Links!

    PSU Japanese Resources
  • Japanese Language Department
    -- Everything you need to know about the Japanese Language program here at PSU. :) Linked from the Foreign Languages & Literatures main page at http://www.fll.pdx.edu/.
  • Center for Japanese Studies
    -- PSU's Center for Japanese Studies website. It has more information on travelling abroad, more faculty members, and different programs you can look into for studying Japanese.
    Anime Conventions
  • Kumoricon
    -- Portland's own anime convention, every year in August. Be sure to go to it!
  • Sakuracon
    -- The biggest anime convention in the Northwest! Takes place in the spring in Seattle.
    Anime & Related Groups in the Portland Area
  • AnimePDX
    -- A livejournal community that gets together once a month to watch anime at a member's house.
  • U of P Unofficial Anime Club
    -- The University of Portland unofficial anime club.
  • Super Secret Anime Dubbing Project
    -- A little side project we all started up. ^_^ The PSU Dubbing Organization! We want to fandub an anime...yes, I know, scary. This group is by invite only, since you actually need to be here to participate in it. If you're interested, show up to one of our meetings and ask around! Or e-mail us at anime@pdx.edu.
  • Orycon
    -- Portland's Premiere Science Fiction Convention.
  • Mega Gamers/Random Select
    -- PSU's very own gamers club. Check them out!
  • Robe Warriors
    -- A Portland area costuming group. You could pretty much call them a cosplay group, but they do more than just anime.
  • NOVA
    -- Northern Oregon & Vancouver Anime meets twice a month. Be sure to check out their site for more info.
    Torrents
  • Quicknet Anime Torrent Listing
    -- A list of a bunch of anime torrent sites.
  • AnimeSuki
    -- AnimeSuki is where a lot of the things we download come from.
  • Box Torrents
    -- Another pretty good anime torrent site.
  • Anime Torrents
    -- No points for name originality, but they have a lot of a few series.
  • Tokyo Toshokan
    -- Tokyo Toshokan has a lot of torrents of new series.
  • CrunchyRoll
    -- All kinds of Japanese media available for viewing in your browser. A sort of youtube of anime and j-dorama.
    Popular Pages
  • AnimeOnDVD Licensed Anime List
    -- The "Grand High Licensing List" of anime that has been licensed, from the page http://www.animeondvd.com/
  • Toriyama World
    -- A site dedicatied mostly to comic translations.
  • AnimeMusicVideos.org
    -- The database for anime music videos.
  • Cosplay.com
    -- "The Internet's Premiere Cosplay Community"
  • GAIA Online
    -- An anime related forum with fun little avatars. Also has a moderate anime database.
  • Shoujo and General Weblog
    -- A somewhat large database of reviews of different anime.
  • Batsu
    -- A J-rock/J-pop forum
  • Yale Anime Society
    -- The Yale Anime Society. We used to link to their glossary, but it got eaten by a 404 monster.
  • Anipike.com
    -- A huge database of anime sites around the web.
  • AnimeNfo
    -- A huge anime database. Reviews, voice actors, genres, production dates, etc. A very complete reference site.
  • animelab.com
    -- A large amount of a variety of things, including reviews, image galleries, and even a kanji guide.
  • Anime News Network
    -- As their site says, "The internet's most trusted anime news source."
    Japanese Language Resources
  • Linear
    -- An excellent Japanese <=> English dictionary.
  • Moshi Moshi
    -- Moshi Moshi is a Japanese language distance learning program at a grade school level. It's shown on public access at various times (the schedule is on the site) and it's fun to sing along to the songs that help you learn. ^^
  • Jim Breen's WWWJDIC
    -- Jim Breen's WWWJDIC at Monash University. An excellent kanji lookup site.
    Retailers
  • Anime Corner Store
    -- A complete anime super store with low prices, plus free shipping if you buy a lot of stuff at once (and who doesn't?).
  • Anime Take Out
    -- Like netflix, but for anime only!
  • JustBe Toys
    -- A store in Old Town/Chinatown in Portland (107 NW 5th St.) that sells a variety of Japanese toys, rents out foreign DVDs, and other various Japanese/comic book goods. They also have a gallery upstairs (http://www.justbedesign.com/)
  • Suncoast
    -- A store that sells movies, and they have a very good anime collection. The closest to PSU is at Lloyd Center.
  • eBay
    -- The only way to get rare Japanese items without going there yourself!
  • Uwajimaya
    -- An Asian food mart, to meet all your asian food needs. The closest one to PSU is in Beaverton.
  • Fubonn
    -- An Asian shopping center on 82nd near Powell.
  • Kinokuniya
    -- A Japanese bookstore company. There is one inside uwajimaya in Beaverton that sells a lot of manga.
  • YesAsia.com
    -- An anime collectible site.
  • Anime Nation
    -- A site that sells a variety of anime related things, from CDs and DVDs to snacks and wallscrolls!
  • Anime Books
    -- A site that specializes in art books.
  • NCS
    -- A good site to import Japanese video games from.
  • Game Music Online
    -- A site that sells video game music CDs, as well as anime music CDs and sheet music.