are you an OTAKU??

~kurokaji

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:10:37 -0500

Otaku ftw!

~Impmon

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:00:28 -0500

I'm 100 percent proud to be Otaku. I been collecting manga, anime or action figures, since when I was little kid. I have lot posters. I watch anime almost everyday and in my free time too. Personally there is nothing wrong being Otaku. People who have no knowledge on anime think otaku is bad thing. No it is not. Just personal taste.

~Greenprince

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:52:17 -0500

I can honestly say no, I have no interest in anime whatsoever. I have lost interest a long time ago

~Maxi-Ryu99

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:56:07 -0500

Yesterday when I went out with my Japanese friend and a girl, and I mentioned One Piece, my Japanese friend chuckled at me and told the women, "Francis always talks about Animation!" Everytime I mention Naruto and Anime, he starts to chuckle and yesterday he told the woman, "Francis is an Otaku!!" And I told them "No, no Otaku, I heard that it's a bad word in Japanese." And he agreed, so we clarified the thing...

~Crusix

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:34:09 -0500

In a sense,... and according to the western definition, yes I am one. We foreign japanimation Fans tend to think that Otaku means only "hardcore Japanimation Fan", but in Japanese Language terms, guess what, it is not. Otaku in real japanese means "A person out of his mind, daydreaming, forgetting about reality" Otaku for common Japanese people is described in a negative sense instead of "Japanimation-fan" only. I read that in many Articles in German Japanimation-magazines.

So I would watch it, if you ever go to Japan or meet Japanese people and telling them that you are an "Otaku", just because you're a Manga-fan... serious...

Thank you so much i hate when people use japanese terms incorrectly i don't see the point of saying "I'm an otaku!" when you could just say i like manga or i like anime also it's annoying when people use other japanese terms or behaviors mentioned in anime or manga when you are in the US i'm japanese and have never done that when i speak japanese i speak japanese when i speak english i speak english i have never mixed them together

~Ryuu

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:20:55 -0500

uh? what does that mean?

"me"
'm a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Otaku...

~jamxmzn

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:34:45 -0500

Well i guess theres a bit of otakuness in everyone heh.

~trebors

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:26:20 -0500

Yeah i am a die hard fan of anime

~Miniaaron7

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:23:17 -0500

No i am not an otaku but wish i was

~ly

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:22:55 -0500

Ryuu
陸上自衛隊

huh? what does that mean? ok i dont think i'd call myself an otaku or be acknowledged as one. although i like certain animes & imitate their language, most of the times i just switch back to local slang or chinese because using japanese just doesnt have the same impact. anyway my chinese pronunciations are enough trouble for me & after i say anything in chinese others just burst out laughing so i guess i've got to control it first before i can progress to jap. plus collecting stuff costs way too much money & time =P

~Ryuu

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:37:20 -0500

I'm a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Otaku...

I usually get together with the Japanese exchange students at my college, and when we're writing Kanji, I wrote
陸上自衛隊 and the exchange students are like "How the hell do you know that?! Are you a government agent?!"

I'm sitting there like, "huh?"

~Deoxys114

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:02:58 -0500

I'm an otaku hands down. I spend all my free time on a website and watch as many japanese anime shows as I can. I watch anime more than reality shows. So, yes I am most defiently an OTAKU.

!bright2

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:00:47 -0500

Yes there are alot of manga's and anime I have plus I help make Otaku's because I write manga right now I'm with DelRey

~HmRkS

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:56:29 -0500

I think I am. LoL. Except that I don't collect figurines and etc.

zendo

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:36:00 -0500

Good I do not consider myself to be an otaku it is not for the meaning of the word, if not that am I like mas the images of these series but I do not see so much encourage as others .An otaku is known out of Japan as a fanatic by taste marked enough for encourage or sleeve. In his country of origin, the meaning is nearer to the definition of friki, person who withdraws on yes same and a singer lives only for an interest, as the computers, cars or models to scale. This Japanese term(end) has gone on to West with the meaning of " made keen to the manga ". In Japan the term generally is contemptuous, though recently, in the same way as geek, some Japanese use it proudly. In West it can have so much negative as positive connotations, depending on the community where it is in use.One of the major representatives of this movement in Latin-American countries like Chile is Captures Iturriera, young man(woman) who has the major collection of movies of encourage.

~CDankutsuou

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:25:21 -0500

Mmmm, Isnt OTAKU a person whos REALLY into anime? And i mean REALLY, to the point where s/he doesnt care for the real world...

As someona said, western and eatern concept of otaku is different.... And no, I dont consider myself an otaku, I just really like some animes and mangas.