Otaku Culture

Otaku Culture

Kemono — Japan’s Anthropomorphic Character Tradition

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the upper floors of a specialist shop in Akihabara, past the figure display cases and the do...
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Anime and Mental Health — Darkness, Healing and Emotional Truth

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen the anime series A Silent Voice (聲の形 — Koe no Katachi, directed by Naoko Yamada for Kyoto ...
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The Business of Being a Mangaka

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe image of the manga artist at work — the specific figure bent over the drawing table at 3 AM...
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Anime Theme Parks and Experience Centers

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the eastern edge of Osaka Prefecture, in the specific area of Sakurajima where the Yumeshima...
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2channel and Japanese Net Culture’s Influence on Fandom

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn May 1999, a university student in Japan named Hiroyuki Nishimura launched a text-based inter...