I would say my love for anime and manga isn't un-healthy overboard. Some people I know of take it to extremes not bathing and all they talk about is anime.
Do you conisder yourself overly Otaku?
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i dont take it that far but i have a ton of japanese manga, i have gigs of manga and anime on my comp, i run a scanlation group, i have figures around me right now, i have been to japan, i watched the anime channel whenever i could overthere, i went to the jump shop and recorded my exploits…anything else ?
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I'm not at that point, but I will admit, I think of it a lot. I'll be sitting during a Science test like "man, Franky really took it to him." But I'm not all that big on collecting or sitting around and reading anymore.
Originally Posted by Battle Franky
Bad move, bub!
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Pish.. Otaku.. come on.. everyone knows I'm just a One Pizzhle Geek.. nothing more, nothing less..
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yeah, I'm no otaku, sure I have a few plushes, some gundam models(56 since last counted) and about 12 wall scrolls that I rotate every so often in my room…I've been to Japan, mainly drank so that doesn't count. Went to PMX(Pacific Media Expo), run these forums, distro for a number of fansub groups, and I think that's it.
So actually, no I'm not an otaku, just a One Piece fan. =)
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56 gundam models does sound a tad otakuish to me <_<
hahah um…how to say
I am not much of an otaku (I hardly think of anime...if ever). I usually focus more on a single serie, but I do dl anime for the sake of sharing them with peers who enjoy anime more than I do. Am I magnanimous or what 0-o?
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Not much, but I use to be super obesses with OP and Digimon. I'm now trying to to control myself and open my mind to general world
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I'm not at that point, but I will admit, I think of it a lot. I'll be sitting during a Science test like "man, Franky really took it to him." But I'm not all that big on collecting or sitting around and reading anymore.
Yeah, that's pretty much the extent of my fanboyism for me, too.
Generally when I think of otaku I think of Genshiken-level geeks, which I'm hoping nobody here has become…
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genshinken level?
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I'm not at that point, but I will admit, I think of it a lot. I'll be sitting during a Science test like "man, Franky really took it to him." But I'm not all that big on collecting or sitting around and reading anymore.
Me neither. Actually lately I haven't had time for manga anymore, so I've become less otaku-ish… though I used to be pretty damn bad :laugh:
I have a couple of OP plushes and two bitty little figures, though. Plus the OP t-shirts (wearing one right now, actually), and a couple of colorspreads hangin' on my wall, but... that's really about it. It's taken me pretty much ten years, it looks like, but I think the whole anime/manga obsession is seriously phasing out of my head. I'm just... not wholly into it anymore.
J-pop though, holy cow did I ever get hooked on that. >_>
I still play a ton of video games though ! That's the true extent of my geekery right now.
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I am pretty damn geeky, but unlike some annoying fanboys/girls out there I know how to draw the line of reality when needed.
I also don't collect plastic models or figurines or doujinshi. I have a few (what fan doesn't?) but it's not an obsession. I see it as wasted money that's better spent towards more manga/anime and artbooks. :laugh:
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I view my interest in manga as more of a hobbie. Granted I do collect just about any decent anime merchandise I can get my hands on, though I do have a think for collectables it's in my family anyway. Granted I have considered learning Japanese so I can read One Piece so that might take me one step closer to be an otaku, though I hope not. I also feel I have a slight obsession for One Piece but frankly if it was made in any country I'd be just as obsessed so long it was the same.
So generally, no (at least I hope not).
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nope, just your ordinary geek. and my geekery is mostly directed towards one piece anyway. so i'm sailing at pretty safe waters.
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I asked that question myself to a guy who runs an FLCL site with a page talking about Otakus. I'm still waiting for his reply on that matter.
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My Geekdom goes to One Piece and Bleach. I also like video games a lot. My friends know I like anime but they don't really care, and they have accepted me as a strange person.
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To be honest, I wouldn't even consider myself an Anime and manga fan.
I like some series from Japan. And they're comic books and animated stuff.
But just some.Thats really how I'd define me.
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I would say maybe…I dont know. I really like anime and manga. I dont have tons of merchendise (tho i have japanese tanks and games). I kinda would be. Though i dont cosplay or anything so maybe...
_ Originally Posted by mr.allsunday
Nice job jumping on the bandwagon there Aethos, I can only wish I was as cool as you_
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I would consider myself very Otaku but I dont cosplay or collect merchendise.
My impression is I'm not such a huge otaku but simply an otaku.
