Femi Famutimi is an experienced writer writing within the gaming space for the last four years. He has been featured on Esports Insider, DashFight, and WePlay. He enjoys fighting games especially ...

It used to be that being an otaku was often a synonymous status with “single,” but that’s not necessarily the case anymore. The current otaku boom has made being a hard-core anime fan more acceptable ...

For the longest time in Japan, to be an otaku was to be an outcast. To be labeled an “otaku” was to be branded with the staple of being an awkward, obsessive social outcast, and/or potential sexual ...

Christine Mendoza is a freelance writer from Canada with an avid love for video games and anime. Formerly an indie game reviewer, Christine enjoys not only playing video games but writing about what ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Before I start, it’s worth clarifying what the word “otaku” means ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. In Japan, there are male nerds and female nerds. And there are key differences between the two, besides their gender: The way they shop and interact ...

There are a lot of words in the world to describe a person with a love of Japanese culture. Anime nerd. Weeaboo. J-culture addict. Japanophile. And of course, a word that originated in Japan: Otaku.

A peek into an otaku’s bedroom or living space can be a bit of a surprise for the average person. But it’s not unusual for fans of anime and manga in Japan to decorate their small rooms even more ...

A cryptocurrency developed specifically for the Japanese industry and its fans sounds like something anime viewers would be happy about. However, as new details come out about Otaku Coin, fans in ...