Otaku Culture Bakuman and Shirobako — Meta Works About Making Manga and Anime
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific category of creative work — present in every creative tradition that has de...
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Otaku Culture Shōjo Manga History — The Female Tradition
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen I describe the manga tradition to international readers, I notice a specific consistent pa...
Otaku Culture 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...
Otaku Culture AI and the Future of Anime Production
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe conversation about artificial intelligence and creative work has arrived in the anime indus...
Otaku Culture 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...