Terms starting with F

Fanservice

Fanservice is content added to a story mainly to please its audience, such as familiar characters returning, comic set pieces or scenes of characters relaxing at a beach or hot spring.

ファンサブ

A fansub is an anime episode with subtitles created by fans rather than by the official distributor, historically shared among communities before legal streaming made official versions widely available.

Fantasy creatures

Fantasy creatures are imaginary beings from myth, folklore and fiction, such as elves, fairies, goblins and vampires, that populate fantasy and supernatural stories in anime and manga.

Figma

Figma is a line of articulated action figures from the Japanese company Max Factory, known for realistic proportions, moveable joints and interchangeable parts, and based on anime, game and manga characters.

Filler

Filler is anime content that does not appear in the original manga, usually episodes or story arcs added to give the manga time to build up more chapters.

腐女子

Fujoshi

Fujoshi is a Japanese term for a female fan of stories about romance between male characters, and it is used for fans of manga, anime, novels and fan works in that style.