Welcome To Otaku Town | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Tokyo's Akihabara district is known around the world as the center of Japan's otaku culture, which includes such phenomena as anime, manga, and "maid cafes." Here we take a look at some of the latest developments in this district that continues to send out otaku culture to the world.

Anime Goes Academic | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
There is a growing movement among Japanese universities and graduate schools to take an academic approach to anime and manga. Once seen as children's entertainment, these forms are coming to be viewed in an entirely new light.

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Tokyo is home to as much as 80% of all the animation productions in Japan. The city government has designated animation a local industry and is working to support it and to train animation personnel

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