Otakus: Narrative and Perceptual Guidelines of Japanimation

Authors

  • Luis Perillán Torres Universidad de Chile

Abstract

The ‘Otaku', teen communities of japanese comics and animation consumers, as well as all asociated merchandising, have become a notorious social phenomenon this days. This paper aims to describe the caractheristics of this social group as it is presented in Chile.

Keywords:

Otaku, japanimation, visual semiotic