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Arjano
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:07 pm


whats ur definition of "otaku"???

mine is:
someone who doesn't have a life, anti-social, nerd and someone who's very obsessed on something. Not someone who likes and watch a lot of anime.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:56 am


not all...

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DodgetheMighty

PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:14 pm


(o-tah-ku) In Japan, otaku is a fairly derogatory term used to describe an obsessed fan of something (not necessarily anime). In North America, however, the term is often a badge of honor for hard-core anime fans. Sometimes also used to refer to anime fans in general.?
PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:53 pm


i don't know the meaning but i know it is a magazine
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:25 pm


DodgetheMighty
(o-tah-ku) In Japan, otaku is a fairly derogatory term used to describe an obsessed fan of something (not necessarily anime). In North America, however, the term is often a badge of honor for hard-core anime fans. Sometimes also used to refer to anime fans in general.?
o o that one but me an another anime fan use it as a more genralized term for people who like anime/manga/video games and the like but ive never met one whos anti social i know one who is afraid of people in large groups rolleyes but i think thats diffrent
PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:45 pm


DodgetheMighty
(o-tah-ku) In Japan, otaku is a fairly derogatory term used to describe an obsessed fan of something (not necessarily anime). In North America, however, the term is often a badge of honor for hard-core anime fans. Sometimes also used to refer to anime fans in general.?



its a bad thing that people who doesnt even know what otaku means are calling them self otaku...

Arjano
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Hybrid_dedra

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:58 pm


i was told it translates to obsessed or somthing along those lines
PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:46 am


don't really know the meaning but i think it's japanese..
more japanese words there?i'd love to learn more of japanese language.. biggrin

minami_121687


Vesila

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:33 pm


i have never even heard that word before...
PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:17 am


rolleyes

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Arjano
Crew

PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:09 pm


minami_121687
don't really know the meaning but i think it's japanese..
more japanese words there?i'd love to learn more of japanese language.. biggrin


baka = stupid/idiot
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:48 am


It’s pretty much the same as calling yourself a nerd or geek isn’t it? That was always my understanding.

Anyway people who call themselves it is the same as people who call themselves a nerd.

Like me…I am a nerd lol….nerd girl.

I’m rambling…

PEACE

ddemim


Nephilimalch
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:18 am


Otaku, to me anyway, is a derogatory term to describe anyone obsessed with Japanese pop-culture: Video Games, Anime, Movies, Music, Etc.

Not that it's a noteworthy source, but a general understanding of the word seems to be thus:

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Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home).

Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as it is used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn't have a life (no social life, no love life, etc)

Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).

In the Western culture, people confuse otaku to be something positive like "Guru". If you think about it, it's not really good to be called a guru if it means you are a total loser who can't socialize with other people except through the Internet.

Other Japanese words which have been confused by Westerners also include but not limited to: Anime, Manga, etc
otaku no jinsei ha yabai na! (it sucks to live the life of an otaku!)


Courtesy of Urban Dictionary.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:53 am


a tree with fake leaves lol xd 3nodding 4laugh

ll i c a n d i c e ll

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