Otaku Life & Culture
A celebration of fandom beyond the screen through Otaku Life & Culture! This section explores the lifestyle, creativity, and community that anime fans around the world share. From cosplay adventures and anime crushes to gaming obsessions and fan art spotlights, this is where you’ll find the heartbeat of otaku culture.
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AYA: 1 April 19
Today sees the start of a brand new, day one. I know I have had a lot of ‘day one’ already just in these A Year Ago posts alone and for me that is okay. Each time I start over I get a little further than the last, whether by a day or by a…
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Japan Cultural Expo 2020 – the Experience
As I had feared I had to miss the first two days of the Japan Cultural Expo this year. However, I did manage to make it on Sunday and got to spend the full day taking it all in. I had fun but when I compared it to my experience last year in 2019, I…
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What is the Japan Cultural Expo?
The Japan Cultural Expo in South Africa takes place in a mall’s shopping courts and walkways. The expo sets up displays of traditional things from Japan. As well as offering displays of traditional Japanese activities like Kendo, Ikebana and Bonsai. Where: Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria, South Africa When: Friday 6th / Saturday 7th / Sunday 8th…
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Sucrose, a sugar everyone knows
Following my attempt to learn more about what I am eating and what the words on labels mean, I have started looking at the 50 names for sugar. Here is a break down on Sucrose, the most common type of sugar. Sucrose is so common that most people refer to it as table sugar. Sucrose…
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Conventions and Events I aim to attend in 2020
For a few years now I have made it my mission to attend as many geeky affairs as I possibly could (even to the detriment of my own health). With each passing year, I learn of new events where I can meet up with my fellow content creators and friends and am given a chance…
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Monthly Meanderings 03
Today not only the month-end but also brings us into the final month of the year as well as the decade. Anime I have been watching this November: Hellsing Ultimate Nurarihyon no Mago Akame ga Kill Ahiru no Sora Shinchou Yuusha: Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru / Cautious Hero: The Hero…
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