Otaku Culture Vocaloid and Virtual Idols: Hatsune Miku and the Synthetic Star
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn August 31, 2007, the music software company Crypton Future Media released a product for the ...
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Otaku Culture Figurines and Collectibles: The Material Culture of Otaku
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific phenomenon in the lives of serious figure collectors that people outside th...
Otaku Culture Doujinshi: Japan’s Fan Creation Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledTwice a year, on the last weekend of December and the first weekend of August, the Tokyo Big Si...
Otaku Culture Cosplay: The Art of Character Embodiment
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the first weekend of August in any given year, the streets surrounding the Tokyo Big Sight c...
Otaku Culture Akihabara: Inside Tokyo’s Otaku Capital
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific experience available in Akihabara that I have observed many international v...