Moe USA chronicles the antics of two gorgeous, fun-loving girls from the United States who try to land jobs as waitresses in a trendy Tokyo maid cafe. Despite their undeniable "moe" (pronounced "moh-ay," Japanese slang for "super-cute") appeal, the girls seem destined for failure. That is, until they discover a couple of magical maid costumes that transform their lives — and gives them complete control over an elite army of Akihabara otaku!

American cosplay fans Patty and Ruby move to Tokyo in search of custom costumes and realize they need to get part-time jobs to pay for them, so they begin working at a maid cafe where they struggle at satisfying their boss and customers--until they find magical uniforms.

Undead samurai! Possessed Buddhist priests! The reanimated corpses of geisha brides! Lafcadio Hearn's classic Japanese ghost stories receive a Manga University makeover in this collection of 17 tales of terror, each lavishly illustrated with ethereal, bone-chilling artwork by Japanese horror specialist Maki Miyamoto. Compiled and first translated into English more than a century ago, this is the definitive compendium of Japanese tales of the supernatural.

The zany magical-girl manga Moe USA comes to its hilarious conclusion as Patty and Ruby discover a new gift that takes them all the way to Japan's New Year's Eve musical extravaganza, the legendary "Kohaku." But the path isn't an easy one, and they encounter more pitfalls and pratfalls as they work their way to the top. Meanwhile, the ever-plotting Sayuri is determined to steal the show. Moe USA is an original manga series written and illustrated Atsuhisa Okura, whose credits include the Manga University gift book "50 Things We Love About Japan" (also available in the iBookstore) and the award-winning “Manga Conquers America” article that appeared in the November 2007 issue of WIRED magazine.

American cosplay fans Patty and Ruby move to Tokyo in search of custom costumes and realize they need to get part-time jobs to pay for them, so they begin working at a maid cafe where they struggle at satisfying their boss and customers--until they find magical uniforms.

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From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into its branding of “Cool Japan.” In Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith explores the conflicting meanings of “otaku” culture and its significance to Japanese popular culture, masculinity, and the nation. Tracing the history of “otaku” and “cute girl” characters from their origins in the 1970s to his recent fieldwork in Akihabara, Tokyo (“the Holy Land of Otaku”), Galbraith contends that the discourse surrounding “otaku” reveals tensions around contested notions of gender, sexuality, and ways of imagining the nation that extend far beyond Japan. At the same time, in their relationships with characters and one another, “otaku” are imagining and creating alternative social worlds.