meta: Otaku

Felipe Smith's 2010 manga did more than show a Western creator could make use of the form; it provided a riotous critique of the very audience that might seek it out

Massive reissues of 'Ghost in the Shell' and 'AKIRA' manga for 2017, 'Bleach' finally set to conclude; 'Macross' shows up on Amazon Prime.

GAINAX's satire/mockumentary is fascinating as a time capsule from its moment in fandom history, but most of its insights are inadvertent -- that is, when it's not just being downright cruel

A show this dismal is best seen as a symptom of anime's growing insularity

A creative industry shouldn't be led by its own least common denominator of taste

Why a growing number of anime feature otaku as a protagonist, for reasons greater than audience identification alone