Look at the history of the anime body pillow
Anime Body Pillow . These pillows are actually very soft pillows, which are also often referred to as "anime pillows". Officially called dakimakura in Japan, body pillows in general were originally designed to be extra-big, soulless plastic feather bags used to transport Anime figures from their original packaging to the TV set. Fortunately, with the rising popularity of the Japanese otaku culture and dakimakura pillow production, the two came together and now beginning in the late 00s, production started of body pillows that feature anime characters and other Japanese figures. In this article I will give you an overview on these pillows and why they are so popular in Japan. To begin, let's take a look at the history of the anime body pillow. When the Japanese began displaying anime characters in cartoon shows, they also began collecting and displaying these characters in large pillow forms. This was especially true during the time that Anime was first introduced to the...