https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4y_j329Y_Y
Interesting to watch how Akiba rose and fell during the last couple of decades.
Hopefully, they'll revitalize this town because I don't think they are no other places in the world, that are like Akiba.
It's such a unique place for Japan to cherish.

>>49556308 (OP)
I wonder if people who knew it pre-otaku town resent what it became and that people are nostalgic for it.

Do we really need ANOTHER “Akiba is dead” thread, OP?

>>49556308 (OP)
Lol, there are other places like Akihabara. Osaka's Denden Town remains pretty authentic (enough so that I once found several Junior Idol DVDs being sold at one shop).

>>49569109
I remember there being a little store that sold Touhou merch exclusively when I went there back in 2014. I was sad to see that it was no longer there when I went again last year.

Is it true that it's full of AI slop now

>>49569268
Does AI slop have physical merch now?

>>49569271
I heard that they are selling AI generated shit there nowadays.. So yeah

>>49569297
Japan has fallen

>>49556308 (OP)
I went there in 2018 and it was meh. Since then I have almost completed a degree in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering and I'm more interested in the electronics part of the town.

https://akizukidenshi.com/catalog/pages/akiba.aspx

>>49569271
The Goddess card collection uses some AI illustrations besides the stolen art