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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!

Set in an adorable and peaceful fantasy world full of lush greenery, Hakumei to Mikochi follows the peaceful forest-dweller lives of two teeny tiny girls named Hakumei and Mikochi. Standing only nine centimeters (3.5”) tall, they build their homes in tree trunks, make leaf umbrel...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Hazuki Kagimura escapes from her lonely life with her new family by reading stories. One day while in the library after school she stumbles upon a hooded girl and portal that magically transports her into a school of magic where students (aka Märchen) have been chosen by old fair...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Junji Ito Collection is an anthology TV anime series adapting several short stories by the prolific horror mangaka. All the stories featured in the first season of the anime are taken from either the 11-volume Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection or single volume Fragments of Horror....

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

First released as an RPG for the PlayStation Portable in July 2010, Fate/Extra is an entry in Type-Moon’s Fate franchise. The game was developed with Image Epoch and published by Marvelous Entertainment and is set in a parallel universe to one of the franchise’s best-known title...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Yggdrasil, a DMMORPG (Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Game) released in 2126, proved a hit with players thanks to its highly immersive quality. After 12 exciting years, the game’s servers are set to be shut down leaving some of its most dedicated players mourning the loss of th...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Britannia, once home to an active group of knights known as the Seven Deadly Sins who since disbanded after they allegedly plotted to overthrow the Liones Kingdom. Rumor has it they were defeated by the Holy Knights, the most powerful knights in Britannia who protect the kingdom....

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Kokonotsu Shikada is an aspiring manga artist living in the countryside with his father Yo who runs a small candy store named Shikada Dagashi. The shop has been in the Shikada family for eight generations, and Yo wants Kokonotsu to inherit the family business, which Kokonotsu ada...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

One-hundred years into the future. A world in which society is mostly operated by humanoid robots called hIE. With the introduction of an ultra-advanced AI that surpasses human intelligence, beings that mankind is yet to fully comprehend made from materials far too advanced for h...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari (or Butlers: A Millennium Century Story) is based on Intouchable Butlers (SummerACG), and the series is centered around Koma Jinguji and Takuya Sato. Jinguji (or Jay) is the student council president who’s well-known for his smile and charm wh...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Crime is at an all-time high for the residents of Fukuoka. Sometimes, they turn to the aid of the police department - other times, they turn to individually-owned businesses and professional assassins, detectives, informants, and the like. Unfortunately for those who run such bus...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Ace FranXX pilot Hiro flunks out after failing a test and loses his will to live, until he meets new partner Zero Two...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Co-produced by Studio Gokumi (Tsurezure Children, Toji no Miko) and AXsiZ (New Game!!), who formerly worked together on Seiren and Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn, Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san is based on Naru Narumi’s manga comedy published in Takeshobio’s Manga Life Storia...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Nishikata lives by the phrase, “If you blush, you lose,” and after he’s embarrassed by his fellow middle school classmate Takagi who sits next to him in class, he becomes determined to get even. He tries hard to tease her back, but she doesn’t even seem to blush at all. Will any ...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Produced by Genco and animated by Studio Gokumi with 3D CGI from Graphinica, Toji no Miko is an original anime series that follows a group of “Toji,” sword-wielding shrine maidens tasked with exterminating the demonic “aradama.”

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Prodigy shogi player Yaichi won the professional shogi tournament title Ryuou when he was only 16. After the win, things seem to be only going downhill, that is until 9-year-old Yaichi Kuzuryu showed up at his doorstep and demanded him to let her be his shogi disciple. Seeing Yai...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

First serialized in Shogakukan’s Monthly Big Comic Spirits in June 2014, Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain) is a romance manga by Jun Mayuzuki set in a seaside town. It quickly became popular for its sweet story and characters, moving on to Weekly Big Comic Spirits in Jan...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

A former child soldier tries to adapt to live in peacetime by taking a job in the post office through which she hopes to learn the true meaning behind her commanding officer’s final words.

