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Otaku and the struggle for imagination in Japan
Fans (Persons)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Japan, social life and customs
Mass media and culture
Animated films
Popular culture
Manners and customs
Social life and customs
History and criticism
"In this ethnographic study of Otaku-- a loose category referring to intense fans of Japanese animation, games, and comics-- conducted in Akihabara, the electronics-turned-pop-culture neighborhood of Tokyo, author Patrick Galbraith traces the evolving relationships of mostly male-fans with imagined …
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