How bad do you have to be before you can be branded as an otaku? What if you only like a couple of manga titles and a couple of anime titles but don’t even own any game systems, will you still be considered an otaku?
I agree with >>10 except for the anime-japanimation bit. I don't think there is anything incorrect about using the word "anime" for jap animations only. Afterall, English is a language that steals words from other languages anyway. Think Latin, and how we've cut up and manipulated words to mean new ones. Plus "japanimation" is not nearly as KAWAII DESU =^_^=
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"Japanimation" kind of reminds me of Tokyopop and shit. You know, how on the cover it's like 100 PERCENT AUTHENTIC MANGA!!!! STRAIGHT FROM JAPAN!!!! I mean, Tokyopop doesn't use the word "Japanimation" but you get the point.
>>1
Yes. Get over it.
Being called one isn't even a bad thing.
Friqui
>>30,31
same person.
Otaku.. Most americans don't even understand the true meaning of it so I wouldn't mind what they say. If you want to know what a true otaku is go to tokyo and look around a bit... You're sure to find a few.
Densha Otoko a good example?? ^^;
goint on the internets and post on 2ch doesnt make you otaku~_~
Posting here does. It makes you the loosely defined term weeaboo that is.
Apparently if you like Suzumiya Haruhi you are instantly an otaku even if that's the only show you like.
being branded an otaku is the same as nerd/geek only towards the japanese influence this time around. obessing over japanese anime/games would consider you being an otaku. but by all means you would be nowhere close to a real japanese otaku who will easily blow you out of the water with their rehearsing of the introduction music from episode #23 where mina herself does the singing and lets not forget the matching dancing patterns and ultimate rare collectors edition dancing shoes which only 5000 were ever made >.>
... densha otoko has become popular has it not.
I love Mina's ankles. They are very moe.
>>40
what if i like her but never saw the anime?
Does otaku only refer to useless hobbies? Or can a person be otaku for more useful things like cooking?
i fucking hate otakus. die.
>Q: Dont you feel guilty?
>A: Not an ounce (laughs). I sometimes feel bad when stealing money from my dad though. Otaku are dirty and smelly. They should be exterminated. Its just like Dragon Quest where you beat the monster and take the gold.)
I am a cooking otaku. I learned from computer games.
> 41
I was in Japan and i introduced myself as a meganekko otaku there to the otaku i met.
While they did laugh, i saw from their reaction that they were surprised and laughed because of that.
Even more, i displayed enough knowledge to convince the otaku there that i am a real meganekko otaku.
I was surprised at how specialized the otaku i met in Japan were.
Even more specialized than i am and i am more specialized than most of the other dutch otaku i know.
But meh, an otaku in the west is a manga/anime/japan nerd, in Japan it's an ubernerd.
Übernerd. You forgot the umlaut.
>>51
NO Ü
DAPANESEN ÜBERMENSCH
>>52 wins the thread.
So, back to the original topic: what if you only own a few anime and manga titles? Certainly that doesn't count as an obsession, right? Indeed, I know some well-rounded people who are surprisingly well-schooled in anime.
But at the same time, it's not like Star Trek, where everyone watches it, but a few people know the trivia and own the ears and the model ships. And most Americans don't know what "otaku" means.
Japanese media isn't something you ever hear anyone bring up at the local sports bar in the US. People don't put "I like NASCAR, scuba diving, and anime" in their personal ad.
So there's definitely a point at which you'll start to "lose" a percentage of society. So what is it you're really afraid of?
Are you afraid of being an otaku because they don't get women? Or because of the kind of women they get? Are you ashamed of the friends you have?
Are you afraid of losing your position in the community, such as your family, church, school, or workplace?
Answer that question: what are you really afraid of? What is the functional definition of what's wrong with being an otaku?
me ota
sage
can u call it other than "otaku"? i kind of taboo word sometimes
it kind of taboo word sometime
it kind of word sometime taboo
Genshiken answers your questions, read the manga or watch the anime.
It's not a matter of 'How many anime I've watched.' or 'How many mangas I've read."
It's all about lifestyle and how it revolves around you.
>>62
In the end, it's all about SAGE.
the word "otaku" is used to refer to obsessions.
you can be an anime-otaku, a mecha-otaku, a stuffed animal-otaku... you name it.
but just knowing and reading here and there... you know, dabbling... doesn't really count as obsession, right?
Not unless you're obsessed with it.
Right now you seem to be a "whether or not I'm an otaku" otaku.
Mind you, the word "fan" comes from the word "fanatic", so it's probably interchangeable. I've never called myself an otaku, but I have called myself a manga fan, anime fan, etc.
FAN = OTAKU?
Maybe otaku is more "fierce" (i don't know any word that suitable) word than a fan.
ITT WE WISH PEOPLE WOULD CALL US OTAKU, SO WE ACT LIKE THEY ALREADY DO AND THAT WE POSSIBLY DISLIKE IT