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J-pop though, holy cow did I ever get hooked on that. >_>
I used to say that, then realized the extent of my love for it didn't go too far beyond the Ranma soundtrack.
I still play a ton of video games though ! That's the true extent of my geekery right now.
What's weird is that I still buy games at a steady rate, but these days, I'd be lucky if I got some hours into one.
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can't say i'm much of an otaku. I mean i have amassed a small collection of stuff, but it's not a huge collection by any means.
I do cosplay…er...i cosplayed once and i'd like to do it again, but i think this year i'm just going to stick with doing artist alleys at cons.
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I am not a cosplayer by any means, but I do think that this next Otakon I will do a simple cosplay, just cause I feel so left out!
(maybe I'll do Robin Skypeia version, since all I need is a yellow tank top, purple capris, and a cowboy hat)I do have respect for cosplayers though. The amount of effort that goes into GOOD cosplay is just awe-inspiring. I have a friend who cosplays Visual Kei (mostly Dir en Grey) and her costumes are just jaw-dropping.
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I don't like the term otaku, since I was told it is actually suposed to be used in a negative sence, like if I call someone a trekie.
I do tend to obsess about things though. It's in my nature. I obsess as much as my wallet allows me. Right now, that's downloading free stuff off the net. I will buy books/merchandise if it's REALLY apealing. I don't want to throw my money away on toys and gimics though, when I will be bored of them in a month anyays. I perfer to put my money towards the actual shows anyways. Cosplay would be fun, if I could aford it. (or to do it properly, not gonna wear a cheep half ass costume)
And to anyone who thinks I'm wierd or crazy, well have you ever looked at sports fans. coughphycocough
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In Japan, yes, otaku is mostly a derrogatory term. Thanks to that psycho child-murderer who kept violent lolicon hentai.
However in America otaku has a much . . . . gentler meaning, so I don't mind using it here. In Japan, however, I only say "fan" or "I like anime/manga." I don't say otaku, I get enough weird looks.
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oh, is that the reason. I thought it was because if you called yourself Otaku, people started getting images of "the comic book guy" from the simpsons, and started comparing you to him. (reference used for lack of better way of putting it) Man, takes one person to ruin it for everyone.
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Am I overly otaku? Well, I sure hope I don't barbeque little girls and eat their wrists, then send the bones to the parents. See: Tsutomu Miyazaki.
More accurately it depends on what you're an otaku of. I have a friend who is a train otaku and he's perfectly normal. He just likes riding trains, learning their schedules and sounds. Actually, I believe Tadanobu Asano played the role of a train otaku in a recent film which I Netflixed but haven't seen.
Anyway, our good friend Tsutomu Miyazaki who did indeed eat little girls and send bones to the parents was labelled a generic 'otaku'. And the term kinda stuck in the mainstream as some all-encompassing phrase….....UNTIL the otaku boom of 2005.
With Densha Otoko becoming a best seller then hit movie, drama, manga, etc. the mainstream became more aware (and in some cases obsessed much like otaku themselves) of various sects of otaku. These days it isn't as nasty a term as it was and for some reason....a lot of people seem to like maid cafes and shyt.
So am I a manga otaku? I dunno about otaku but I'd say I'm a maniac, one stage before otaku or as I like to say, a healthy obsession ^O^
And although I think there are still a lot of dangerous weirdos out there, one of my and EGX and stephen's favorite Japanese programs, Spring of Trivia, actually did a project which took 100 otaku and 'lured' them to a vacant alley in Akihabara which supposedly led to a special maid cafe. On the way down the alley the otaku encountered two actors, one an old man verbally assaulting a girl and the other obviously the victim.
Out of 100 otaku, 69 attempted to help the girl out. That's a pretty impressive figure. A few years back a similar project was done on Takeshi's old show where a woman was placed in the middle of a crowded intersection (dunno what part of Tokyo but Shibuya's Center Street makes sense) where she cried her eyes out and wandered as if lost and disoriented for 2 hours.
Not one person helped her out.
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…Holy shit....:blink:The sad part is, there's more where that came from and some of that stuff still goes on today more commonly than you might think. Tsutomu was a pink video otaku. He had a massive collection of videos in his room (there are some pictures online) of videos which depict graphic and realistic-looking images of sexual mutilation. Not fun stuff.
LUCKILY the image of perfectly harmless otaku has been helped out a great deal. (see above post)
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Dammit! I deleted my last post too early!