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Set on the continent of Atlatan, the nobility of the land fights against demons from another dimension called Chaos that threaten all life using Crests, which give the user supernatural powers. However, the nobels soon become drunk on the Crests’ powers and rather than join force...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Twenty-nine-year-old programmer Ichrio Suzuki was only taking a nap, but somehow he wakes up in another world as Satou Pendragon only to realize it’s the fantasy RPG he was working on beforehand! Without warning, he’s confronted by an army of lizardmen. In order to survive, he us...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Dive!! began as a light novel series written by author Eto Mori (creator of Colorful, screenwriter on the Black Jack OVA and Black Jack the Movie) that was published by Kadokawa from April 20, 2000 to Aug. 8, 2002 in four tankobon volumes. The series was later released in two bun...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Created by Monty Oum and produced by Rooster Teeth, RWBY is an American anime-style CG animated web series that takes place in Remnant, a world infested by dark, destructive creatures known as the Grimm. It started running in July 2013, and it currently has four seasons and 52 ep...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Based on the series of video games by Level-5, the original anime adaptation of Inazuma Eleven spanned 127 episodes and aired on TV Tokyo between 2008 and 2011. It was produced by OLM, Inc. and Dentsu Inc. and directed by Katsuhito Akiyama. Several sequels to the anime have also ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

The magical fantasy-romance Mahoujin Guru Guru ( Magical Circle Guru Guru ) was first serialized as a manga by Hiroyuki Eto in Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan and ran from 1992 until 2003 with 16 volumes released, and in addition to a film by Nippon Animation and video games, it was...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Based on the Kodansha Manga Award-winning manga series written and illustrated by Kotono Kato, the anime adaptation of Altair: A Record of Battles ( Shokoku no Altair ) was first announced by Aniplex in December 2016 under the name “Project Altair.” The anime is being directed by...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

7O3X Fastest Finger First is the anime adaption of the popular manga, Nana Maru San Batsu by Iqura Sugimoto.

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Lying is bad, but loving is worse. Koi to Uso ( Love and Lies ) is set in a world where marriages are arranged by the Japanese government through the “Yukari Law” as a way to improve the health of the next generation and combat the country’s declining birth rate. A compatibility ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Youkai Apato no Yuuga na Nichijou, also known as Life at the Monster Apartment or YouApa for short, is an upcoming supernatural slice-of-life anime based on Hinowa Kouzuki’s popular light novel series. After losing his parents and living with his relatives for years, first-year ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Written by Aoyama Sagu with illustrations by Tinkle, Tenshi no 3P! is a comedy-drama slice of life series first released as a light novel by ASCII Media Works on June 10, 2012. It was then adapted into a spin-off manga Tenshi no 3P! no 3P! by Omiya for the magazine Dengeki Moeoh ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Based on a mystery light novel series written by Rin Fujiki and illustrated by Thores Shibamoto, Vatican Miracle Examiner is an upcoming anime series that follows Joseph and Robert, two priests sent by the organization Seito no Za (Assembly of Saints, Seat of Saints) to investiga...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Gamers! began as a light novel series written by Sekina Aoi and illustrated by Saboten published by Fujimi Shobo under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. Seven volumes of the light novel have been published as of June 2017. The series was also adapted into a four-panel manga illu...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

A Japanese mecha otaku ends up tragically dying in a car accident, but unbeknownst to those of that world: his soul is resurrected into another! Although he lacks memories of his former life on Earth, he begins to regain them gradually, remembering even his past wishes. Taking on...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Masahiro Setagawa, a self-proclaimed underling, is a high schooler with way too many responsibilities and not enough confidence. Who is he an underling to? His teacher Kousuke Ooshiba, who used to run around beating up sketchy individuals! A spin-off of “Hitorijime Boyfriend”, th...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Slated for premiere on July 5, Saiyuki Reload Blast is the newest addition to the Saiyuki series and a work that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the franchise. It is directed by Nakano Hideaki ( Aoharu x Machinegun ), written by Konuta Kenji ( Blood Lad, Ace of Diamond ), and ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

