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?
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This is basically the same question as "how many games do I need to own before I can be branded Hardcore Gamer". This is to say, a rather stupid question. It's a matter of behaviour and lifestyle, not of belongings or taste or whatever.
Lots of people enjoy anime and are not otakus. Lots of people use a computer yet aren't geeks.
>>3 speaks truth.
I know some horribly cartoon network inspired Otako, who think that Dragonball Z is the epitome of all anime, yet down own a single DVD of it.
wow, I just went back and re-read my post... I feel that I kinda fail
woah! so there are geniuses here!
What's the problem? Didn't I answer your question, sir?
You are otaku when a normal person calls you otaku or any equal words.
>>8
you are kinda true, my bro / sis
(sorry, don't know your gender)
>>10
Thanks for all these info here. i'm admitting that i've no freakin idea about otaku (exept above).
Any how, my intention was that one shouldn't be annoyed by what other think of themselves. Startin now, i've a deep respect for you, bro / sis.
>>2 speaks the truth.
I use anime, but I was just pointing out that westerners basically created another meaning for it. Kind of like how we use Hentai, but it doesn't really mean anime porn.
>>10
You are extremely incorrect, redundant, ignorant AND stupid.
Case closed.
I don't really know why, but I really truly HATE the word "Japanimation". It might be more correct, but I associate it in my mind with people who know very little about anime and/or manga..."noobs," if you will.
Compelling argument. No, really. I am convinced. Fucking dickhead...
Remember Genshiken?
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 =^_^=
DUMB
THREAD OVER.
"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 >.>
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.
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.
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.
>>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.
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