Lesley Smith from Animefringe praised the work as being every fan's dream.
He became a big fan of anime, and started calling himself Otacon, short for the "Otaku Convention", which he never misses.
Otaku Unite! is a 2004 documentary film by Eric Bresler on American fans of Japanese culture, specifically anime and manga, known as Otaku.
The book also includes an extensive chapter on manga "god" Osamu Tezuka and information on developments in manga that took place since the publication of Manga! Manga!, such as the use of manga as propaganda by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, the evolution of "otaku" culture, and the role of computers in manga creation.
In chapter 18 of the manga Susume! Ikaryaku by Kouta Hirano a group of otaku who are plotting the “terrorist act” of forcing a unilateral meeting of Comiket in opposition to laws and regulations on manga, anime, and gaming, are helped by an old soldier and veteran of the 1960 protests against the ANPO Treaty who remarks that Hara Hara Tokei, “is a dojinshi we used to read”.
Influenced by the work of Japanese pop artists such as Takashi Murakami, Wisniowski's work also comments on otaku lifestyle, consumerism, and politics.
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In 2007 he founded Aniwave, the first and only anime film festival on the North Carolina coast, a direct result of his interest in otaku sub-culture.
In 2009, the anime K-On! featured a school modeled on Toyosato Elementary, which drew the attention of otaku.
She is also a co-host of an internet webshow Otaku Verse Zero with Patrick Macias, the editor-in-chief of Otaku USA.