About Japan OTAKU Insider
Japan OTAKU Insider is a free, English-language database that tracks Japanese otaku culture in near real-time. Built for overseas fans who want to stay up to date without reading Japanese.
What We Cover
Articles are sorted into 7 categories:
- Collab Cafes: Anime/game-themed pop-up cafes and restaurants across Japan.
- Figures: Nendoroids, scale figures, prize figures, model kits, and merchandise announcements.
- Events: AnimeJapan, Comiket, exhibitions, and other otaku events.
- Anime News: New series, adaptations, broadcast schedules, and industry updates.
- VTuber: Virtual YouTuber news, live events, and collaborations.
- Game News: Japanese game releases, updates, esports, and gaming culture.
- OTAKU NEWS: Akihabara reports, cross-category otaku culture news, and more.
How It Works
Every day, a fully automated pipeline collects, translates, and publishes articles:
- RSS collection: 21 Japanese RSS feeds are fetched automatically (Natalie, 4Gamer, Amiami, Collabo Cafe, Dengeki Hobby, MoguLive VR, and more).
- AI-powered search: Perplexity AI searches 6 topic areas to catch stories that RSS misses.
- Translation: DeepL API translates titles and descriptions into English.
- Thumbnails: Article images are extracted from each source page automatically.
- Publishing: Everything is committed to GitHub and deployed to this site via GitHub Pages — zero server cost.
27 sources are registered in total. 6 sources without RSS feeds are covered by the AI search layer.
Tech Stack
- Static site on GitHub Pages (HTML / CSS / Vanilla JS)
- Data stored in a single JSON file (
entries.json) - Daily updates via GitHub Actions (RSS + Perplexity + DeepL + auto-commit)
- New articles posted to X (Twitter) automatically
Disclaimer
All information is aggregated from publicly available sources and translated/summarized with the help of AI. Please verify details via the source links on each entry. We are not affiliated with any of the listed sources or publishers.