I mean Akihabara

The center of the OTAKU Kingdom

and this seems like a fitting place to start this episode

Japanese culture in India

and help me out as shell just recently come to

Japan from Banglore

How you doing

Hey,guys

So what's your Akihabara?

I can say

Look at the close to that ANIME all over the place

He was dressed like made what motel for

So hot well we're gonna do is take a look at OTAKU culture

India is growing really rapidly

Welcome to Mumbai

The fifth biggest metropolitan area in the world

Leaping windows in the cafe that not only caters to young coffee drinkers

But also to a growing OTAKU fan base

The real magic is in the basement

Watch your head

Hey,guys

This

the players

This is kids section consisting of stuff like Calvin and Hobbes

a steady clendenin

This is

wide range collection of the US comics

and this is independence section of

etc electric mix of comics that you've never to be heard about before

and this show is out real treasure

Japanese MANGA

They've got ONE PIECE

and even DRAGON BALL Z

and yes

There in English

If you're a leaping windows library member

you can relax here and Rieger favorite MANGA

or check it out and read it at home

The collection is always expanding

and I hear you want you guys to see

The one which is my favorite

and that is Fullmetal Alchemist

I mean a vet all not a lot of MANGA

about whatever I have read I think full metal alchemist

is one of the best MANGA us ever did in because forced

It's written by a woman

and second because

Icon to leave gender lies it with

any other genre because it's got the perfect amount of romance

action and emotion and it's got such

deep around get it does that I absolutely love so

yeah I should leave this

I was really stoked to see such an OTAKU movement

Here in Indian

and to get a better idea of the growing impact Japanese culture here

I sat down with Mac Mumbai enemy club

for an exciting discussion

Mark was established in

2010 the store season of his back to promote on demand but

here get the fans in the city and

in the long run in the country together for more related events on competitions

Let's meet the members a Mac

Cosplayers is a big part of their experience

and they have their own take on this part of Japanese subculture

Hey

Let me not costume

This is not custom

It's

Musing thing is that

every time we have an event

We still find new people

Who are interested in them and will feel that we would be that we were the only

ones in the country

knew about I mean you know I'm have been following on the budget

So how do Indians break into Japanese enemy

For the past 10 years I've been a huge real gay fun

I'll I start I me when I was

night years old I was trying to mosey %uh

in ceremony followed by the mendacious

doing there I for started watching atarax

on it doesn't for something

and that's why you know outside I start learning about J-POP

up guys that are %uh she and stuff eventually I started

for if all they do is okay and they say

listening to bands like does that and X JAPAN and

of course MARISUMIZERU the best

ever gothic into Japan

Marketing cool Japan invented Delhi recently were indians interested in Japanese

subculture converged from

all over the country

Such events are becoming more frequent

Indians have their own original take on cosplayer

and the events have a local player to them

I ask map what was fueling the increased interest in Japan

said booty

up with the biggest implicit India food weird

I would commissioner of a lot of things cuz

so ANIME has become ANIME and MANGA

become this connection for a lot indians to Japan

It this language that there I'll

lot us so Mac members who work started learning Japanese because the 2010

watch their favorite me is it so that they this NL

and most picked up everyday would

You know how to say good morning good afternoon thank you

longer sentence can have a normal girl look you got what they wanted yes make

You grew up watching got see art

You see are you sure then you know what in you

curiosity on the day see on yukio

confirmed actually been watching Japanese

and horny was ok for you and then you

going to more he watched 12 months guard

and then you know from the HS becomes

you know it he thing that you're

I'll and they really anything more enemies they have something for

every each group its it's not like it's not like you know

American sitcom only meant for teams of four you know

I'm done something like that and it is something that you can watch

something yeah and and I think ANIME

It's still insight into the Japanese culture

Cosplayers is still new to India

There are shops selling enemy customs yet so

cause players here improvise

and create their own unique Japanese-style

Just say my entire costume by me

Android yeah yes the good

Becuse the first thing is that it it not only

into that thanks to get both got it doesn't need to be careful with batons

and what you want

and and how you costly done

and this concept guard

So

Faces yeah it makes late every problem out of the house on items and

Make this maryland is a only you

But in 2000

with the first Cool Japan festival and Max became a part of it

from the bottom the sup

This year was it could you for it and nephew good

The going is always been the same to

get the people together I'm to have was up

just didn't expect to grow so fast this

I asked the Mac members where's the one place in Japan that they have to

visit

AKIHABARA!!

Akihabara I'm not surprised

On my last day in India I met up with the distant cousin of mine who wanted to

show me his MANGA artwork

How deep is bangala culture penetrated India

Ganesh artwork is definitely influenced by Japan

He is interested in the details any motions in the artwork

Dragon Ball Z is his favorite

The poses are super cool and bring out his

own emotions which is why teens and India increasingly feel a connection

with the Japanese MANGA style

Wow! OTAKU India

and play Sleeping windows it's pretty cool

Yeah

It's a different kinda job cafe

come back to the one that is OK hey it's more like

up irregular out there MANGA

Right

It's only for MANGA

Yeah, all right

That's definitely the main focus

So I'm the themes for MANGA ANIME I think become really popular in India

Do you think that's the catalyst or is it the artwork or what is it

Some people they really liked the outlook any the MANGA

But a lot of people by the Academy

and that being back are not

CNN other TV shows

anywhere else in India become really popular up to the point where

unit be ANIME really thought I

just because diffarent

So I guess im maybe

five or ten years time OTAKU population India's just going to explode

Oh,yeah

I definitely think it's already started

yeah i've seen

So I guess we could see what the SUSHI bar on the corner corners and now

Bangalore and Mumbai filled OTAKU

Everyone mean by that I brother for that would

Be cool

I guess happen only in Japan

in India

Right