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How These Mind-Controlled Cat Ears Almost Didn't Become A Reality

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 10.05.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Otaku, Anime, Necomimi, Necomimi Cat Ears, Neurowear, Neurosky, Eeg, Inventions, Cosplay, Japan Anime, Japan, Weird Inventions, Technology News

As NeuroSky Vice President David Westendorf tells it, it was a shy product planner at a Japanese high-tech fashion company,who came up with the idea. ...

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Mr. 'Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings' at Lehmann Maupin Gallery (Video)

VernissageTV | Posted 11.24.2012 | Arts
Read More: Art Gallery, Mr., Contemporary Art, Lehmann Maupin, Otaku, Japan Tsunami, Takashi Murakami, Anime, Kaikai Kiki, Art Exhibitions, Video, Arts News
VernissageTV

The current exhibition "Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings" at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York presents new works by Japanese artist Mr. The centerp...

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PHOTOS: 5 Eccentric Japanese Collectors

Patrick W. Galbraith | Posted 06.06.2012 | Books
Read More: Book News, Japan Photo Book, Japanese Otaku, Otaku Book, Otaku, Photography Book, Japan Collectors Photos, Otaku Photos, Photo Book, Japan Collectors, Otaku Photo Book, Japan Book, Slidepollajax, Books News
Patrick W. Galbraith

Welcome to Otaku Spaces, inhabited by some of Japan's most enthusiastic consumers and collectors. Today otaku refers to fans of all stripes; it is a label that is embraced as passionately by some as it is rejected by others. This is a terrain of contested meanings.

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Takashi Murakami's Ego Is Larger Than Life

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 02.09.2012 | Arts
Read More: Murakami Art, Video, Otaku, Anime, Takashi Murakami, Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall, Ego, Japan, Qatar, Japanese Art, Arts News

Who would have thought otaku culture would make it to the Middle East? Takashi Murakami's latest exhibition, aptly titled "Ego," opens today in Do...

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Can You Fall in Love With Your Favorite TV Character?

Christine Huang | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Social Media, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, Entertainment, Virtual Friends, Otaku, Media News
Christine Huang

New reports reveal a growing subculture of "2-D Lovers": grown adults in Japan that have found romantic love with their favorite characters from anime, manga, and video games.

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