14.06.2009 · Blog
Game Bar A-Button has anniversary
The game bar we all have come to know and love had its anniversary party on June 7. I neglected to visit until today after the weekly Akiba...
12.06.2009 · Features
The Otaku Encyclopedia Launch Event
Last night was the official launching event for The Otaku Encyclopedia written by none other than our very own Otaku2 co-founder Patrick W....
11.06.2009 · Blog
The Otaku Encyclopedia released in Japan
Taken at Kinokuniya in Shinjuku this week. The release is weeks early! Guess Kodansha International couldn't hold their horses. Here's...
07.06.2009 · Blog
Akiba Memory photo exhibit
The week before the one-year anniversary of the Akihabara Incident, Art Jeuness unveiled a photo exhibition of the Pedestrian Paradise...
07.06.2009 · Blog
Alice in Wonderland Event
Venerable cosplay pub Little BSD in Akihabara was transformed into a scene from Alice in Wonderland on June 7. A group of eight, including...
03.06.2009 · Blog
Live Action Anime performance
I was kindly invited to a themed stage performance titled "Live Action Anime: Madness at Mokuba 2009" on May 28. It was put on by the MIT...
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23.05.2009 · Blog
John Hathway gets his props!
JohnHathway, the doujinshi artist behind Otaku2's imagery, has been featured by HASTAC. American academics rave about his creativity and...
16.05.2009 · Blog
Passive-aggressive finger to the law!
My opinions on the police presence in Akihabara are well known, as is my insistence on wearing a costume and walking the streets when I...
05.05.2009 · Blog
Nakano Broadway opening up
I went to check out Nakano Broadway after hearing it has been hopping. And it was. It’s so bright, crowded and open that a lot of the...
30.04.2009 · Blog
Gunnar takes on @home Cafe and @gumi head on!
Gunnar our fellow otaku in denial visits @home Cafe and lives through an Otagei pit to tell about it. Great to see Hiyochan in the spot...
24.04.2009 · Blog
Otaku work out!
My friends tell me I need to lose weight. OK, so I'm a porker, no shame in that baby. But I agree I need to shed some blubber before...
06.04.2009 · Features
Takami Akai First Photography Exhibition in Tokyo
Takami Akai co-founder of Gainax exhibited a collection of his personal photographs in Tokyo for the first time this week. The exhibition...
03.04.2009 · Blog
Murakami Takashi's new work revealed
I was invited to the special sneak preview of Murakami Takashi's new sculpture at the Kaikai Kiki gallery in Hiroo on Thursday night. As...
26.03.2009 · Blog
Dangerous youth? You bet!
The text reads, "Are you a dangerous youth?" That fella second from the left looks awful familiar... Oh, wait, it's everyone I know!...
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15.03.2009 · Blog
Otaku2 featured by British journalists
Check out the story here. Thanks to Danny Choo for the introduction, and hope his hay fever is better!
