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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!

Whis is a Dragon Ball character created by Akira Toriyama. His first appearance is in the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods movie in the 2013 film feature as the attendant of the main antagonist Lord Beerus and returns as a supporting character in the Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection '...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Lord Beerus is a Dragon Ball character created by Akira Toriyama. His first appearance is in the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods movie in the 2013 film feature as the main antagonist and returns as a supporting character in the Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' movie and as a...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Android 18 is a young woman with blonde medium-length hair and clothes featuring the red ribbon army logo. Though seemingly cold and often unimpressed, unlike her future counterpart, Android 18 is in fact capable of compassion and has a softer side. This is slightly different wit...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Chi-Chi is the wife of the protagonist Son Goku and appears in most of the Dragon Ball series in minor roles. She is often seen wearing a variation of Chinese and Korean clothes. She is voiced by Mayumi Shō in Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z Seasons 1-2, and Dragon Ball Z Movies 1-3, ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Bulma is the daughter of Dr. Briefs and his wife. She has a genius-level intellect and, even from a young age, skipped school because she found it boring. Bulma can be caring and will do her best to help and protect her friends, however, she is also very headstrong and will do wh...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Master Roshi, also known as the Turtle Hermit and the God of Martial Arts, is a master of martial arts who trained Gohan (Goku’s adopted father), Ox-King, Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha. He has a sister named Fortuneteller Baba. He is a hermit and a pervert.

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Tien is one of Son Goku‘s enemies turned friends. Hailing from the Crane School of martial arts, he was taught a number of offensive and defensive techniques by Master Shen and General Tao respectively. His best friend is Chiaotzu with whom he spends all of his time training. He ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Yamcha first appears as a bandit in the desert along with his shape-shifting friend, Puar in the Dragon Ball series. He has long hair and a Chinese style outfit and sword. His main ambition is to find a girlfriend, but hopelessly passes out when confronted by beautiful women. He ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Trunks is the son of Vegeta and Bulma. He appears in the series in two forms, his future teenage form (often called Future Trunks) and his child form. He is usually shown with blue or purple hair and a sword (future). He is voiced by Takeshi Kusao as a child and adult in all form...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Krillin is a supporting protagonist in the Dragon Ball franchise, making his debut in Episode 14 of the original series and is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka throughout. Though he was initially a rival of Son Goku under the tutelage of Master Roshi, they quickly became best friends. Kri...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Piccolo is a recurring character in the Dragon Ball franchise. He debuts as the reincarnation of the Evil King Piccolo in the Dragon Ball Z series, making him, at the time, a primary antagonist and enemy of Son Goku. It is later discovered that Piccolo is, in fact, a member of th...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Vegeta is the son of King Vegeta of the Saiyan warrior race. He appears as an antagonist early in the Dragon Ball Z series, but eventually becomes part of the Z Fighters and, by Dragon Ball Super, a close friend of Son Goku’s. As prince of the Saiyan race and Planet Vegeta, he is...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Son Goten (often simply referred to as Goten) is the second and youngest child of the protagonist Son Goku. He appears mostly in the latter half of the Dragon Ball Z series and some of Dragon Ball Super, with minor roles in Dragon Ball GT. He is also voiced entirely by Masako Noz...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Son Gohan is the first child of the protagonist Son Goku. He is kind and loving and generally doesn’t seem to enjoy fighting, contrary to his Saiyan heritage. From a young age, Gohan was forced by his mother Chi-Chi to study and martial arts were generally forbidden. Reluctantly,...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Son Goku is the protagonist (and at times arguably an antagonist) of the Dragon Ball series and appears in all iterations of the franchise. He is based on Sun Wukong, the main character of the Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’. The character has been consistently voiced by Masa...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Super Dragon Ball Heroes is a promotional animated web-series for the Dragon Ball Heroes video game. It follows the story of Dragon Ball Heroes and is based on the original franchise series created by Akira Toriyama. The story line is completely different to the original Dragon B...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Dragon Ball GT is a TV anime-only continuation of the Dragon Ball franchise that ran from February 7, 1996 until November 19, 1997. It featured 64 episodes all originally designed and animated for television by Toei Animation. The production was overseen by Akira Toriyama, though...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

From 2015 to 2018, the Dragon Ball franchise saw a revival at the hands of Toei Animation and master manga artist Akira Toriyama with a new television anime series called Dragon Ball Super. With a slew of new and interesting story arcs, characters, and techniques to display, Drag...

