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Japanese Pop Culture Events as Catalysts for Otaku Tourism: Shaping Destination Choices and Tourist Experiences

Event Management
The otaku tourism trend represents a fusion of tourism dynamics and cultural interaction, fueled by a deep interest in Japanese pop culture, such as anime and manga. This research examines the impact of Japanese pop culture events on the development of
F. Severino, Francisco Silva
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An Otaku with Chinese Characteristics?

Screen Bodies, 2022
Existing studies on Lu Yang have largely sidelined his engagement with Japanese anime, comics, and gaming (ACG) culture, despite the artist having frequently reiterated the significance of ACG to his upbringing and practice. Nor have they extensively explored what, if anything, is particularly Chinese about Lu’s work.
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Construction and Production of Urban Otaku Cultural Spaces—The Case of Akihabara Japan

Journal of Sociology and Ethnology
: This paper aims to invoke the theory of the production of space to explore the formation and development of otaku cultural spaces in the Akihabara area of Tokyo.
Jichen Fan
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The Otaku-Hero

Film Matters, 2015
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An Asylum Culture’s Heart: Two Sides of Otaku

Arts, Culture and Language
Otaku were once the subject of contempt in the 1980s in Japan. However, societal turmoil in the 1990s drove deluded adults into the otaku culture, forming the core of avoidance, indulgence, and fear of reality that lasted until now, and otaku culture ...
Yihang Cai
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Das Phänomen Otaku

2011
Ziele der Arbeit Das Phänomen Otaku – Ursprung und Entwicklung im Spiegel der Medien sind die Bedeutung des Wortes otaku und seine Herkunft, die damit verbundenen Themengebiete und die Rolle der Medien bei der Prägung des schlechten Images des Begriffs.
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Aspect Recognition Theory and Ethical Dilemmas in Death Note: A Comprehensive Analysis of Character Development and Viewer Ethics within Otaku Culture

Sanskriti
This paper examines Death Note through Aspect Recognition Theory, exploring the complex ethical dilemmas and character developments that define the series.
Apurva Lohumi
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Cute, Otaku, and Posthuman Aesthetics

2022
In this chapter, I suggest that the idea of posthuman art is problematic, given that art (or rather Art-with-a-capital-A) is a product precisely of Western Humanism. To find a posthuman aesthetic, I look instead to Japan and the notion of kawaii or cute and its manifestations in manga and anime and how they are consumed and understood by so-called ...
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Pandangan Mahasiswa Sastra Jepang Terhadap Otaku (Studi pada Mahasiswa Sastra Jepang Tingkat 1 di Tiga Universitas di Kota Bandung )

Mahadaya: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Dan Budaya
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana otaku dapat mempengaruhi kepribadian mahasiswa sastra jepang tingkat satu di tiga universitas yaitu universitas komputer indonesia, universitas kristen maranatha, dan universitas nasional pasim ...
Elza Anindhyta Ichsani Yusuf, Soni Mulyawan Setiana   +1 more
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Otaku: A Digital Manga

2015
In both Japan and America, “otaku” is a term that carries varied meanings. It can describe those who enjoy watching anime and playing games, as well as those who attempt to legally marry fictional video game characters. How did otaku culture develop, and what does it mean to be an otaku today? OTAKU: A DIGITAL MANGA aims to understand the otaku culture
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