A few years back when I first decided that I wanted to start researching otaku culture, I put together a list of all of the English written literature on the topic. The list included a few obvious choices; Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma, Beautiful Fighting Girl by Tamaki Satou, Anime’s Media Mix by […]
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