Last updated at, 02 Feb 2021

Dragon Ball Kai is a recut and remastered version of the highly successful Japanese anime Dragon Ball Z. While there is debate as to what the Z in Dragon Ball Z refers to, the term “Kai” refers to renewal or modification of something. Dragon Ball Kai was produced for the 20th ann...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Dragon Ball Z, is one of the most popular anime from the ’90s. As a continuation of the original Dragon Ball series from the early ’80s, Dragon Ball Z continued to capture the heart of anime fans around the world. It has contributed a large part to the rise of popularity of anime...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Dragon Ball is Toei’s animated adaptation of the highly successful hit manga Dragon Ball by renowned manga author Akira Toriyama. Beginning it’s televised run in 1986 and ending in with an incredible 153 episodes in 1989, Dragon Ball became a pop culture phenomenon in Japan. It w...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

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Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Born in Tokyo in 1987, Yumi is currently a member of Office Osawa since 2017, while previously being a member of the Arts Vision team in briefly in 2005, returning again between 2010 and 2017. Her debut works was in the title Aria the Animation where her attribution is under a fa...

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Satomi Arai is a professional voice actress for Arai Voice Works, an office that she owns herself. She was cast to voice Beatrice in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Yui Horie is a professional voice actress and music vocalist signed to VIMS. She was cast to voice the character Felix in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Iguchi Yuuka is a professional voice actress for Office Osawa, and was cast to voice the role of Crusch Karsten in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Chinatsu Akasaki is a professional voice actress for 81 Produce. She was cast to play Felt in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Minase Inori is a professional voice actress and vocalist for Axlone. She was cast to play the role of Rem in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Murakawa Rie is a professional voice actress and vocalist for Haikyō (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society). She was cast to play *Ram in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Takahashi Rie is a professional voice actress and singer for 81 Produce and was casted to play Emilia in the anime Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Kobayashi Yuusuke is a professional voice actor for Yurin Pro, and casted to play Subaru Natsuki in the anime Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

White Fox is an animation studio in Tokyo, Japan. Established by former OLM producer Gaku Iwaasa in 2007, they have since become a well reputed production studio, animating works loved by fans all across the globe. Gaining initial recognition for their production of Katanagatari ...

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

In 2014 a manga adaptation of Arc 1 created by Daichi Matsuse, titled Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World - Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital, began serialisation in the August 2014 issue of Media Factory’s seinen magazine, Monthly Comic Alive. The final Japanese volume was re...

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Re:Zero -DEATH OR KISS- (Re:ゼロから始まる異世界生活 -DEATH OR KISS- in Japan) is a visual novel video game developed by Japanese studio 5pb. Inc. It was released for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 on March 30, 2017. The developer also released a DLC pack for those who pre-ordered th...

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

Re:Zero -INFINITY- is a mobile game developed by Tianjin Tianxiang Interactive Technology Co and published by Black Tea Rabbit Studio. The game was released in January 2020, and is currently only available in Asia.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

The opening theme for the second cour of the series is titled "Paradisus-Paradoxum". It is written, arranged, and performed by MYTH & ROID. It was released on August 24, 2016 on CD. It also included an instrumental version of the song as well as "theater D"...

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

The opening theme for the first cour of the series is titled "Redo". It is composed by 宮崎誠 with lyrics by ミズノゲンキ and performed by Suzuki Konomi. It was released on May 11, 2016 on CD. A limited edition DVD for the single was also released that featured a music video, li...

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

The anime score consists of several soundtrack and single releases starting 2016, and more coming as for February, 2020 as the project gains in popularity and the director's cut is happening. The discs are sold separately as well as bundled with the Blurays.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

An anime chibi-style crossover series between the Kadokawa-released light novel series Kono subarashii sekai ni shukufuku wo, Overlord, Re:Zero kara hajimeru isekai seikatsu, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. The second season also introduced The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

An anime chibi-style crossover series between the Kadokawa-released light novel series Kono subarashii sekai ni shukufuku wo, Overlord, Re:Zero kara hajimeru isekai seikatsu, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. The second season also introduced The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020