Anime music videos (AMVs) are a derivative art form similar to, and arguably an example of, vidding. Generally, an anime music video combines footage from Japanese animation (anime) with music, but increasingly, the art form has expanded to include the creation of music videos with fanart, and sometimes music videos are created from manga scans.
Harajuku style originated among teens on the streets near Harajuku Station in Shibuya, Japan. The work that goes into their outfits is incredible. Some of them take years to complete and are a never ending project. A Harajuku Girl will know how to embroider, process leather, and create teddy bears from PVC. It’s a hobby, [...]
Cosplay is a popular hobby of teen-aged girls in Japan, and is also prominent amongst anime fans worldwide. Cosplay is an abbreviation of “costume-play”. During a cosplay event, people dress up as their favorite anime, manga or video game character and parade and pose for photographers.
Sometimes, cosplays can be very good; with a well-crafted, well-fitting [...]
In Japanese, Otaku means someone who is obsessive about a hobby. Typical hobbies this would apply to would be trains, busses, anime and manga, computers, aircraft, cars etc.
Common uses are anime otaku (a fan of anime), cosplay otaku and manga otaku (a fan of Japanese comic books), pasokon otaku (personal computer geeks), gemu otaku (playing [...]
