Otaku Culture

Horror in Manga and Anime — Junji Ito and the Japanese Fear Aesthetic

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific quality of dread that Japanese horror produces that differs from the dread ...
Otaku Culture

Mecha Anime — Giant Robots and Japan’s Mechanical Soul

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledJapan has a specific relationship with the giant robot that no other country shares, and the re...
Otaku Culture

Magical Girl Anime — From Sailor Moon to Puella Magi Madoka

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn January 2011, a new magical girl anime began broadcasting on MBS television that had been an...
Otaku Culture

Boys’ Love and the Female Gaze in Otaku Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe international coverage of otaku culture has a significant blind spot, and it corresponds al...
Otaku Culture

Manga Kissa and Net Cafés — Japan’s Otaku Third Spaces

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific kind of urban exploration that I have done many times across multiple Japan...