What is an otaku, anyway? Chances are you may be one, readingOtaku USA Magazineand all. But really, what’s an otaku? The word—conveyed as slang in the katakana オタクor the hiragana おたく—comes from a formal Japanese word for another person’s house or as a second-person pronoun...
); one “we gotta talk about this later” comic mini that comes out of Jeff getting that DCUI Ultra piece of the action; andDiabolical Summer, a French coming of age OGN in which the mysterious relationship between a boy’s father, secret histories, and the superspry Diabolik is unspool...
No, the channel rebrand is not a late April Fools joke. I have decided that the Having Fun Studios name needed to be changed, and since I am a huge otaku/anime fan/weeb, I decided to change the channel name to represent my favorite Vocaloid singer: Hatsune Miku. Welcome to Studio......
Hanami comes from the Japanese word 花見 (Hanami) which means “flower viewing”. Modern day hanami comes in the form of an outdoor party. The belief is that this practice started way back in the Nara period (700s) when ume, or plum, blossoms would bloom right before sakura would. Even...
Stopping to ask directions from someone waiting at a bus stop, he has his first encounter with Minami Fuyuki, a fashionable gyaru who has an elevated interest in this new boy from Tokyo. After learning that Fuyuki is also in his class, the pair grow closer as he learns that girls in Hok...
Otaku, (オタク, which translates to geek or nerd but in this case refers to a particular level of devoted fans) would go all out just to raise their chances at meeting their favorite idols. I’d say those are the easier aspects of the job — the hardest one is obeying dozens and ...
A perfect deconstruction of the harem genre is the anime Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend. The story is centered on an average high school boy and otaku named Tomoya Aki who dreams of creating the ultimate dating sim. He brings into his creation circle a childhood friend and prodig...
mark. I didn't know creativity built the unique foundation of otaku-dom. When I became an anime fan in the mid-nineties, the lack of merchandise inspired me to make custom t-shirts and patches for my favorite series. Unknowingly, I partook in the most otaku-centric activity there is!
Often referred to as “the Warhol of Japan,” Takashi Murakami is known for blurring the line between art and consumerism. His brightly colored, cheerful work draws inspiration from the Japanese subculture of otaku, a term used to describe people devoted to all things pop culture. Through his ...
When tragic news sends Aaron deeper into his mental turmoil, he tries to find reprieve in an ill-fated new friendship. Murai in Love (New Episode) Murai, a peculiar high school boy, is in love with his otaku teacher Tanaka. However, Tanaka rejects him, saying that she would never b...