Definitions

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  • noun anime, manga, video games A fan-produced manga, anime, or video game.

Etymologies

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From Japanese 同人誌 doujinshi (fan-produced manga or essay booklets) from 同人 doujin (a group for the same interest) + 誌 shi (a magazine or a pamphlet).

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Examples

  • The beautiful graphics, immersive music, engaging sewing minigames, engrossing plot and sweet, sweet homoerotic angst revolutionised the genre and the tie-in doujinshi market.

    28th June '06 flidgetjerome 2006

  • And she does acknowledge that the laws are different, but she also says that while doujinshi is technically illegal in Japan, it’s treated much differently culturally.

    Making the World Better LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading 2010

  • She also comes with this doujinshi, which is the same as the one packed with the earlier version of Kotone-chan.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • She also comes with this doujinshi, which is the same as the one packed with the earlier version of Kotone-chan.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • If you like the pictures on Happy Soda, then getting this so-called doujinshi is not going to disappoint.

    Anime Nano! 2008

  • It sounds like the eManga site will include some titles that will be online only, such as doujinshi and older titles.

    Anime Nano! 2008

  • It sounds like the eManga site will include some titles that will be online only, such as doujinshi and older titles.

    MangaBlog 2008

  • I'm supposed to be working on a piece for ACen's doujinshi, but today I'm just not feeling it.

    "We've got New Yorkers that are from Georgia." tragic_elegance 2009

  • As a fan artist and off/on doujinshi writer myself, I would prefer my work to be treated as part of the separate categories that it belongs to.

    A Beginner’s Guide to Fan Fiction | Fandomania 2009

  • Furthermore, despite how it is “defined” as illustrated fanfiction, it is not “fanfiction” - it is doujinshi, which should be covered in its own article.

    A Beginner’s Guide to Fan Fiction | Fandomania 2009

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