assaulted or psychologically abused by an offender. It differs from sadism in that it is a voyeuristic fantasy fetish with focus towards fictional characters from video games, anime, manga, television and movies that include battering, abusing or otherwise killing women. In case the victim is male it is often labeled as gyaku-ryona (逆リョナ). scanlation (also scanslation): The scanning, translation and editing of comics from one language into another. : A Japanese voice actor. As well as voicing characters in anime, seiyū do voicing for video games, radio shows, drama CDs, and other media. : Refers to the full-page illustration that marks the beginning of most manga chapters. Designed to capture the reader's attention, they sometimes spread to cover two opposing pages, and typically contain the series' title and the chapter's title. The equivalent in American comics is the splash page. : Refers to manga drawn in a four-panel comic strip format. : Refers to the area of exposed thigh when a girl is wearing a short skirt and thigh-high socks. The ideal skirt:thigh:sock-above-knee ratio is often reported to be 4:1:2.5. Zettai ryōiki are often referred to by letter grades, where grade A is the ideal. See also Japanese fashion Japanese honorifics Japanese subcultures Manga iconography List of English words of Japanese origin References Citations General sources Further reading External links Anime Terminology Lexicon at Animeph.com – a large list of English and Japanese terms Anime News Network's Lexicon pixiv Encyclopedia - The Dictionary of Doujin/Manga/Illustration/Derivative Works at pixiv Japanese vocabulary Anime and manga Wikipedia glossaries using unordered lists