Otaku Culture The Tankobon — Manga’s Physical Book Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the shelves of most Japanese households with any cultural engagement whatsoever, there are m...
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Otaku Culture Anime Concerts as Shared Ritual
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI want to describe a specific moment that I have witnessed at multiple anime music concerts ove...
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...
Otaku Culture 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 ...
Otaku Culture 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...