Greetings everyone! I am a dedicated Akiba-Kei otaku named Kurai. Also known as Otaku_Kurai. Whose occupations are being a journalist. Aka, an otaku journalist that covers all of it. I am also a content creator, photographer, and influencer. I am the founder and owner of Animangemu, and I talk about anime, manga, video games, toys & games, live action, books, and all that is related to the otaku culture. This is my passion, and I take into it with a great heart. よろしく！！！
To my fellow otakus, I am SO sorry for not uploading new content. The move to Florida had caused a MASSIVE delay for uploading new content. So, because of this, I couldn’t do anything in April. Even then, despite the move in, I am still trying to settle down and move in more stuff plus finish the situation.
On the bright side, no matter where I am, or where I live, I will never stop hauling for otaku goodies. Check this out. I got some new otaku goodies. The goodies are:
The Boy and The Heron Blu-ray + DVD
Gundam Universe Quanta figure
Panda Beanie from Jujutsu Kaisen
These are awesome stuff, and I am so glad to have them. Hopefully, as days go by, I can get some more. So, far now, stay tuned as I will review them soon. Hopefully I will.
My dear and fellow beloved otakus across the state from Florida to fellow neighbors Texas. I do indeed have some very bad and awful news to tell you. This news is truly disappointing. As a Floridian otaku, I urge all of you to spread the news on what’s going on in Texas. It’s important for the anime, manga, and video game content. This topic is about censorship. It’s not only about how it will affect you. It even lands you into prison if this bill is passed.
In the past, there was a cosplay photo that I took of myself as Tobi from Naruto Shippuden. I remember how awesome it looked. Unfortunately, due to tech issues, I lost the photo. I wondered if I would ever manage to find it again. After some extensive searching, I finally found it again. I feel so happy because I loved that photo so much. It’s not the full set. It’s a piece of memory that I love. It makes me so happy to see it back. Now, I can finally upload it and show it off to everyone. Now that I look at it, I did a pretty good job. Keep in mind, I don’t have the full set just yet. Hopefully when the time is right, I can get the full set, and become the real Tobi.
And when that happens, I’ll be like, “I don’t believe it!”, but then I’ll be back, “kidding it’s just as I expected.”
Right now, there are two things that are certain right now. One is, the Nintendo Switch is about to turn eight years old this year, and secondly, this year, Nintendo has officially Revealed the Switch 2 on its near eighth anniversary. The truth is, the development and the eventual reveal of the switch 2 has been in the making for some years now by Nintendo, with constant rumors an leaks about the Switch 2 going on for quite some time now. Finally, on January 16, 2025, the Switch has been officially revealed at long last. Interestingly, though, the reveal for the Switch 2 by Nintendo was notably moderate and more quiet compared to last time when the first Switch was revealed back in 2016.
Last year, I made an article that covered the ranking of all 50 states based on the popularity of anime from worst to best, on Google trends. As a result, that article was one of my very firsts. As I was starting, I noticed that although it received a positive fanfare among readers, I made quite a bit of mistakes in regard to the info and resources that I wrote in that article. In fact, I missed out on a lot of important info that should have been said during that time. Now, here I am with a new article of the same subject, but now added with a nicer layout, updated info, better research, and custom descriptions said by me that is based on my research.
The popularity of anime has grown incredibly for over the last decades. While the medium itself always had an American presence between the 1960s to the 1980s. However, it was not until the 1990s when the medium began to knockdown the mainstream audience thanks to the introduction of anime on children’s television channels. When the 2000s dawned, the popularity of anime increased only more tenfold thanks to the advancement of the internet and the availability of forums, websites, fan subs, and social media. Throughout the 2010s and 2020s, the medium has enjoyed unprecedented growth thanks to the rise of streams, social media, and more websites and forums that make it easier for otakus to access too. Now, anime has become so popular now that you can pretty much find fans of anime in the middle of nowhere. Even in those middle of nowhere places, goodies for otakus exist at every corner of the map, and all 50 states have anime conventions or some kind of ComicCons with anime and manga stuff located.
Continuing on from my previous article. I used Google trends to see which state searches up on anime the most, and the results were interesting. However, instead, I wanted to see which state identifies most as otaku by simply seeing which state looks up the definition as the most. Not only that, but I will also be using sources and research backup to explain the possibility of the question on why the state is ranked on that number. This list, unlike the previous one, makes a lot more sense now, and some of the states that you will see ranked will probably surprise, and number 1 may surprise you the most. Also, unlike my previous article of the same topic which contained all 50 states in one article, instead, I have decided to publish separate articles by adding only 10 states to the article ranked from least to most. So that way, readers won’t be turned off by the horrific TL;DR issue, by scrolling through a long page with nothing but texts, and instead, enjoy reading the article with a moderate amount of reading and waiting in anticipation for the next article of the same topic. Without a further a do, let’s get started!
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