Nice find from ANN’s Kim Morrissy on the Twitter this week: a trading card shop in Akihabara, Tokyo’s mecca for otaku merch, has apparently had enough of smelly customers. The official Twitta account for the shop announced a new shop policy on Twitter this week: …Read more »
Goo Ranking sought to discover which shonen manga Japanese fans think has the best ending. They quizzed 2,758 people during the early months of 2021. Make your bets now on who made the top five, and then look below for results...
We just got done earlier this month talking about how often variations of the “sad anime” topic come up in polls, and it’s already come up again. Between May 28th and June 9th the mobile keyboard app Simeji surveyed Japanese 10-19 year olds asking which …Read more »
People friggin’ love talking about depressing anime. At Otaku USA, we’ve been covering various anime fan polls for almost a decade, and over the years, different variants of this topic have come up far more than anything else (examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.) …Read more »
Fantastic news for collectors of ecchi tapestries: they now serve a legitimate purpose. Well, another legitimate purpose. Twitter user and visual novel fan @idzuna_tan (whose timeline is about as NSFW as you’d expect given their collection) offered proof in a recent tweet. They ran a series …Read more »
The global reach of anime has been increasing every year, and the effect can be seen on everything from distribution to production. The way anime is perceived can vary from country to country, too, which has Japanese otaku wondering if overseas fans need to be …Read more »
Otaku. We’ve written many posts about the various ways the word has been used over the years, and how attitudes toward people with geeky interests has evolved. Here’s the latest word from a poll conducted in Japan by marriage consulting firm Partner Agent. The poll, which collected information …Read more »
Let’s preface this post by stating that almost everyone in Japan, anime fan or not, loves Ghibli. But the venerated studio and its films, especially those by Hayao Miyazaki, do get a lot of airtime on Japanese TV. That’s started to annoy some anime fans, who’ve taken …Read more »
You just can’t stop a classic, and that’s evident in the success of the latest entry in the sprawling Gundam franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Narrative). Oricon released the list of best-selling Blu-ray and DVD releases in Japan for the first half of 2019, and Narrative came out on top …Read more »
For decades, the word “otaku” had a distinctly mixed connotation in its native Japan. Among fellow otaku, it was a simple greeting, a literal “you” borrowed from ancient Japanese used as a kind of nod to one’s geeky peers. For those on the outside, though, …Read more »
The Spring 2019 anime season is right around the corner, so it’s time to tally the numbers on the hype machine and see which shows come out on top. The first few entries are probably a no-brainer regardless of where you hail from, but KADOKAWA …Read more »
Do you have a running list of upcoming video games you’re looking forward to? Whether you keep one out of habit or haven’t even thought about what’s in store for future releases, Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu regularly ranks its most wanted games. The latest …Read more »
How does one gauge any particular level of fandom? Does it come down to how much you engage with a particular piece of media, or is it all about collecting, cosplaying, and generally showing your love with the purchase of physical goods? If Twitter user …Read more »
Makaizo is a term that translates to “devil modification,” which is exactly the type of practice that resulted in the arrest of Kyoto Prefecture resident Takuya Matsuda. In this particular case, the modifications in question were an attempt to increase the sex appeal of figures …Read more »
When you’re unsure of the identity of a particular artist, it’s easy to draw your own conclusions, especially after reading a bunch of their material. That’s why fans of manga artist Nishizawa 5 Millimeter—who specializes in art and stories centered on busty women and loving …Read more »
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