Otaku 101
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Otaku 101
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Author : HowExpert
language : en
Publisher: HowExpert
Release Date : 2018-02-07
Otaku 101 written by HowExpert and has been published by HowExpert this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-07 with Art categories.
If you're like many people just getting into anime and manga, you may be wondering how to fit the Japanese Otaku culture into your life. This book is specially designed to help you get into the Otaku Culture in an informative manner. Written by an industry worker and enthusiast, this book is professionally made to give you accurate information about Japanese culture. Otaku 101: An Introductory Guide to the Otaku Pop Culture, Anime, Manga, and More! will answer many of the questions that you may have about this unique fandom and what it entails: ● What are the different genres of manga and anime? ● Why does anime only take place in high school? ● How can I prevent a con and not be scammed on collectibles? ● How can I save money anime merchandise? ● What do I need to know before my first Cosplay convention? Everything you ever needed to know to get started as an Otaku is right in this quick and easy-to-read book! Each chapter is dedicated to covering a hot subject that even some of the most knowledgeable fans may not fully know. This book also makes the perfect gift if you’re trying to explain Otakudom to a friend or family member! About the Expert Jessica became interested in Otaku culture as a child and even studied Japanese culture during her schooling. As an adult, she works as a professional journalist in both the anime and video game industries.Thanks to this, she has learned a lot about the culture surrounding Japanese media, as well as researched the social aspects of the communities she works with. In her personal time, she help push the communities she loves, and she help others find themselves by experiencing new forms of media. In her spare time, she also likes to partake in the community and enjoys studying different cultures. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.
Otaku 101
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Author : HowExpert HowExpert Press
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-08
Otaku 101 written by HowExpert HowExpert Press and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-08 with categories.
If you're like many people just getting into anime and manga, you may be wondering how to fit the Japanese Otaku culture into your life. This book is specially designed to help you get into the Otaku Culture in an informative manner. Written by an industry worker and enthusiast, this book is professionally made to give you accurate information about Japanese culture. Otaku 101: An Introductory Guide to the Otaku Pop Culture, Anime, Manga, and More! will answer many of the questions that you may have about this unique fandom and what it entails: What are the different genres of manga and anime? Why does anime only take place in high school? How can I prevent a con and not be scammed on collectibles? How can I save money anime merchandise? What do I need to know before my first Cosplay convention? Everything you ever needed to know to get started as an Otaku is right in this quick and easy-to-read book! Each chapter is dedicated to covering a hot subject that even some of the most knowledgeable fans may not fully know. This book also makes the perfect gift if you're trying to explain Otakudom to a friend or family member! About the Expert Jessica became interested in Otaku culture as a child and even studied Japanese culture during her schooling. As an adult, she works as a professional journalist in both the anime and video game industries.Thanks to this, she has learned a lot about the culture surrounding Japanese media, as well as researched the social aspects of the communities she works with. In her personal time, she help push the communities she loves, and she help others find themselves by experiencing new forms of media. In her spare time, she also likes to partake in the community and enjoys studying different cultures. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on unique topics by everyday experts.
Warning May Spontaneously Start Talking About Anime
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Author : Yeoys Softback
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Warning May Spontaneously Start Talking About Anime written by Yeoys Softback and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with categories.
Warning May Spontaneously Start Talking About Anime - Daily Feelings And Thoughts Journal For Otaku, Kawaii Characters & Japanese Cartoon Fans - 6x9 - 101 pages - Glossy Softback Cover Great present for birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. Each page with space to fill in: date, feelings. thoughts, reflection Every page shows the same lovely template with lined and white space One page for each day 101 duo sided bright white pages 6x9 dimensions, portable size (bag, school, home, work, desc, ...) Glossy high quality softbound cover designed with love Makes an ideal present for any gift giving occasion Perfect gift idea for: birthdays, back to school, christmas, thanksgiving, family + friends, notebook + planner lovers, teachers, graduation gifts, co-workers, boss gift, gift baskets, ...
Fandom Unbound
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Author : Mizuko Ito
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-28
Fandom Unbound written by Mizuko Ito and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-28 with Social Science categories.
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 how this once marginalized popular culture has come to play a major role in Japan's identity at home and abroad. In the American context, the word otaku is best translated as “geek'—an ardent fan with highly specialized knowledge and interests. But it is associated especially with fans of specific Japan-based cultural genres, including anime, manga, and video games. Most important of all, as this collection shows, is the way otaku culture represents a newly participatory fan culture in which fans not only organize around niche interests but produce and distribute their own media content. In this collection of essays, Japanese and American scholars offer richly detailed descriptions of how this once stigmatized Japanese youth culture created its own alternative markets and cultural products such as fan fiction, comics, costumes, and remixes, becoming a major international force that can challenge the dominance of commercial media. By exploring the rich variety of otaku culture from multiple perspectives, this groundbreaking collection provides fascinating insights into the present and future of cultural production and distribution in the digital age.
Digital Diversions
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Author : Julian Sefton-Green
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-01-14
Digital Diversions written by Julian Sefton-Green and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-14 with Social Science categories.
This work explores the diverse ways in which young people are active social agents in the production of youth culture in the digital age. It collects an international range of empirical accounts describing the ways in which young people utilize and appropriate new technology. The contributors draw on a range of theoretical perspectives including cultural studies, social anthropology and feminism.
