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Macias: Gaijin Otaku Guide To The Japanese Press Date: 10/25/2005 |
| The Tokyo Shimbun recently had "Tokyoscope" and "Cruising The Anime City" author Patrick Macias take them on a tour around Tokyo. They asked him what spots in the city drew foreign otaku and he responded the answer varried. Tokyo Tower apears often in Godzilla and has a spcialty store related to anime within it. Akihabara district which is world reknown as the premiere otaku hotspot in Japan was also talked about along with Mitaka, whoch hosts the Ghibli mueseum. In traditional Japanese style when analyzing foreigners, the author's various facial expressions are noted several times when he's quoted. The author goes on to guide readers through Akihabara pointing out various locals and mentioning some triva on the American fan scene. He says American otaku are divided by 3 generations: Those that grew up with Astroboy, the Macross generation of the 80's and the current huge generation that loves Visual Kei rockers and Ai Yazawas Nana. He said the yearning of most foreign otaku growing up is to come to Tokyo eventually. A photo scan of the article in the actual print version of the newspaper can be viewed on Patrick's Blog. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
