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A distinct youth culture began in the mid-1980s with the style visual kei with bands such as D'erlanger, X Japan and Buck-Tick. In the 1990s the idol began with idol group Morning Musume. Other cultures for youth was Nagoya kei and Gothic Lolita. The youth culture in Japan began in the 1980s with cultures such as Japanese idol and visual kei.
Hikikomori has been defined by a Japanese expert group as having the following characteristics: [17] Spending most of the time at home; No interest in going to school or working; Persistence of withdrawal for more than 6 months; Exclusion of schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and bipolar disorder
Otaku (Japanese: おたくor オタク) is a Japanese term that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. [16] The otaku subculture has continuely grown with the expansion of the Internet and media, as more anime, video games, shows, and comics were created and an increasing number of ...
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The target group orientation of shōnen manga is particularly evident in the non-manga content of shōnen manga magazines, which include advertising and articles on topics tailored to the interests of young males, such as video games. Non-manga content often corresponds to a major manga series in a given magazine, for example, advertisements ...
There is significant awareness of Japanese popular culture in the United States.The flow of Japanese animation, fashion, films, manga comics, martial arts, television shows and video games to the United States has increased American awareness of Japanese pop culture, which has had a significant influence on American pop culture, including sequential media and entertainment into the 21st century.
According to Japanese law, the term "shonen" refers to "a person from the time they enter elementary school until the time they are 15 years of age", [2] and "Any person who has not reached the age of 15 years" (Juvenile Law (少年法, Shonen Hō), Article 2.1). In the realm of education and culture, this is the period of compulsory education.
Chūnibyō (中二病) is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out, and who have convinced themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers.