We all know that the origin of otaku culture is Akihabara. This place can be said to be a "holy land" for many senior A Zhai. I have never been to Akihabara and received the "second element" baptism, as if I were an uneducated knight. So how did this culture rise in Akihabara? In fact, this is the existence of catalysis under various conditions, and Akihabara is just hitchhiking.
As early as the 1970s and 1980s in Japan, Akihabara was just an obscure electrical street. At this time, Japan coincided with the bursting of the post-war economic bubble. However, in this era of Great Depression, a culture suddenly appeared, that is, the animation industry. At this time, the concept of "secondary element" has not yet formed, and comics have quietly entered the historical stage. For example, Osamu Tezuka, a famous cartoonist, absorbed some techniques of European and American films, added lens languages such as zoom, wide angle and overlooking to the picture, and created a split-mirror cartoon, which was quickly accepted by people in the haze and won wide acclaim. It can be said that he laid the foundation for the expression of modern Japanese comics.
If the people who liked comics at that time were mostly young people, then the age group of animation would be much wider. At this time, as if to welcome the arrival of this culture, Japanese electrical appliances gained a lot of popularity during this period. As early as 1970, the popularity of home TV in Japan was as high as 90%, and the spread of this animation laid a solid foundation. With the rise of comics, moving comics, that is, animation, began to appear on the screen and naturally entered people's lives.
Of course, the reason why animation can rise is definitely to mention a masterpiece "Gospel Warrior of the New Century", which is what we often call WVA. Whether you have seen it or not, anyone who knows a little about ACG culture will have heard of it. This cartoon is mixed with this kind of religious, philosophical and spiritual analysis, and the protagonist's desire for recognition can be said to be the desperate voice of many people at that time. This animation really focused Japan on the animation industry, and many people with intuition also found business opportunities. Akihabara, as an electrical street, has a good flow of people and is also a place to go in daily life, so comics and animation magazines began to appear in large numbers here, and then related surrounding areas gradually appeared, such as hand-made and twisted eggs. Slowly, it has become an offline gathering place for Azhai people, and more and more offline activities, such as animation and game exhibitions, have begun to appear.
Although the secondary culture is no longer the kind of culture that needs to be covered up, it still bears a lot of criticisms today, such as "the dead fat house is disgusting" and "the second thorn", which more or less shows the attitude of some people. In fact, A-curtilages are just uncomfortable in front of social interaction. We should be kind to our otaku friends instead of increasing their sense of distance.
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