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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

With over 500 entries, including common expressions, people, places & moments of otaku history, this is a comprehensive A-Z of facts about popular culture in mo

The first comprehensive look at Japan's otaku collectors, including peeks inside their rooms and visits to their favorite stores.

An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.

Moe is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga—not just in Japan but now throughout t