Tag: Conference

Scholarly Conference Ponders Nintendo’s Impact on Society

Talk about taking video games seriously: Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University recently held a conference debating the impact Nintendo has had on society. The original Nintendo Entertainment System was released in America in 1985, making 2015 the console’s 30th birthday. The Japanese equivalent, the Family Computer System …Read more »

Anime Conference To Be Held In K-On! School

November 17, 2014

Matt Schley

Photo credit: yasa_ Seichi Junrei means “pilgrimage” in Japanese, and it’s a phrase that’s been taken on by otaku throughout Japan to describe their visits to real-life locations used as anime settings. These otaku pilgrimages have taken fans to places as diverse as Hakone, the …Read more »