Too be perfectly honest, I wasn't really sure of how much I consider myself an "otaku". I like Japanese anime, manga, games, etc. I consider it my hobby, and, I know there are extremes to which I know I would not, and I would make sure that I would not go to.
So am I a manga otaku? I dunno about otaku but I'd say I'm a maniac, one stage before otaku or as I like to say, a healthy obsession ^O^
Yeah, I guess thats one of the best way to put it. Another way I've seen it is that as long as you realize that theres a small chance of your obsession becoming unhealthy, you'll be fine. And when you completely prefer your hobby over ANYTHING else, then you've got a problem.
…I hope I'm making sense of this...
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Yeah, I guess thats one of the best way to put it. Another way I've seen it is that as long as you realize that theres a small chance of your obsession becoming unhealthy, you'll be fine. And when you completely prefer hobby over ANYTHING else, then you've got a problem.
I dunno if the character was quoting anyone but the character Locke on LOST once said something like, "Crazy people don't think they're going crazy, they think they're getting more sane." ^_~
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And although I think there are still a lot of dangerous weirdos out there, one of my and EGX and stephen's favorite Japanese programs, Spring of Trivia, actually did a project which took 100 otaku and 'lured' them to a vacant alley in Akihabara which supposedly led to a special maid cafe. On the way down the alley the otaku encountered two actors, one an old man verbally assaulting a girl and the other obviously the victim.
Out of 100 otaku, 69 attempted to help the girl out. That's a pretty impressive figure.
I saw that. The guy in the skirt* was manlier then the one who looked like Rambo.
On topic. I don't consider myself and otaku. My definition of otaku is someone who only knows anime and manga as entertainment. Of course, mine is not the same as everyone else.
(* It looked like a guy anyway)
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I saw that. The guy in the skirt* was manlier then the one who looked like Rambo.
haha! Yeah he was!!! He was all like,"Jyooodan Jyanaaaaai wa yooooo!" (not really) :laugh: And did you see the dude run away with his arms flailing? What a badass otaku.
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I am not that much of an otaku. Sure I do have 68 manga but they are all american versions.
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"a woman was placed in the middle of a crowded intersection (dunno what part of Tokyo but Shibuya's Center Street makes sense) where she cried her eyes out and wandered as if lost and disoriented for 2 hours.
Not one person helped her out."
holey shit. well, in today's society, sadly, it's not surprising. Damn selfish zombie people. Wish I were there. I would have helped her out.
What DOES this have to do with Otaku's anyways, Omae?
And just to add; I love to obsess about food. :P my nickname is hungrygirl. Don't worry, I'm not fat. As someone stated above, that would be an "unhealthy obession"
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What DOES this have to do with Otaku's anyways, Omae?
Well if you read the entire post, otaku were defined as our friend Tsutomu Miyazaki for quite some time. That is until the recent otaku boom which gave them a huge image up. The anecdote you quoted is in comparison to a study done on otaku of various kinds that were put in the situation of whether they should help a woman in distress or not. Remember, saying 'otaku' doesn't instantly mean Japanese animation in Japan. You could be a stamp otaku, a felt pen otaku or even a lint otaku. It just means someone who is pretty much obsessed (often unhealthily) with a hobby. In America it's taken on a meaning which describes Japanese animation fandom. It's not necessarily something you would want to label yourself though.
I made that mistake the first time I went to Japan…..
I don't wanna talk about it -_-
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Good point, Omae! God bless Densha Otoko for improving our image in Japan!!
we're currently watching the movie in Japanese class. I love it!!!
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@omae:
More accurately it depends on what you're an otaku of. I have a friend who is a train otaku and he's perfectly normal. He just likes riding trains, learning their schedules and sounds. Actually, I believe Tadanobu Asano played the role of a train otaku in a recent film which I Netflixed but haven't seen.
OMGWTFBBQ?! I, like many here, was led to assume otaku was primarily, if not exclusively defined as 'manga/anime otaku'.
I guess I'm not otaku enough in any one category to be a full-blood otaku.
I hoard english manga volumes, but 'hoard' = about 15 books.
I've got a locomotive spotter's guide, but many boxes are blank on the checklist.
I can tell you every design of American 50-cent piece, but I don't remember ALL the designer's names.
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Nah dude, you can be an anything otaku. Some of the scariest are Morning Musume otaku. I mean, the overwhelming majority of them are totally harmless people but it's just….. How can I put this? You know the infamous Faye Valentine cosplayer who's this fat hairy guy? Well, imagine that but a Japanese guy dressing up as a 15 year old Japanese girl AND taking himself seriously. Again, totally harmless, just kinda...ya know...odd, I suppose, is a pleasant term.
