Akiba-kei
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Akiba-kei or Akiba-chan is a Japanese slang term similar in meaning to otaku.
Akiba-kei literally means "Akihabara style," referring to a district in Tokyo filled with stores selling electronics, manga, anime merchandise, and other products designed to appeal to the otaku subculture.
Akiba-kei particularly refers to men in their 20's and 30's who live in or around Tokyo and spend their leisure time in Akihabara. Their interests are particularly focused upon idols, erotic PC games, model figurines and manga.
It may be used self-mockingly by Akiba-kei themselves or their friends, neutrally by Akiba-kei amongst themselves, or negatively similar to the English term geek; although in wider Japanese culture the term "otaku" is in more common use, and has the generally negative connotation.
The term was popularized in mainstream Japanese culture as a result of the 2005 movie Densha-otoko.
[edit] See also
- Shibuya-kei (Other youth culture stream in Tokyo around 1990's, influenced by Western cultures)
- Geek chic
- Akiba-kei Fashion.- Watashi to Tokyo(Blog)
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