Otaku Culture K-Pop’s Challenge to Japanese Idol Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn the summer of 2012, the South Korean singer Psy released a song and music video called "Gang...
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Otaku Culture Ninja and Samurai — The Jidaigeki Manga Tradition
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe sword is Japan's most symbolically loaded object. Not as a weapon — though it is certainly ...
Otaku Culture Sound Design in Anime — The Craft of Audio Immersion
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledClose your eyes — if you are reading this in a quiet moment where you can do so — and think abo...
Otaku Culture The Anime Studio System — MAPPA, Bones, Madhouse and the Landscape
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledAmong the many dimensions of anime appreciation that the global fan community has developed wit...
Otaku Culture Josei Manga — The Literature of Adult Japanese Women
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe demographic taxonomy of Japanese manga — the shōnen, shōjo, seinen, and josei categories th...