Otaku And The Struggle For Imagination In Japan
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Author : Patrick W. Galbraith
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2019-12-06
Otaku And The Struggle For Imagination In Japan written by Patrick W. Galbraith and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-06 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into its branding of “Cool Japan.” In Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith explores the conflicting meanings of “otaku” culture and its significance to Japanese popular culture, masculinity, and the nation. Tracing the history of “otaku” and “cute girl” characters from their origins in the 1970s to his recent fieldwork in Akihabara, Tokyo (“the Holy Land of Otaku”), Galbraith contends that the discourse surrounding “otaku” reveals tensions around contested notions of gender, sexuality, and ways of imagining the nation that extend far beyond Japan. At the same time, in their relationships with characters and one another, “otaku” are imagining and creating alternative social worlds.
Globalization Consumption And Popular Culture In East Asia
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Author : Tai Wei Lim
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2016-09-02
Globalization Consumption And Popular Culture In East Asia written by Tai Wei Lim and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-02 with Political Science categories.
This book aims to provide comprehensive empirical and theoretical studies of expanding fandom communities in East Asia through the commodification of Japanese, Korean and Chinese popular cultures in the digital era. Using a multidisciplinary approach including political economy, East Asian studies, political science, international relations concepts and history, this book focuses on a few research objectives. In terms of methodology, it is an area studies approach based on interpretative work, observation studies, policy and textual analysis. First, it aims to examine the closely intertwined relationship between the three major stakeholders in the iron triangle of production companies, consumers and states (i.e., role of government in policy promotion). Second, it studies the interpenetration, adaptation, innovation and hybridization of exogenous Western culture with traditional popular cultures in (North) East Asia. Third, it studies the influence of popular cultures and how cultural products resonate with a regional audience through collective consumption, contents reflective of normative values, the emotive and cognitive appeal of familiar images and social learning as well as peer effect found in fan communities. It then examines how consumption contributes to soft cultural influence and how governments leverage on its comparative advantages and cultural assets for commercial success and in the process augment national (cultural) influence. These questions will be discussed and analyzed and contextualized through the case studies of J-pop (Japanese popular culture), K-pop (Korean popular culture or Hallyu) and Chinese popular culture (including Mando-pop and Taiwanese popular culture).
Tokyo
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Author : Michelle Mackintosh
language : en
Publisher: Plum
Release Date : 2018-10-30
Tokyo written by Michelle Mackintosh and has been published by Plum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with Travel categories.
Visiting Tokyo, whether for the first, second or hundredth time, is a life-changing experience. As a city, it's dynamic, exciting and resolutely individual - a mesmerising and unrivalled parade of fashion, design, architecture, and high culture experiences and, of course, the best pop culture in the world. It's also a city of fascinating contrasts; whether you're standing in the middle of the Shibuya scramble, a blur of pedestrians rushing by, or standing before a small shrine, quiet and contemplative, you will feel Tokyo's intensity. This stunning travel and cultural guide is a celebration of the roots and the marvels of contemporary Tokyo. It's a tightly curated list of must-see places and experiences and must-do walks as well as the authors' tried-and-tested favourites. It's for people who want to get an up close and personal look at the real Tokyo - the food, the crafts, the hidden finds, the architectural marvels, where to go to get into the thick of it and where to go to escape the madness. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.
Otaku Blue 1 Tokyo Underground
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Author : Richard Marazano
language : en
Publisher: Europe Comics
Release Date : 2019-04-17T00:00:00+02:00
Otaku Blue 1 Tokyo Underground written by Richard Marazano and has been published by Europe Comics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-17T00:00:00+02:00 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Asami is a sociology student studying otaku for her thesis. Her relationship with Kotaro is on the rocks: she's busy with her research, and he's an aspiring filmmaker working on a J-horror flick. The real horror is out there on the streets: a serial killer who amputates body parts from his prostitute victims. What's his sick game? As Inspector Arakawa and his young protégé Ryohei wade deeper into depravity, Asami, with the help of cosplayer Maiko, sets out in search of an otaku so elusive he's almost an urban legend in the youth culture capital of Akihabara: the mysterious Buntaro.
Debating Otaku In Contemporary Japan
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Author : Patrick W. Galbraith
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-21
Debating Otaku In Contemporary Japan written by Patrick W. Galbraith and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-21 with History categories.
With the spread of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons) around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term 'otaku' to identify fans of such media. The connection to manga and anime may seem straightforward, but, when taken for granted, often serves to obscure the debates within and around media fandom in Japan since the term 'otaku' appeared in the niche publication Manga Burikko in 1983. Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan disrupts the naturalization and trivialization of 'otaku' by examining the historical contingency of the term as a way to identify and contain problematic youth, consumers and fan cultures in Japan. Its chapters, many translated from Japanese and available in English for the first time – and with a foreword by Otsuka Eiji, former editor of Manga Burikko – explore key moments in the evolving discourse of 'otaku' in Japan. Rather than presenting a smooth, triumphant narrative of the transition of a subculture to the mainstream, the edited volume repositions 'otaku' in specific historical, social and economic contexts, providing new insights into the significance of the 'otaku' phenomenon in Japan and the world. By going back to original Japanese documents, translating key contributions by Japanese scholars and offering sustained analysis of these documents and scholars, Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan provides alternative histories of and approaches to 'otaku'. For all students and scholars of contemporary Japan and the history of Japanese fan and consumer cultures, this volume will be a foundation for understanding how 'otaku', at different places and times and to different people, is meaningful.