Tag Archives: otaku

Otaku Encyclopedia – Book Review

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Jamaipanese

The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider’s Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan is a book I picked up and blogged about early last month that I have been reading in my free time since. As the title of the book … Continue reading →

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Otaku Encyclopedia and Crazy for Kanji

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Jamaipanese

My quest to rediscover my reading mojo has been proving quite successful, the last Japan related book I read through was Japan: An Illustrated History and a few school and non Japan related books later I decided to get two … Continue reading →

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Cosplay + English Classes = Cosplish

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Jamaipanese

There is a brand new English Language school in Tokyo Japan that caters to the needs of Japanese otaku who want to learn English but may refuse to to take regular English classes for fear of being too different and … Continue reading →

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Two of the best cosplaying Photoblogs

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Jamaipanese

I as I stated in my previous post about my own photoblog I have recently been taking a lot of photographs, gaining experience and getting out of the house/office more often on my own little personal photo trips. I have … Continue reading →

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Otaku Fest in Guam a Big Success

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Jamaipanese

The Otaku conquest of the world continues with our latest ally turning out to be a small island in the middle of the pacific ocean. Guam is an overseas territory of USA with a population of less that 180, 000 … Continue reading →

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Otaku – they come in all shapes and sizes

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Jamaipanese

There are lots of fans of Japan in the world, we geeks dont have hide in our basements or hide or “otakuness” to remain cool anymore. In fact, lately we have been in demand now many consider us “cool”. Whether … Continue reading →

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Proper explanation of the origins of the term “Otaku”

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Jamaipanese

I have already branded myself as one but learned so much more about the term from a short post on a new Japan related blog I recently discovered. A somewhat straight from the dictionary meaning of the word Otaku that … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Empire of Cool

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Ran into this interesting article written way back in December 2003 for the Washington Post. I thought I’d share it with visitors to my blog, I have added a few pictures here and there to break the onslaught of text. … Continue reading →

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Two words that describe me – Japanophile and Otaku

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Anime, video games and technology are some of my main interests and that naturally led me to become interested in Japan because those interests are synonymous with the country. Other interests such as history, geography and literature has made me … Continue reading →

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