What is an Otaku? and why do people consider it bad to be
an otaku?
2007-04-30 20:48:56 · 6 answers · asked by Pnumea 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Technically, the word "otaku" has two different denotations
in the Modern Japanese slang-usages: maniac/fan vs. nerd/
geek.
When "otaku" is used as "maniac" or "fan, one will then
understand an "anime-otaku" is just an individual who is
a fan of anime (anime-maniac). This is the original usage
for this slang, but...
Then there came the insultive usages from personal biased
jealousies as well as different standards: by insulting an
individual who is well-versed in computers as a "computer-
geek".
Thus, it depends on which usage one accepts that, will
define the word "otaku" offensive or not. Consider the
following scenario:
Speaker A: You are such an "otaku" (geek)! No one care
about those trash!
Speaker B: Yeah, you're right. I'm an "otaku" (fan) of this.
Speaker A: And you admit you are an "otaku" (geek)?
Speaker B: Huh? Why not? What's wrong with being an
"otaku" (fan) of this idol?
Speaker A: ....
2007-04-30 22:05:01 · answer #1 · answered by Ryougi Shiki 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Otaku is a japaneese terminology for an obsessed fan
Theyr lots of Otaku categorize...like anime otaku / games otaku
They spend lots of time for him self
They didnt care about how they look
They have bad fashion taste
Usually, they were anime fans.
They said 'baka' for stupid
They refer to japanese animation as "anime"
They get upset when people call japanese animation 'cartoons
They learned all the Japanese you know from watching anime
They name their computer after an anime character
They can watched television/played games for 12 hours strike
In America, you called it a 'geek' or a 'nerd'
It's really are bad 'cause lots of otaku only socialize with other otaku....-__-
2007-05-01 12:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by Haruka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Otaku is derived from an honorific Japanese term for another's house or family that is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun (roughly equivalent to usted in Spanish).
2007-05-01 03:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by Zain 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In modern Japanese slang, an otaku refers to an overtly obsessive fan of any one particular theme, topic, or hobby. Common uses are anime otaku (one who sometimes enjoys many days of excessive anime watching with no rest) and manga otaku (a fan of Japanese graphic novels), pasokon otaku (personal computer geeks), gÄmu otaku (playing video games), and wota (before refered as "idol otaku") that are extreme fans of idols, heavily promoted singing girls. There are also tetsudÅ otaku or denshamania (metrophiles) or gunji otaku (military geeks).
While these are the most common uses of otaku, the word can be applied to anything (music otaku, martial arts otaku, cooking otaku, etc).
2007-05-01 03:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by kejalshah 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Otaku is like an obsessed fan.
See here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+otaku
In Japan, it's like saying "geek" or "nerd".
Hope this helps!
2007-05-01 03:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by p37ry 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
it geek.
someperson is interested in particular matters strongly
.
2007-05-01 03:59:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