CoconatsuPLUS is a journal dedicated to otaku writing.
The goal of this collection is to foster critical, theoretical, and philosophical reflection on contemporary media culture rooted in the cute, hyper-saturated machine of moe. Through art, we observe the deeper circuits of the larger world, where culture reflects and refracts more than itself shifting endlessly, like the Otaku itself.
Otaku is not a group of people, nor merely a demographic of consumers. It is a state of becoming. A decentralized flow of desire and excess. It eludes steady definition, yet remains pertinent as a force of production.
Doujinshi, Anikura, and Games, all continue to reshape themselves through the flux of cultural conditions. Archetypes, niche music genres, or cores, recombined, reconfigured, and tagged. Comiket, metastasizing in all directions. An endless intensification.
To become Otaku is to desire endlessly; and chances are, you already are.
If you have work you are willing to submit (and if it meets an arbitrary quality standard), please send inquiries to: coconatsuplus@gmail.com