HESO 10 Obsessions

In this issue we shine the strobe light onto all things Otaku. What is Otaku? A thing? A person? An idea? All three? Without so much as giving you, the intelligent reader, an easy answer nor giving into the obvious stereotypes, we try to provide you a feel for what we think people obsess over, collect, peruse and secretly adore.

What are your secret indulgences? Weaknesses? Fantasies? Extroverted nerdisms? Focusing on what we do best (photography) we eulogize the Cult of the Polaroid with a fitting Requiem, we delve deep into everyday people’s musical passions with our Interview of Peter Barakan (NHK DJ & Cohost of Japan’s 60 Minutes) and our featured live musicians: Derek Trucks of Allman Brothers’ fame and SugarFootStomp – the Japanese Bagpipe Collective. Find out why Flickr matters and if you are a Flickr whore (does that even make sense…)? And just what is Love Earth and how are they helping you help the world?

All this plus gorgeous photography from Osaka 7 Member Tetsuya Blues, illustrations from Shantell Martin and Sugarplumwine, the fun and informative Yokohama and Fukuoka Spotlights, and of course Little Prigdoms. Check out our expanded Music Section featuring more reviews – live, recorded and otherwise, the new Beer & A Flick column, a book review on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. by our resident expert Nagano Fumika and who knows what else…

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