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Otaku Elite Magazine Begins Date: 11/23/2005 |
| Otaken, the group that became famous for offering "Zenkoku Touitsu Otaku Kenteishiken" ("Nationwide Otaku Union Certificate Examination") has now launched their own magazine in Japan. Titled Otaku Elite, the first issue is due out on December 25th at 1,200 Yen. The magazine calls itself a "contents synthesis" publication and much of the material therein will come from and cater to the highest social strata of adult Otaku. Featured on the cover is Yukio Hatoyama, the chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party and former party leader. He's interviewed on his work within the government on building Japan's contents industries. Other features inside include an Otaku Elite training plan of The University of Tokyo, a House of Representatives manga, animation and game consideration investigation, and a superintendent's profile of Shinichi Suzuki who heads the Suginami Animation museum. In the website's About section it's mentioned the term "otaku" is often associated with criminals and seen in a negative light in the past in Japan. The description continues that with the introduction of Japan's anime, manga and videogames in markets around the world, the term otaku has become respected and just another word to describe a fan of these contents industries. Otaku Elite was created to document Japan's contents business boom of the 21st century. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
