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March 1, 2024
Visual Culture
Chris Haughton
Lessons from Gundam - Beware the Zabis

Beware those who attack when it’s time to build. There is a time to keep the opposition at bay, but there is also a time to build what comes next.

Lessons from Gundam - Beware the Zabis
March 29, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle, Visual Culture
Chris Haughton
Lessons from Genshiken - Make People Live in ...

He may very well be the biggest, highest-level otaku in the Genshiken, but he’s also somehow the most stylish, most sociable, and most conventionally attractive.

Lessons from Genshiken - Make People Live in Your World
January 3, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle
Chris Haughton
How To Avoid Troublemakers In Subculture

When you’re flying around DCS World in the Weebjet 5000, you don’t get to take yourself seriously, no matter how much money you spent on your flight sim setup.

How To Avoid Troublemakers In Subculture
January 2, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle
Chris Haughton
17 Sustainable Otaku Goals

Obviously, otaku pursuits can be life-encompassing endeavours. The 17 Sustainable Otaku Goals serve to help otaku integrate their passion into a healthy lifestyle, thus avoiding burnout and conflicts both inside and outside the subculture.

17 Sustainable Otaku Goals
October 24, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle
Chris Haughton
The "No Politics" Rule

Unlike many of the other servers I’m a member of, the Iyashikei Discord server doesn’t have a “debate” or “serious discussion” channel.

The "No Politics" Rule
Chris Haughton
March 1, 2024
Visual Culture

Lessons from Gundam - Beware the Zabis

Chris Haughton
March 1, 2024
Visual Culture
Lessons from Gundam - Beware the Zabis

Beware those who attack when it’s time to build. There is a time to keep the opposition at bay, but there is also a time to build what comes next.

Tagged: Gundam

Chris Haughton
March 29, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle, Visual Culture

Lessons from Genshiken - Make People Live in Your World

Chris Haughton
March 29, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle, Visual Culture
Lessons from Genshiken - Make People Live in Your World

He may very well be the biggest, highest-level otaku in the Genshiken, but he’s also somehow the most stylish, most sociable, and most conventionally attractive.

Tagged: Genshiken, CONF, CHAR

Chris Haughton
January 3, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle

How To Avoid Troublemakers In Subculture

Chris Haughton
January 3, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle
How To Avoid Troublemakers In Subculture

When you’re flying around DCS World in the Weebjet 5000, you don’t get to take yourself seriously, no matter how much money you spent on your flight sim setup.

Tagged: Subculture, Mental Health

Chris Haughton
January 2, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle

17 Sustainable Otaku Goals

Chris Haughton
January 2, 2022
Otaku Lifestyle
17 Sustainable Otaku Goals

Obviously, otaku pursuits can be life-encompassing endeavours. The 17 Sustainable Otaku Goals serve to help otaku integrate their passion into a healthy lifestyle, thus avoiding burnout and conflicts both inside and outside the subculture.

Tagged: Mental Health, Sustainability, Community

Chris Haughton
October 24, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle

The "No Politics" Rule

Chris Haughton
October 24, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle
The "No Politics" Rule

Unlike many of the other servers I’m a member of, the Iyashikei Discord server doesn’t have a “debate” or “serious discussion” channel.

Tagged: Politics, Mental Health, MIND

Chris Haughton
October 3, 2021
Amagami Challenge, Otaku Lifestyle

Life Is Basically A Dating Sim

Chris Haughton
October 3, 2021
Amagami Challenge, Otaku Lifestyle
Life Is Basically A Dating Sim

You can get very far in life simply by following the generic dating sim stat-raising paradigm.

Tagged: Dating, Dating Sim

Chris Haughton
September 20, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle

The "Culture War" is a Trap

Chris Haughton
September 20, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle
The "Culture War" is a Trap

You don’t fight a culture war by arguing on Twitter. You fight a culture war with culture. People forgot that.

Tagged: Mental Health, Subculture

Chris Haughton
September 6, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle

How To Broadcast Your Powerlevel

Chris Haughton
September 6, 2021
Otaku Lifestyle
How To Broadcast Your Powerlevel

Trick them into accidentally liking your otaku stuff by making your otaku stuff visually appealing.

