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Otaku Spaces
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Patrick W. Galbraith
Categories: Fans (Persons)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Chin Music

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The first comprehensive look at Japan's otaku collectors, including peeks inside their rooms and visits to their favorite stores.
Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Patrick W. Galbraith
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-06 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and
The Otaku Encyclopedia
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Patrick W. Galbraith
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-28 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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Otaku: Nerd; geek or fanboy. Originates from a polite second-person pronoun meaning "your home" in Japanese. Since the 1980s it’s been used to refer to people
Fandom Unbound
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Mizuko Ito
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-28 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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In recent years, otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan's major cultural exports and as a genuinely transnational phenomenon. This timely volume investigates
Beautiful Fighting Girl
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Tamaki Saitō
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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From Nausicaä to Sailor Moon, understanding girl heroines of manga and anime within otaku culture.