otaku

Japanese hotel chain’s new service: A bed and pajamas for otaku travelers’ plushies

This oshi travel extra isn’t free, but that might be part of the point.

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Train photographers caught shoplifting scores of items from Osaka Expo gift shops

Suspects also ironically ripped off train companies to do it.

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The crazy huge crowds of Summer Comiket【Photos, videos】

Otaku from across the nation pack the halls of Tokyo Big Sight for Japan’s biggest independent manga/anime art festival.

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Akihabara maids gather to splash water at Tokyo shrine in annual uchimizu event【Photos】

Traditional and modern Japanese culture mix at Kanda Shrine.

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New for-otaku shampoo/body wash wants to change how and when card gamers bathe, preserve the hobby

“Treat your opponent with dignity!!”

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Tokyo shrine hosts event for anime fans ready to let go and recycle character keychains, standees

Hundreds of pieces of anime merch collected at annual event near Akihabara.

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Sagami Railway and Adobe hope AI can help stop Japanese train photographers from being jerks

Finally, a use of AI we can all get behind.

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Doujinshi manga/anime chain announces moratorium on Visa/Mastercard credit card payments

Melonbooks announces change to payment options, even orders already placed may be affected.

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Daiso DIY anime art! How to make awesome acrylic character blocks with 100 yen store parts

Clever, quick, and easy idea lets you create one-of-a-kind anime art.

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Japanese theme park’s Hololive art event: A fun day for sweaty otaku!【Photos】

To clarify, that’s photos of the event, not the sweaty otaku.

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Comiket’s mesmerizing masses of humanity make for surreally captivating time-lapse videos【Videos】

The crowds come out for summer Comiket.

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74 figure photos from Wonder Festival, Japan’s biggest anime/game figure expo!【Photos】

Summer Wonder Festival returns with a new batch of upcoming figures aimed at otaku hearts.

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For-foreigners stamp rally begins in Akihabara, gives prizes for walking the otaku neighborhood

Otaku will want to hit all these spots anyway, so why not get a prize while you’re at it?

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Gigantic eight-floor anime figure shop skyscraper opening in Tokyo’s Akihabara this month

The Akihabara Figure Tower lives up to its name.

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U.S. Olympic athlete reveals he runs with Yi-Gi-Oh! cards tucked into his uniform【Video】

Fleet of foot and with the heart of the cards, he may be the fastest otaku in the world.

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Otaku draws inspiration from anime hero to confront knife-wielding attacker on train

Taiwanese otaku springs into action like Himmel.

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Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam

Finds time to fight Evangelion while celebrating friend’s marriage.

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McDonald’s Japan captures otaku hearts, brings back Nyan Cat sound with new cat girl anime video

Hatsune Miku meme hit’s lyrics get an update.

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The amazing independent artist anime figure creations of Wonder Festival【Photos】

Wonderful fan creations that you can’t find anywhere else.

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A massive photo collection of the coolest anime figures from Winter Wonder Festival

Photos from the floor of Japan’s biggest convention for anime and video game figures

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