Tagged: Powerlevel, Fashion, CONF

Chris Haughton
January 1, 2021
Amagami Challenge, Otaku Lifestyle

How To Learn Social Skills (For Otaku)

Chris Haughton
January 1, 2021
Amagami Challenge, Otaku Lifestyle
How To Learn Social Skills (For Otaku)

Learning social skills is a long and methodical process and, if we’re being realistic, you can actually get pretty far using anime, manga, VNs, and light novels as self-study material.

Tagged: Social Skills, Dating, SOCI

Chris Haughton
December 13, 2020
Con Culture

Conventions In Lockdown - Part 1

Chris Haughton
December 13, 2020
Con Culture
Conventions In Lockdown - Part 1

Everyone has an opinion on the pandemic, but few are talking about what long-term effects lockdowns and restrictions could have on convention culture and the subculture as a whole.

Tagged: COVID-19, Mental Health

Chris Haughton
August 30, 2020
Otaku Pride Month, Otaku Lifestyle, Con Culture

Fitting In With "Fandom"

Chris Haughton
August 30, 2020
Otaku Pride Month, Otaku Lifestyle, Con Culture
Fitting In With "Fandom"

By itself, I kind of can’t stand the word “fandom.”

Tagged: Convergence, Fandom

Chris Haughton
August 19, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Otaku Pride Month

Anime Isn't For Everyone

Chris Haughton
August 19, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Otaku Pride Month
Anime Isn't For Everyone

Anime isn’t for everyone.

That’s not an elitist thing to say, that’s just the truth.

Tagged: Subculture, Gatekeeping

Chris Haughton
August 1, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Otaku Pride Month

Why Otaku Culture Isn't Geek Culture

Chris Haughton
August 1, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Otaku Pride Month
Why Otaku Culture Isn't Geek Culture

Anime is the red-headed stepchild of “geek culture.”

Tagged: Anime, Subculture, Otaku, Business

Chris Haughton
August 1, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Otaku Pride Month

Otaku Pride Month 2020!

Chris Haughton
August 1, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Otaku Pride Month
Otaku Pride Month 2020!

We here at Iyashikei are celebrating Otaku Pride Month this August!

Tagged: Otaku

Chris Haughton
July 5, 2020
Amagami Challenge, Otaku Lifestyle

How NOT To Learn Social Skills

Chris Haughton
July 5, 2020
Amagami Challenge, Otaku Lifestyle
How NOT To Learn Social Skills

What we call “social skills,” we don’t treat like other things we consider “skills.”

Tagged: Social Skills, Dating, SOCI

Chris Haughton
April 5, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Visual Culture

We Can't Erase Piracy

Chris Haughton
April 5, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle, Visual Culture
We Can't Erase Piracy

They say to never forget where you came from. It seems, however, that some in positions of influence would rather people forget.

Tagged: Piracy, History, Industry

Chris Haughton
February 25, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle

Niche Yourself

Chris Haughton
February 25, 2020
Otaku Lifestyle
Niche Yourself

The commitment necessary to engage in deeper, more specialized aspects of the fandom is a natural barrier to entry. And because that barrier is there, it’s easier to find like-minded people once on the inside.

Tagged: Otaku, Gatekeeping

Chris Haughton
January 19, 2020
Visual Culture

Why We Can't Have Nice Dubs

Chris Haughton
January 19, 2020
Visual Culture
Why We Can't Have Nice Dubs

We don’t know what a “good dub” is because the history of dubbing is so fraught with decisions made stateside at the whims of people who didn’t make the anime.

Tagged: Dubs, Ghost Stories

Chris Haughton
November 29, 2019
Otaku Lifestyle

How Fandom Battles Affect Mental Health

Chris Haughton
November 29, 2019
Otaku Lifestyle
How Fandom Battles Affect Mental Health

Don’t let people siphon off of your mental health to fight battles only they insist must be fought.

Tagged: Mental Health, Otaku, Controversy, MIND

Chris Haughton
October 26, 2019
Otaku Lifestyle

Otaku Have No Political Allies - Part 2

Chris Haughton
October 26, 2019
Otaku Lifestyle
Otaku Have No Political Allies - Part 2

Subcultures are inherently unifying, while politics are inherently divisive.

Tagged: Politics, Subculture

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