Guest Morphious Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 What does Otaku mean? OR did you guys just pull it out of your bum (That's what I do a lot)?
Soccer 4 Life Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 Otaku means "fan" in Japanese, in the fanatic sense. In America, it's considered a trendy term to call yourself if you are a Japanese animation fan. :therock: :mrt: Peace!!:demon: :naughty:
Transtic Nerve Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Soccer 4 Life [/i] [B]Otaku means "fan" in Japanese, in the fanatic sense. In America, it's considered a trendy term to call yourself if you are a Japanese animation fan. :therock: :mrt: Peace!!:demon: :naughty: [/B][/QUOTE] hmmm where'd you get that from? Anyway... Otaku REALLY means, in the case of anime, "Geek, Nerd, or Enthusiast"... It was first used to describe anime fans because they would basically become hermits and watch anime all the time or whatever. So, people started calling them otaku, and it just kinda stuck to them. In Japan, it's actually a rather offensive term to people. In America however, people naturally rarely know the meaning and throw the word around like it's a piece of cake, when in actuality, they are insulting themselves.... but none-the-less, it still partially refers to a realllllly big fan of anime....
Char! Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 Yeah, there was a topic like this before somewhere. There was a site put up saying how bad it is to be otaku and whatever... Please.... :rolleyes:
MarkM Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 Wow i have always wondered that and thought it was made up. But hay you learn sumthing new every day ;)
wrist cutter Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 Yeah, nowadays, even in Japan, the word "otaku" is almost always taken in a connotative sense to mean "anime geek", even though it's not specific to just anime.
Guest Matt Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 [color=red][b]I thought it ment "fanatic"[/b][/color]
zidane11 Posted May 13, 2002 Posted May 13, 2002 If it's insulting then how come you guys use it for your sites?
XxmagentaxX Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 I read somewhere that Otaku is used as a term for a sex offender. Thats just wrong....
Vegitto4 Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 I saw a political cartoon, and it showed some PC nerds[ like myself] that just did nothing but watch anime. So I guess it meant that Otaku's have no life. ** looks at Status over av** Oh My, I knew something was wrong. :sick: ** I love that smiley**
wrist cutter Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Look, Transtic Nerve and I basically covered its meaning, no more rumors really need to be spread about the word because there are too many people with misconceptions about it already. This topic should be closed.
Guest Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Well morph, looks like I was wrong. Lol. And wrist cutter......if you dont mind my asking, why should it be closed? I dotn see anythign wrong with it, theres no arguing whatsoever, or flaming, so Im curious, whats YOUR reason on why it should be closed??;)
XxmagentaxX Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 I agree with Xenocide... I mean threads go on forever even after the question is already anwsered....
wrist cutter Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by wrist cutter [/i] Look, Transtic Nerve and I basically covered its meaning, [i][b]no more rumors really need to be spread[/b][/i] about the word because [i][b]there are too many people with misconceptions about it[/i][/b] already. This topic should be closed. [/QUOTE] Would you please [i]re-read[/i] my damn post. I italicized and bolded the reasons in case there was still confusion as to why I believe this thread should be closed.
XxmagentaxX Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 well since you already cleared up so the 'confusion' why can't we talk about he strange rumors or whatever that we hear about the word???
James Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 [color=royalblue]Both TN and wrist cutter have adequately covered the meaning of "Otaku". Indeed, some see it as offensive (if you find being called an "anime geek" offensive lol)...we use it because we are trying to point out that our site is for truly hardcore anime fans...there are many sites which use the word "Otaku" as well as us. It's become almost like a kind of slang or whatever... Anyway, wrist cutter is correct...no more need for this topic.[/color]
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