Here is some of the terminology I use on this page (most are commonly used on many anime sites, but a couple I have my own versions of meanings for)...

NO WAY is this any sort of detailed guide to the sorts of words anime fans use, just the ones I use.

sub = subtitled anime

dub = anime that has American voices recorded over the original Japanese ones, for English-speaking audiences

fansub = subtitled by fans

fandub = dubbed by fans

commercial = title that has the rights bought to release it to English-speaking public

shoujo = girl's manga

manga = usually referring to Japanese comics, although I might sometimes use it to refer to both comics and animation (such as the following definitions ^_^.)

raw = manga that is in Japanese but not subtitled/translated; left completely alone in its original form

fan service = where a manga is full of things like pantie shots (shots of under girls' skirts), big cleavage/large breasts, etc - presumably catering to male fans of the show
VA = Voice Actor (occasionally I'll use 'seiyuu', which means the same thing, although it more often applies to Japanese voice actors specifically)

purist = someone who likes something in its original form, I guess I usually use it to refer to those people who are very strongly against dubs

hentai = pornographic/perverted

ecchi = lewd (milder version of hentai)

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