>>38 I thought an otaku was literaly defined as a nerd. Actually, wasn't the word otaku an archaic reference to a prestigious family or something along the lines, and then therews some anime in which a nerdy character referred to eveyone as 'otaku' and it became synonymous with the word 'nerd'? I'm pretty sure that's what happened... So any nerd can be otaku, right? And over here in english speaking countries, otaku just means anime/manga nerd, generally. They don't have to lose hygeine or sleep, right?