Beautiful salutes to nearly two dozen anime/manga franchises light the way to the newest otaku destination.
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Free-to-attend, free-to-exhibit event is an online substitute for cancelled Comiket, held in virtual Akihabara.
Otaku aesthetics, improved acoustics.
“Aren’t you embarrassed to have people know that your dad is an otaku?” asks hardcore One Piece figure collector.
Gift from an otaku gives this woman a buxom bosom front-on, but from the side it’s a different story.
Fan creators and their fellow otaku weren’t deterred by the fact that they couldn’t be on-site to celebrate doujinshi culture!
Hikari Aizuma helps workers stay sharp and maintain a balanced lifestyle while working from home.
You can give your ride a stealthy otaku makeover without spending a single cent…but the results could be very temporary or very permanent.
Why grow out of being an otaku when you can glow up into being a beautiful one?
These Azumanga Daioh sweets are older than many anime fans, and they’re not the only uneaten collectors’ food otaku have hung on to.
Continuing outbreak causes organizers to call off dojinshi event for the first time in its 45-year-history.
A suggestive suggestion to shower more frequently.
Nipppombashi Street Festa regularly draws over 200,000 people to city’s Denden Town neighborhood, but not this year.
Otaku, artists, feminists, and a Tokyo assemblyman weigh in on the controversial crotch-revealing image.
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This downtown Tokyo cafe is like a time machine that takes you back 50 years into the past
Nakano Broadway sells a fukubukuro lucky bag for foreigners, but is it a good deal or a scam?
We visit the 24-hour male-only sauna just outside of Hakata Station and ponder a strange sight
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Cup Noodle sells new squid fork with its instant ramen
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Makers of Dassai to brew sake in space and sell 100 milliliters for 100 million yen
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