Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, idols (アイドル ,aidoru?) are (usually female) media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly cute and pretty and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g. as singers for J-pop groups, bit-part actors, TV personalities (tarento), models in photo spreads published in magazines, advertisements, etc.

Original video animation

Original video animation (オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション ,Orijinaru bideo animēshon?), abbreviated OVA (オーブイエー/オーヴィーエー ,ōbuiē or ōvīē?) (and sometimes as OAV), is a term originating from Japanese animation (anime) for animated films and series which are made specially to be released on home video formats. The majority are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theatres, however, there may be very rare occasions where, for example, the first part of an OVA series is broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD.

Dojinshi

Dōjinshi (同人誌 ?, Dōjinshi, often transliterated as Doujinshi) are self-published Japanese works, usually manga or novels. They are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry. The term dōjinshi is derived from dōjin (同人 ?, dōjin, literally "same person", used to refer to a person or persons with whom one shares a common goal or interest) and shi (誌 ?, , a contraction of zasshi, meaning "magazine"). Dōjinshi are part of a wider category of dōjin including but not limited to art collections, anime, hentai and games. Groups of dōjinshi artists refer to themselves as a circle (サークル ,sākuru?). A number of such groups actually consist of a single artist: they are sometimes called kojin circles (個人サークル ?, personal circles).

Dōjinshi are made by artists or writers who prefer to publish their own materials. Avid fans of dōjinshi attend regular dōjinshi conventions, the largest of which is called Comiket (short for "Comic Market") held in the summer and winter in Tokyo's Big Sight. Here, over 20 acres (81,000 m2) of dōjinshi are bought, sold, and traded by attendees. Dōjinshi creators who based their materials on other creators' works normally publish in small numbers to maintain a low profile from litigation. This makes a talented creator's or circle's dōjinshi a coveted commodity as only the fast or the lucky will be able to get them before they sell out.

Over the last decade, the practice of creating dōjinshi has expanded significantly, attracting thousands of creators and fans alike. Advances in personal publishing technology have also fueled this expansion by making it easier for dōjinshi creators to write, draw, promote, publish, and distribute their works. For example, some dōjinshi are now published on digital media. Furthermore, many dōjinshi creators are moving to online download and print-on-demand services, while others are beginning to distribute their works through American channels such as anime shop websites and specialized online direct distribution sites.

During the 1980s, the content of dōjinshi shifted from being predominantly original content to being mostly parodic of existing series.

The practice of doujinshi can be beneficial to the commercial manga market by creating an avenue for aspiring mangaka to practice.

Paper models

"Pepakura" redirects here. For the New Zealand urban area, see Papakura.
Paper models, also called card models or papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets of heavy paper or card stock as a hobby. It may be considered a broad category that contains origami and card modelling, with origami being a paper model made from folding paper (without using glue), and card modelling as the making of scale models from sheets of card on which the parts were printed, usually in full colour, for one to cut out, fold, score and glue together. They appear to be generally more popular in Europe and Japan than in the United States.

Cosplay

Cosplay


Cosplayers as Malice Mizer.Cosplay (コスプレ ,kosupure?), short for "costume roleplay",[1] is a type of performance art whose participants outfit themselves, with often-elaborate costumes and accessories, as a specific character or idea. Characters are usually sourced in various Japanese and East Asian media, including manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, and fantasy movies. Other sources include performers from J-pop, J-rock, visual kei, fantasy music stories (such as stories by the band Sound Horizon), novels, and objects from cyberspace or the real world that are unique and dramatic (especially if they have or can be given an anthropomorphic form).

Cosplay participants ("cosplayers") form a subculture centered around wearing their costumes and reenacting scenes or inventing likely behavior inspired by their chosen sources. In some circles, the term cosplay has been broadened to include simply wearing a costume, without special consideration given to enacting characters in a performance context.

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1.Virus[H] = Hentai

listen is a Japanese word that, in the West, is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation, particularly Japanese anime, manga and computer games (see Japanese pornography). In Japan it can be used to mean "metamorphosis" or "abnormality". The word "hentai" has a negative connotation to the Japanese and is commonly used to mean "sexually perverted".

2.Virus[Y] =Yuoi

Books on display at a San Francisco bookstore. Note that some titles are shrink wrapped, indicating sexually explicit content.Yaoi is a popular term for fictional media that focuses on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, yet is generally created by and for females. Originally referring to a specific type of dōjinshi (self-published works) parody of mainstream anime and manga works, yaoi came to be used as a generic term for female-oriented manga, anime, dating sims, novels and dōjinshi featuring homosexual male relationships.

