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  22 September 2009, 16:40 pm
• apeescape

  yay, more otaku scholars.

  http://www.t-ono.net/Anime-News/Otaku-Interviews-Patrick-Galbraith.html

  Otaku stuff is usually off-limits when doing “serious” work, but recently it seems like there are a few academics that become interested in the issue. Someone had to do rigorous studies on these social phenomenon so we don’t have niwaka opinion makers to make lazy connections with overall society.

  http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2009/09/summary-of-joi-and-lisas-session-about-japanese-obsessions-at-foo-camp.html

  23 September 2009, 4:27 am

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  • Tomomi Sasaki Contributor profile »

    I’m guessing you’ve read this response:

    Otaku and Zen Buddhism?
    http://neojaponisme.com/2009/09/18/1685/

    23 September 2009, 9:36 am

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