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.

  • Monthly Meanderings 01

    Monthly Meanderings 01

    A while ago I tried doing a weekly roundup and failed miserably at it. This time I shall try doing a once a month summary of what I have discovered, posts I have enjoyed and basically give a quick overview of the whole month. Anime I have been watching: During the month of November, I…

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    2–3 minutes
  • 3 Years and counting

    3 Years and counting

    I love the WordPress notification letting me know that I have now been blogging for three years already! I had thought two years went by fast and so has this past year. As part of my personal three-year celebration, I thought I would share a few things I have learnt these past few years. 3…

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    3–4 minutes
  • INKtober wrap up

    INKtober wrap up

    I can’t believe that October is done and that we are already a few days into November. For the duration I had been hinting at a surprise which was two Funko Pop! figurines which meant that I could do two random draws. The first winner, Tabz, won the right to pick which of the two…

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    1–2 minutes
  • Surprise!

    Surprise!

    At the beginning of this month I decided to host an anime themed INKtober on my social media platforms.  From the get go I knew I would be lining something special up for the participants. Now that discussions are done and the details have been finalised, I can finally say what the something special will…

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    2–3 minutes
  • My rAge Experience

    My rAge Experience

    Oh my gosh these past few weeks have been hectic! I have been on the go non-stop since the week before Comic-Con Africa and my body is just not used to it. So here we are a week and a bit after the end of rAge and I have a blocked nose, coughing and am…

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    5–7 minutes
  • My Comic Con Africa Experience

    My Comic Con Africa Experience

    The weekend of the 14th, 15th and 16th September was the very first Comic-Con ever on African soil. When I first learnt that it was near by and that I would be able to actually go, I quickly got my hands on some tickets. Then about two or so weeks before the con I started…

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    8–12 minutes

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