It is marked by its usage of samples derived from video games and anime, colorful kawaii imagery and album graphics, and the general borrowing of elements from denpa and otaku culture.
[2] DJ Sharpnel is considered to have pioneered the style in the late 1990s,[3] and in the early 2000s it spread through Japanese peer-to-peer networks.
[1] As anime became popular in the United States and Europe, J-core would also find appreciation among anime fans there, allowing for the development of a Western, J-core-inspired remix culture, as well as for J-core's contribution to the nightcore phenomenon of the early 2010s.
[2] J-Core's emergence dates back to the late 1990s, in the height of the hardcore and gabber techno scenes in Europe.
J-Core is heavily influenced by denpa and otaku culture, usually taking visual or audio samples from video games, anime, and general kawaii imagery.