Illustrations: Japanese Illustrations

Otaku is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, commonly the anime and manga fandom. Its contemporary usage originated with Akio Nakamori's 1983 essay in Manga Burikko. (Dictionary.com, 2014). Otaku are basically fans of Manga and Anime, they tend to know anime better than others and have massive amount of them stored away to watch or read again. Otakus can also argue with people who don't know the difference between Anime and Cartoons or Manga and Comics. They also tend to be very particular about what type of anime they enjoy. Otakus can be categories based on the types of anime they watch or the mangas they read. or which actor or musician they like most. 

Manga is style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, mostly made for adults as well as children. (Dictionary.com, 2014)

Anime is of Japanese animation. (Dictionary.com, 2014)

Kawaii it is an adjective that means cute, or as a noun it means the quality of cuteness in an object. (Dictionary.com, 2014)

An illustrator who stood out for me was Belicta Castelbarco whose illustrations were both simple and simple but detailed and geometrical, at times. Her illustrations made me feel like a child again as it spoke to me because of the colour and lines. He style involves different mediums and a various number of styles. the elephant for example is done in pen and paint which is very creative and somewhat difficult to do.

Examples of her illustrations are below: