Hi everyone. Alexei Maxim Russell here. This book was written based on my lifelong scholarship of Japanese topics and my involvement in the growing "Otaku pride" movement, which I've been happy to be a part of, and encourage, for many years now. This book is intended to help give a bit more cohesiveness and solidarity to that community. I worked with some of the biggest names in these communities to help ensure the information in this handbook is accurate and as useful as possible to the modern-day Japanophile. If you know someone who tends to spend their days at cosplay conventions or has an entire bookshelf devoted to anime and manga, then this just might be the book for them. Cheers and happy reading.