Otaku Culture Mecha Anime — Giant Robots and Japan’s Mechanical Soul
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledJapan has a specific relationship with the giant robot that no other country shares, and the re...
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Otaku Culture Magical Girl Anime — From Sailor Moon to Puella Magi Madoka
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn January 2011, a new magical girl anime began broadcasting on MBS television that had been an...
Otaku Culture Boys’ Love and the Female Gaze in Otaku Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe international coverage of otaku culture has a significant blind spot, and it corresponds al...
Otaku Culture Manga Kissa and Net Cafés — Japan’s Otaku Third Spaces
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific kind of urban exploration that I have done many times across multiple Japan...
Otaku Culture Trading Card Games in Japan — Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Card Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the second Saturday of every month, the hobby shop near my home sets up folding tables in th...