Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cosplay is a major part of the anime and manga fandom. The anime and manga fandom is a worldwide community of fans of anime and manga. Anime includes animated series, films and videos, while manga includes manga, graphic novels, drawings, and related artworks. The anime and manga fandom traces back to the 1970s and has an international reach.
Otaku (Japanese: おたく, オタク, or ヲタク) is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, such as anime, manga, video games, computers or other highly enthusiastic hobbies.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...
Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!? ( オタクに優しいギャルはいない！？ , Otaku ni Yasashii Gyaru wa Inai!? , lit. ' 'Gal Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?' ' ) is a Japanese manga series written by Norishiro-chan and illustrated by Sakana Uozumi.
In the original Japanese context, an otaku is someone who has an obsessive interest in something, commonly anime or manga. The term is mostly equivalent to "geek" or "nerd", but in a more derogatory manner than used in the West. The word entered English as a loanword from the Japanese language.
Otaku: Japan's Database Animals (動物化するポストモダン：オタクから見た日本社会, Dōbutsuka-suru Postmodern: Otaku kara mita Nihon Shakai) is a nonfiction essay that relates otaku culture to postmodernism. It was published by Hiroki Azuma in 2001, [1] and translated into English by the University of Minnesota Press in 2009.
Ita-bags began to appear in Japanese popular culture in the 2010s, and were covered by national news beginning in 2015. [example needed] They have themselves been depicted in anime, such as in Shōnen Hollywood (2014). [1] Although usually individually put together by the owner, ita-bags can also be purchased ready-made in otaku shops. [2]
dojikko (ドジっ娘), in otaku culture terminology, refers to an extremely clumsy female (doji means "blunder" in Japanese). The type is used as a stock character in Japanese light novels, anime, and manga. [1] The word can also be written as "ドジっ子". Spelled like this, it can refer to male characters as well.