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However in America otaku has a much . . . . gentler meaning, so I don't mind using it here. In Japan, however, I only say "fan" or "I like anime/manga." I don't say otaku, I get enough weird looks.
That's America for us. It's a culture where people frequently use the "N-Bomb" to refer to their "hommies", even if they're not black. >.>;
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No, I'm not otaku I don't think. At least not on a broad scale…..
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@omae:
Well if you read the entire post, otaku were defined as our friend Tsutomu Miyazaki for quite some time. That is until the recent otaku boom which gave them a huge image up. The anecdote you quoted is in comparison to a study done on otaku of various kinds that were put in the situation of whether they should help a woman in distress or not. Remember, saying 'otaku' doesn't instantly mean Japanese animation in Japan. You could be a stamp otaku, a felt pen otaku or even a lint otaku. It just means someone who is pretty much obsessed (often unhealthily) with a hobby. In America it's taken on a meaning which describes Japanese animation fandom. It's not necessarily something you would want to label yourself though.
I made that mistake the first time I went to Japan…..
I don't wanna talk about it -_-
I didn't think you were talking about otaku with that story. I thought they were just random people on the street egnoring that crying lady.
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I didn't think you were talking about otaku with that story. I thought they were just random people on the street egnoring that crying lady.
They were random people on the street. It's comparing random people to strictly otaku. The 69 of 100 otaku helped a female in an unpleasant and potentially dangerous situation whereas hundreds of random individuals didn't help the woman in the other case.
Point: A good number of otaku are more willing to help a person in trouble than John or Jane Doe Japan.
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Nope. I learn Japanese from watching fansubs from time and time, but I really wouldn't call myself an otaku since,
- There are a ton of anime I don't like.
- I don't analyze what happens in anime fully to make speculations.
- I play video games more than I watch anime. I seem to be more of a game freak.
I also collect a few merchandise here and there…
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I have probably learned a word of japanese from fansubs. Now that i am taking japanese i enjoy listening and checking if the subs are accurate.
It's funny that people who post regularly on forums such as these dont consider themselves at all otaku
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I think my feeling like an otaku depends entirely on the environment.
I work at a boy scout camp during the summer. When I'm just sitting and chilling with the staff members and they ask a question about "Japanime" (They still call it that, makes me laugh) and I answer it on the spot, yeah, I feel like an otaku.
I also work security at anime conventions. (Until recently, now I'm guest relations staff) I go to one of those, it only takes about ten minutes for my interest in anime to dive under a rock and curl into a fetal position.
Depends on the situation, but on the whole, nah. Just a casual fan.
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Christy is a ONE PIECE Otaku! And an RPG Otaku as well. But really, not much of an anime one. Christy doesn't like anime as much as a lot of people, and doesn't watch too much of it. shrug
But wave a good RPG in front of her nose and she RUSHES after it lightning quick! RPGs! heart
Christy is a strange woman. Not only does she enjoy talking in the third person, she also enjoys writing strange things. She thinks perhaps you should stay away from her. Or talk to her. She likes that too.
YAY for crappy signatures!
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Christy talks like the girls in Vandread . . . . .
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@omae:
Out of 100 otaku, 69 attempted to help the girl out.
If it wasn't for what Densha Otoko has done and other otaku's slight hope of getting "cute looking girlfriend like how it happened to Densha," I don't think the number would come true :P It's just not otaku; I bet we'll get simlar result if they attempted same thing on regular street. Just otaku would have more possibility since they don't have much chance to get to know people in real life. Yes, I have strong otaku stereotype xD;
Anyway.
Come on, guys, if you are so into Manga or even only to One Piece that you come to this board regulary, you're qualified to be otaku by Japanese standard. ^^; At least my classmates from HS will gladly say you're otaku.
Once you start writing fanfics, drawing fan arts, making any site of manga/OP related, joined anime club, attending cons, cosplaying, etc, I think you're good enough otaku. ^^;
(Surprising or not, I've never attended any con… cause I didn't want to admit I'm otaku. Never attended in Japan, never in the States. My first experience might be AX this year :D!)
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Oh, and an interesting fact I forgot to mention about that research on Spring of Trivia, a good number of them appeared to be homosexual. Not just by the outfits either. I know some people might think they'd be biased by having experienced the Densha Otoko phenomena, but certainly not if their door swings the other way ^O^
 