Otaku: Japan's Database Animals

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 04/01/2009
ISBN: 9780816653522
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.46w x 0.43d

Review Citations: Choice 08/01/2009
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 135