[2] The Otaku Encyclopedia consists of some 600 entries on the subculture concerned with anime, manga and video games, with 124 colour pages and 150 photographs.

[5] As one of the main organizers of Comiket, Koichi Ichikawa talks about the dōjinshi fair, including what lies ahead.

[11] Interviews Galbraith regards the book as being needed due to media coverage of Tsutomu Miyazaki informing people about Japanese fandom.

[13] Mark Schilling, writing for The Japan Times, regards the encyclopedia's goal as being to "supply facts about the objects of obsession, while opening windows into the mysterious culture that produced them.

[14] Brian Ruh feels that although the book tries to be broad in its scope, it is written from a fan perspective and shows that Galbraith is primarily a "moe otaku".