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Moetan (2008)

Moetan poster
Genre
ecchi, magical girl, school anime and manga
Country
Japan

How it feels

A magical girl helps a high school student learn English. She uses anime and game references to teach vocabulary in a silly way.

quirkyplayfullightheartednonsensicalcutecampyfast-pacededucational-flavored

What happens

Moetan (もえたん) is a series of English language study aids published by SansaiBooks in Japan. Targeted at otaku, it attempted to teach English words using examples drawn from computer games and anime. In the reprint of the first Moetan book and the bath towel sold during Comic Market 69, "MOETAN" stands for 'Methodology Of English, The Academic Necessity'. The acronym may have been chosen as a play on combining the words moé and -tan, both terms of cuteness used in relation to girl characters in anime, to create a portmanteauic double meaning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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