Japan: Otaku Research #1

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 @ 06:16 UTC

by Chris Salzberg

Countries:
Japan
Topics:
Ideas, Arts & Culture, History, Entertainment
Languages:
English

Matt Alt at Neojaponisme translates a 1983 article by Japanese essayist Nakamori Akio, the first part of the “Otaku Research” series entitled “The City is Full of Otaku”, referring to the “obsessive” subculture in Japan associated with manga and anime.

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