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How Otaku Celebrate Christmas

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Christmas in Japan is more like Valentine’s day than it is about the birth of a carpenter who was tortured and killed for simply saying that people should start being a little nicer to each other.
And for the otaku in Japan it’s more than a little creepy.  Due to our natural [...]

Merry Christmas From The Otakuologist

Since I haven’t posted here in a while because of getting setup for some changes that I’ll be making starting on or just after the new year, I wanted to go ahead and make a few posts by sharing what I’ve found on my favorite otaku site, Sankaku Complex.  This particular post is for all [...]

Cosplayers Wanted For Documentary

Are you one of those otaku who loves to travel to cons and show your stuff while posing as your favorite anime, manga or video game character?  Do you want to be a star?  If this sounds
like you then has Otaku America have a deal for you.
That’s right, Otaku America is looking for cosplayers who [...]

What An Otaku Sees When He Wakes Up…

Ever wonder what a real otaku’s room looks like?  Take a look below.
 
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Create Your Own Otaku (theotakuologist.com)
Toilets And Otaku (theotakuologist.com)
The Luckiest Otaku (theotakuologist.com)
Otaku Celebrate Christmas Too, Yknow! (theotakuologist.com)
How Girl Nerds Accidentally Reveal Their Inner Geek [Japan] (kotaku.com)

MTV Reveals The Cast Of ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Secret Comic Book Past

Ah, MTV.  Remember when they used to play music videos?  Now they’re in just about every form of popular culture exceptmusic, and that includes comic books.
An interesting article on their site reveals the secret comic book history of some of the cast of the FX drama ‘Sons of Anarhy.’  While I’m sure you already knew [...]

Bodacious Space Pirates Trailer Posted

Bandai Channel is soon to stream the adaptation of Yuichi Sasamoto’s space opera novel Mini-Skirt Uchu Kaizoku.  And hey, you know me, any title with the words “Mini-Skirt” in it is okay by me.
(Note: aaaaaand for some reason the video I wanted to show you won’t play on my site, but here’s the link to it.  [...]

Toilets And Otaku

If you’ve ever wanted to know how the Japanese view the otaku lifestyle while learning how to use a bidet, then boy, do I have a video for you to watch.
It is actually quite interesting to watch.  The video is called “Washlet & Japan Vol. 1″ and the pretty little mascot is named “Refreshing Angel Washlet [...]

Bobobo-bo bobo-bo Get’s a Spinoff Manga

Image by lovers v haters via Flickr

Remember that oddly appealing anime Bobobo-bo bobo-bo they showed on “Adult Swim” for a time?  Well the manga it’s based on is getting a spinoff.
According to Crunchroll, the spinoff, Fuwari, Don Patch will be featured in the January issue of magazine, Saikyou Jump in Japan.
Read the rest of the [...]

Herman Cain’s Gotta Get ‘Em All

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Okay, I know that ex-presidential candidate Herman Cain was giving up the race anyway, but if a godawful amount of women claiming that he fondled/relationshipped them didn’t ruin his chances of winning the race (they did), then claiming that throughout his campaign that he had been quoting a “poet” and now admitting that he [...]

30 People Sued In 3 Days For Illegal Uploading

Watch out, otaku.  While it hasn’t happened here in the states yet, at least not that I know of police in every prefecture in Japan conducted a raid, looking for illegal anime uploads.
Among some of the titles uploaded:

Bakuman
Bakuman 2
Working
Blue Exorcist

…and others.
Not to seem like a total affiliate marketer, but in order to keep the law [...]

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