Otaku Culture

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VTubers — The Hololive Phenomenon and Virtual Identity

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn September 2020, a woman named Inugami Korone — or rather, a cartoon dog-eared woman whose ap...
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AI and the Future of Anime Production

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe conversation about artificial intelligence and creative work has arrived in the anime indus...
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Pachinko and Anime — The Unexpected Commercial Partnership

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledDrive through any mid-sized Japanese city — not Tokyo or Osaka, where the density of entertainm...
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The Jump Rivals — Shōnen Magazine, Sunday and the Battle for Readers

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn the history of Japanese manga publishing, there is a specific foundational competitive dynam...
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Anime and Traditional Japanese Arts

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a woodblock print in the Nagoya City Art Museum whose specific composition — a courtes...