Otaku Japanese Cuisine chef and part-owner Robin Stop wants to bring a fresh energy to Japanese restaurants, including anime ...

Femi Famutimi is an experienced writer writing within the gaming space for the last four years. He has been featured on Esports Insider, DashFight, and WePlay. He enjoys fighting games especially ...

There are a lot of words in the world to describe a person with a love of Japanese culture. Anime nerd. Weeaboo. J-culture addict. Japanophile. And of course, a word that originated in Japan: Otaku.

But why study otaku at all? It’s a question even fellow academics have asked Galbraith. Older scholars, who earned their credentials in other, more conventional fields before theorizing about the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Before I start, it’s worth clarifying what the word “otaku” means ...

Christine Mendoza is a freelance writer from Canada with an avid love for video games and anime. Formerly an indie game reviewer, Christine enjoys not only playing video games but writing about what ...

Let’s face it, life as an otaku comes with its own set of struggles. Whether you’re into anime, video games, or what have you, whether you’re more introverted, or your interests can feel isolating, or ...

Once upon a time, the Japanese word “otaku” referred to a type of fan so nerdy that they might as well be a social recluse. But today, an increasing number of people—and young women in particular—are ...

A peek into an otaku’s bedroom or living space can be a bit of a surprise for the average person. But it’s not unusual for fans of anime and manga in Japan to decorate their small rooms even more ...

Last year it was a grocery store. Earlier this year it became a kombucha lounge. Now, Kortney Lee has transformed the Crossroads space he leases at 640 E. 18th St. into Otaku Lounge, an anime and ...