everybody!
My name is Markiplier.
Hey, Isaac, what're you doin today?
Isaac: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (15:11):
undefined
Hunter (15:14):
Nice, no one asked!
Isaac (15:15):
Actually on the recording, you asked.
Hunter (15:17):
I don't know what you're talking about that does not exist.
Together (15:25):
*Halo theme continues being butchered
*Isaac: Is that just the Halo 4 version of it?
Hunter (15:41):
Yes, it is 100 percent Halo four version.
* Isaac (15:48):
Starts Butchering the Halo 4 theme*
Yes.
We're aware.
We're idiots.
Now this next clip is the last one ireally have to do any explaining for To
give you an idea of the context behindthis clip i was working on some editing
for chapter one and During that editing,I was messing around trying to find the
wonderful background music you hear now.
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And while I was doing that, Ifound a wonderful, wonderful track
called You So Zany from a royaltyfree website called Audionautix.
And we had spent about two hours atthis point editing our intro music.
So I was like, Hey Hunter, don'tyou think it would be funny if I
put this instead of our intro music?
(16:32):
And he was like, yeah, no, that's funny.
Just make sure you save first.
And I was like, Oh, don't worry.
I'll save it.
And so, I thought I had savedthe work we did, you know, all
two hours of the work we did.
Instead, what I did was save our workin a separate file I titled Funny.
When I did this, though, I never savedthe work back on the original file.
(16:52):
That meant when I deleted all of ourwork and replaced it with You So Zany,
and then I inevitably ended up closingFunny, all of our work was gone.
So, after we got through laughing at howstupid and funny it sounded, I opened
up the original file and realized whatI did, and I just went, Uh, Hunter?
And he just goes, What?
I said, I messed up.
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So, needless to say, wehad to redo all of it.
But hey, now y'all get tohear my wonderful mistake.
Hello everyone, and welcome tothe Newly Weebs Handbook, the show
where we guide newcomers throughthe world of anime, manga, and
all things Japanese pop culture.
I'm the former Newlyweeb, Isaac.
Hunter (17:31):
And I'm Hunter, the idiot that dragged him into this wacky world.
Isaac (17:35):
Now guys, has this ever happened
to you?
Hunter (17:37):
Hey man, I just watched this new anime.
It was really cool!
It was a shounen battle anime, wherethis group of mercs were saving
the world from a monstrous kaiju.
I really enjoyed it, I thinkyou should check it out.
Isaac (17:47):
Oh,
uh, uh, yeah, I'lldefinitely check it out.
Hunter (17:52):
If that's the case, then this podcast is for you.
Isaac (17:54):
In today's inagural chapter, we'll guide you through
an overview of anime and manga.
Together (17:58):
So climb aboard the SS Newly Weave and we'll
set sail for the otaku seas
Isaac (18:04):
So yeah, that happened.
I hope y'all got as muchenjoyment out of that as we did.
Hopefully not as much painas we also got though.
Anyways, I'm just going to letthe rest of these clips play.
These are just miscellaneous outtakes.
Hunter (18:17):
Ara Ara.
Similar to Peanuts orGarfield in the West.
Isaac (18:27):
I love Garfield.
Hunter (18:28):
I know.
Typically about four panels long.
Isaac (18:32):
And, sometimes when you're watching an anime, you'll hear someone say, Baka.
Um, that was terrible.
And three, we don't have to clap.
What am I doing?
I can cut this part out in a minute.
I've lost my place in The script
Hunter (18:50):
Okay, well, we're gonna get rid of this part.
Isaac (18:51):
Yeah.
Hunter (18:53):
I did not mean to start recording.
Isaac (18:55):
Let's hope that's synced.
Hunter (18:56):
Let's hope so.
Okay.
Three.
Two.
One.
Isaac (19:01):
We don't need to clap
Hunter (19:03):
I wasn't gonna clap!
Three.
Two.
One.
Sometimes when you hear...
Sometimes...
Okay,
Sometimes you'll hear the nameof another person in in an anime.
Isaac (19:28):
And three, two, one
Hunter (19:31):
So now that you have a general understanding and background of what anime
is, shall we venture into the world of...
Fuck.
Stop.
Isaac (19:47):
So the first stop of our journey is going to take us to post WWII Japan.
3, 2, 1.
Well, I think this is a goodspot for us to wrap it up today.
Hunter (20:04):
Yeah, I agree.
Isaac (20:05):
Thank you all so much for tur tu tu tu tu tu tu Hello everyone,
welcome to The Newlyweebs Handbook,the show where we guide newcomers
through the world of anime, manga,and all things Japanese pop culture.
I'm the formn dep depdep dep dep dep dep dep
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