What is Moe(phobia)?

First part of a multi-part series with Patrick Galbraith, author of The Moe Manifesto!

Huge thanks to Androniki Christodolou for her help with photo materials from "Otaku Spaces"! Please check out her work here:
http://androniki.com/

Check out The Moe Manifesto here:
http://amzn.to/2w1YstZ

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Huge thanks to Gezac for his random Akihabara Footage:    • Random Akihabara footage  

!!Note: My idiot brain misheard 2D Nijigen for Mediaken. My apologies.

Footage:
Akihabara Geeks (2005)
Itasha Festival:   • (4K)痛Gふぇすた大阪舞洲・2016 流し撮り - Itasha・痛車  
Pretty much a ton of footage from Ryohoji Temple's Youtube account:    / 829hachioji  
A series of footage from Videvo
Marcel Theroux Visits a Maid Cafe
Stacy Dooley's "Young Sex for Sale in Japan (2017)"
ニコ生トークセッション「愚民社会」大塚英志×宮台真司
鷲宮の痛い夏「らき☆すた」痛みこし2008

Shows:
Anohana
Castle of Cagliostro
Clannad
Di Gi Charat
Eromanga Sensei
Evangelion
Gakkou Gurashi
Girlish Number
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu Ka
Gunslinger Girl
Hetalia Axis Powers
Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Kemono Friends
Kimi no Na Wa
Kobayashi Maid Dragon
K-On!
Lucky Star
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Minky Momo
Moetan
Moutete ga Doushinda
Nausicaa, Valley of the Wind
New Game
Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R
One Piece
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Tokimeki Memorial Only Love
Uragi-San
Yuri on Ice

Music:
Accralate The Dark Continent
Little Drunk Quiet Floats
Heart Break