Otaku: beyond the word and the prejudices
For those of you out there who have had issues with the concept of “otaku” and wish to go deeper into its implication for (post-)modern mass media consumption, this new book is for you! Hiroki Azuma, one of the most prominent young Japanese literary critic and philosopher, has been writing about Otakus for some years … Read more
Otaku2 – Doujinshi and Law
Otaku2 – Doujinshi and Law Posted using ShareThis This is something I have been thinking about recently. The manga industry has everything to gain from the dojinshi circles, for two reasons. First, dojinshi has been fostered by the practice of the manga editors as far back as the 1930′s, when the first prepublication magazines encouraged … Read more