3.Virus[L]=Lolicon

also romanized as rorikon, is a slang portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex" In Japan, the term describes an attraction to young girls, or an individual with such an attraction. Outside Japan, the term is less common and most often refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein childlike female characters are depicted in an erotic manner.

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Akiba-kei

Akiba-kei (秋葉系 ^?) or Akiba-chan (秋葉ちゃん ^?) is a Japanese slang term similar in meaning to otaku.

Akiba-kei is a Japanese slang term meaning "Akihabara style." It dates back to the early 80s and refers to a subset of otaku, now largely older males, who spend much of their time in and around the Akihabara area of Tokyo and are known for their strong interest in "fantasy worlds...anime, manga, maids, idols, and games."^[1] Akiba-kei have also been characterized as being "interested in ruminating about domestic items and creating fan works based on these existing elements."^[2]

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Das Otaku Boy

manifestation of some sort of twisted Malthusian population equilibrator:

“Naruse is part of a mushrooming fantasy world in the city’s Akihabara district, where make-believe maids are spilling out from their original novelty cafes to lure mostly male customers to reflexology centers and souvenir stalls.

…The widening popularity of the phenomenon is causing some researchers to warn about a growing pool of introverted faddists unable to engage with real people. Akihabara is home to about 60 stores where “maids” greet “masters” known as otaku — Japanese for geeks.

The shops allow otaku obsessed with video games, animated films known as anime, manga comics and action figures to sidestep contact with mainstream society, says Keiichi Kashiwabara, a philosophy professor at University of the Air, a government- subsidized school open to all high school graduates.

`Many young people are wrapped up in their own fantasy worlds,’ says Kashiwabara…. `The fact that maid shops are spreading means that people are becoming socially inept all over Japan.’

… `In the past, people used to go to pubs [and those of us who will pass on our genes still do on occasion],’ Amemiya says. `But people who grew up playing video games don’t really know how to relate to others.’” [Bloomberg]

10 Ways to laentify an onna otaku

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trendy lkebukuro. retail stores

on the 200-meter commercial
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up and clothes. Increasingly,

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by wannabes in the Staes.

Here are some tips for sportting

a real onna otaku in the wild.

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10 Ways to ldentify an Onna Otaku

1. Hair No chestnut dyes, no colored highlights, minimalbrushing.

2. Wardrobe Genericjeans,shirts,and sneakers (with price taq left on, Minnie Pearl-style).Jacket from storeat train station For more formal occasions school uniform kimono, or Dhoulmagus costume. (He's the mysterious jester from Dragon Quest VIN DUH!)

3. Pets Six virtual pups on her Nintendo DS (She feeds and walks them houtly)

4. phone Worn clipped on pocket to look "technical" It's got a 3-megapixel Camera, built-in smartcard purchasing, TV tuner. MP3 player, and browser.

5. Storage Cute bags are Ok for jaunts, but she prefers wheeled luggage for comic cons and epic

shopping trips.

6. Magazines Four ddifferent anime monthlirs, Cosmode (for cos players), and Dolly Dolly (for figurine fans).

7. Diet Why cook when 7-Elven has beef bowfs and habanero snackchios?

8. Recent Purchases Action figures and manga galors. Spool of DVD-Rs for,uh,"backup" copies of her fave shows.

9. On her laptop Script for Sailir Moon/Anakin Skywalker Doujinshi (fan comic). Links to mange relase schedules and 2ch.ner (think Slaskdot).

10 Under her mattress Boy's Love Comics which Depict romantic,tragic, and hotpretty boy-on-pretty boy action.

Otaku Culture

Interested in Otaku Culture? Did you know in Japan, there is even an exam called the National Unified Otaku Certification Test to test how much of an otaku you are?

In modern Japanese slang, an otaku refers to an overtly obsessive fan of any one particular theme, topic, or hobby. Common types of otaku include those obsessed with anime, manga, action figures, video games, trains, personal computers and bikini models/idols

Fuji TV aired an otaku drama called “Train Man” last year which was a love story about a geek who meets a beautiful woman on the train. The popularity and positive portayal of the main character helped to reduce negative stereotypes about otaku, and increased the acceptability of some otaku hobbies. A comedic spinoff character of that series is the hilarious Akiba Kanpe
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