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Otaku Culture

Chuunibyou, NEET and Social Withdrawal in Otaku Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific Japanese word for the phase of adolescent development in which a person bec...
Otaku Culture

Gacha Games and Mobile Gaming — Japan’s Smartphone Entertainment Economy

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe term gacha (ガチャ) derives from the specific onomatopoeia of the gachapon machine — the coin-...
Otaku Culture

Otaku Abroad — Global Japanese Pop Culture Communities

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOne of the specific pleasures of writing a blog about Japanese culture for an international aud...
Otaku Culture

Weekly Shōnen Jump — The Magazine That Shaped Global Pop Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe specific weight of a single issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in my hand — approximately 300 to 4...
Otaku Culture

Horror in Manga and Anime — Junji Ito and the Japanese Fear Aesthetic

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific quality of dread that Japanese horror produces that differs from the dread ...