William Lohse and Christine Herron, and Additional Funding From Silicon Valley startup accelerator, 500 Startups
Summary
TOM distributes Japanese otaku-related content such as anime, comics through various forms of social media, and has garnered more than 6.3 million likes on its Facebook page after only 17 months of operation. TOM’s new web service will provide a platform for fans and hobbyists of otaku culture to share content, connect with one another, and for content-creators to be fully credited for their work. TOM hopes to create a community of respect between content-creators and fans, while enriching the otaku lifestyle and contributing to the global entertainment market. TOM plans to accelerate its global web service with the following investment opportunities: Tokyo Otaku Mode™ was created on March 24th, 2011, by President & CEO, Tomo Kamei, and was incorporated in the state of Delaware, U.S. in April 2012. TOM began on Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, as a page for introducing news and events related to Japanese otaku culture.