In the first part of our new mini series on "otakumentaries," we review the 2005 documentary from NHK (and in the US by Anime Works/Media Blasters), Akihabara Geeks. Akihabara Geeks follows a group of people through their daily life in Akihabara, Tokyo to ...
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