What happens when god makes a mistake and kills you? Well, he sends you to another world to let you start your second life. This is exactly what happens to 15-year old Touya Mochizuki. Not only has god granted him a second chance at life, but he’s also strengthened his physical a...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

18if is a TV anime developed by Koji Morimoto and Gonzo. Previously titled “18 Anime”, the show is part of a wider multimedia project, “The Art of 18”, which also includes the RPG smartphone game “18: Kimi to Tsunagaru Puzzle” (known as “18: Dream World” in English) available fo...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

First serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker in 2014, Kakegurui (or Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler ) is a psychological mystery manga written by Kawamoto Homura and illustrated by Naomura Toru. It was an instant hit and went on to win 3rd place in the DaVinchi x NicoNico Tsugi ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Aho Girl: Clueless Girl is a slice-of-life shounen anime adaptation of the four-panel manga Aho Girl by manga creator Hiroyuki. The story follows energetic high schooler Yoshiko Hanabatake who lacks both academic and social smarts. Thankfully she has a couple of friends that keep...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Announced in March 2017, Princess Principal is an original anime set to premiere on July 9. Directed by Tachibana Masaki ( Barakamon, .hack//Quantum ) and written by Okouchi Ichiro ( Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress ), it is produced by Actas...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

High school is already difficult enough for students coming into their own - but what about when you throw love into the mix?! Follow the charming and sometimes cringe-worthy situations that six students find themselves in when they try to navigate the unfamiliar landscape of fir...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Aoyama is a handsome young soccer genius whom is about to change everything you know about soccer! His signature playing style is “cleanliness”-- and everything he does, from running to passing to scoring, is based on his “clean” style of playing- evading other competitors as if ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Playable online as well as on iOS and Android, Fate/Grand Order is an online free-to-play role-playing game using turn-based combat and reboot of the Fate/Apocrypha project by Type-Moon that has since gone on to be adapted into a movie by the studio Lay-duce. As the name implies,...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

The dark supernatural anime series Jigoku Shoujo (or Hell Girl ) first aired in Oct. 2005. It was directed by Takahiro Omori with an original story by Hiroshi Watanabe and animation by Studio DEEN. The series consists of mostly self-contained episodes following a particular char...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

New Game! follows the story of high school graduate Aoba Suzukaze as she enters the workforce and joins game company Eagle Jump, creators of her favorite game Fairies Story which inspired her when she was younger. She works in the character design department modeling and designin...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

High schooler Junichi Hashiba isn’t exactly enjoying his youth. Not only is he considered a loser, but he’s also a virgin - the horror! The few (loser) friends he does have are sick of seeing Junichi fail at life, so they come up with a foolproof plan and pressure him into confes...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Based on Yuichiro Higashide’s light novel illustrated by Konoe Ototsugu and supervised by Kinoko Nasu, Fate/Apocrypha explores an alternative timeline where the events of Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero didn’t happen. The series was announced at “Fate Project 2017 Special Stage” at...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

A Chronos Ruler is a member of an elite group of warriors who fight to protect our timeline from time-eating demons known as Horologues which appear when someone starts to regret their past decisions and wishes they could turn the clock back. Chronos Ruler is an adaptation of th...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Written by Nisio Isin with illustrations by Vofan, Owarimonogatari is a three-book story within the Monogatari series released in Oct. 2013, Jan. 2014, and Apr. 2014. The first of the Monogatari light novels was Bakemonogatari released back in 2005, later adapted into an anime in...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

“Ballroom e Youkoso” (Welcome to the Ballroom) follows Tatara Fujita, a third year junior high school student who has no idea what he want to do after graduation or in life. He’s not the best at studies, sports, or music, he’s just plain. However, one day he finds the world of ba...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018