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Welcome to Otapedia! an Otaku encyclopedia which compiles topics, themes and terms of Japanese Otaku culture from the classics to the newest anime, manga, games series and more!
On each page of the Otapedia database is an archive of information that provides the terms, definitions and explanations of anime, manga, games, official goods, cosplay etc that are loved by Otaku fans all around the world.
Otapedia can be used as a dictionary to find the background, story, history, characters and various terms related to certain works. In addition, Otapedia is an open service in which we gather user feedback to improve the database. It is an encyclopedia service that we create together with you, the fans. Also, original content has been published in Otapedia as a starting point, by our members who are passionate about anime, manga and games. Content will definitely increase! So please make sure to keep an eye out this space!
In addition, Otapedia will strive to bring up-to-date news and details on the latest anime series released every season. With more than 50 new series released per season, there is an abundance of information. So this service is a guide for anime fans to find exactly what interests you! and leads you to the latest anime that matches your interests and tastes the most!
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There are a countless number of anime, manga and game series produced in Japan yearly. Therefore our aim at Otapedia is to organize the terms and definitions etc of the latest works and make information and a wide variety of content readily available to Otaku fans. Check out the categories and series titles and get your hands on in-depth knowledge on the latest and trending series!

Fate is a multimedia project that started two decades ago as a very long visual novel by TYPE-MOON, a company well-known for painting the everyday lives and feats of common folk turned heroes in grim situations, where they never forget to stay human.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the LoveLive! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the LoveLive! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the LoveLive! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the LoveLive! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

LoveLive! is a project that spans across many products featuring nine high-school girls forming an idol unit to give their school value and save it from closing. It is a collaborative effort between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, the music label Lantis for the ...

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Touhou Project series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Touhou Project series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Touhou Project series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

Touhou Project (lit. "East Project") is originally a series of over 15 top-down scroller games in the genre of "danmaku", or "bullet hell" that first saw light as far back as in 1996 on the NEC PC-9800 platform and developed by a one-man crew, Jun&#...

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Haikyu!! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Haikyu!! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Haikyu!! series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

Haikyu!! is a popular shōnen manga about two unlikely friends who dream big and cooperate in creative ways to win and their high school volleyball team's journey to the top. The story of a short young boy who wishes to become a great volleyball player. He goes through many h...

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Kantai Collection series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Kantai Collection series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Kantai Collection series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Kantai Collection series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

All products from the Kantai Collection series depicted herein are copyright of GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

Kantai Collection (subtitled as "Combined Fleet Girls Collection" and abbreviated as KanColle in both English and Japanese) is a Japanese web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM.com. The game is based on World War II warships that are personifi...

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. (株式会社グッドスマイルカンパニー) (usually shortened to GSC and グッスマ, respectively), was founded in May 2001 as GSC, Ltd. (changed to its modern designation in May 2012). It is currently a factory that governs figurine and toy projects, design, production, manufacturing...

Last updated at, 24 Oct 2022

The World Seed (世界の種子 sekai no shushi) is an in-game item with a distributive package called The Seed. It is a free beginner-friendly game engine and development kit with presets that allows easy creation of virtual reality worlds and management thereof as games, and supports the...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This article relates the original Sword Skills in Sword Art Online VRMMORPG, which were later carried forward and implemented in ALfheim Online and Underworld.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Sacred Arts (神聖術 shinsei jutsu) are System Commands in Project Alicization 1/4. The Underworld natives treat them as magic, and they are presented as magic rituals and linked to the specific states of mind of the practitioner. The success of a Sacred Arts technique depends on how...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

The relationship system is a functionality introduced in Sword Art Online and continued in ALfheim Online that implements the in-game mechanics to manage and complement the social contracts between players with extra interactions becoming possible.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Quests are the main type of events featured within many VR MMORPGs, including Sword Art Online 1/4 and ALfheim Online. Often these quests are given to the player by interacting with a bulletin board, or a Non Player Character (NPC).

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This is page 2/2 of Sword Art Online Magic. Refer to page 1 here.

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A FullDive (フルダイブ, furudaibu) is the technology that immerses the player's senses into a virtual reality. It serves as the technological groundwork for most of the stories in the entire Sword Art Online series.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

The Flight System is a new mechanic implemented for ALfheim Online since the game story is about the Celtic style elves, Seidhe, and allows the players to travel and fight while airborne. The system makes use of the colorful wings on every player's back that can appear or dis...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Duels (デュエル dyueru) are a functionality that allows two players to check their damage dealing rate (DPS) or settle a heavy score, optionally disabling the safe area effect by mutual agreement when both players accept the prompt, at the same time not changing the player's stat...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Divine Objects (ディヴァイン・オブジェクト divain obujekuto or 神器 jinki) are high-Priority items in Underworld that are usually made using a Sacred Arts ritual by converting any object with a large amount of resources (memories). The Divine-Object weapons of Priority-class are ranked higher t...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

The Cardinal System (カーディナル・システム), or simply Cardinal is the game engine of nearly all VRMMORPG games in the Sword Art Online series. (A game engine manages all resources, processes, and events of the game, and can be simply defined as the works of a game's world.) Kayaba Aki...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

The Anti-Criminal Code Effect Area (アンチクリミナルコード有効圏内 anchikuriminaru kōdo yūkō ken'nai) is any zone of player safety in the VRMMORPG Sword Art Online. Most of the settlements in SAO have this. More literally translated as "within the area of effect of the Anti-criminal Co...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Shimazaki Nobunaga is a Japanese voice actor born in Miyagi.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Kayano Ai (茅野 愛衣) (female, born in September 13, 1987, blood type O, 153 cm (5 ft) tall) is a Japanese voice actress born in Tokyo.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Haruka Tomatsu (戸松遥) is a Japanese voice actor, actress and singer, known for her role as Asuna Yuuki in the Sword Art Online anime.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Kawahara Reki (川原礫) (male), also known as Kunori Fumio (九里 史生), is a Japanese novelist who was born in August 17, 1974, and is the primary author and supervisor of the Sword Art Online franchise and more. His official website states: "WordGear: an experimental world generate...

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (松岡吉継) is a Japanese voice actor, known for his role as Kirito in the Sword Art Online anime and game series.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This is an article about the VRMMORPG by the same name as the entire series.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This is an article about the VRMMORPG by the same name as the entire series.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This is an article about the VRMMORPG by the same name as the entire series.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This is an article about the VRMMORPG by the same name as the entire series.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

This is page 4/4 of the article. Start reading from here or return to page 3.

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