Japan’s otaku culture centered on manga, anime, and video games is seeing a growing number of aficionados worldwide. We take a look at major otaku-themed events that take place each summer in ...

T’s Culture Issue How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.

The otaku economy of comics, DVDs, figure, games, etc. is said to be valued in the trillions of yen. Abroad, the word has come to mean any fan of Japan's numerous pop culture exports.