Otaku
ByHiroki Azuma,Jonathan E. Abel(Translator),+1 more
2001 • 144 pages

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In Japan, obsessive adult fans and collectors of manga and anime are known as otaku. Hiroki Azuma's 'Otaku' offers a critical, philosophical, and historical inquiry into the characteristics and consequences of this consumer subculture.

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