The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan, Paperback - Patrick W. Galbraith

Otaku: Nerd; geek or fanboy. Originates from a polite second-person pronoun meaning "your home" in Japanese. Since the 1980s it's been used to refe...

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