1) Obsessive anime fan
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Otaku subculture is a central theme of various anime and manga works, documentaries and academic research. The subculture began in the 1980s as changing social mentalities and the nurturing of otaku traits by Japanese schools combined with the resignation of such individuals to become social outcasts. The subculture`s birth coincided with the ani....
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(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.
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A Japanese term used to describe hardcore fans which is often used to describe hardcore fans of sci-fi, computer games, anime and manga. Although used with pride by many western fans to describe themselves, the term carries as negative a connotation in Japan as 'Trekkie' or 'geek' does here. Pronounced ‘oh-tah-koo`.
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in anime, it refers to someone obsessed with a particular hobby
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Japanese word denoting an obsessive fan of anything, in the sense of being narrow and anti-social. Sometimes used in the West without derogatory connoitations to refer to a dedicated fan of anime or manga.
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a derogatory Japanese word used to refer to anyone who's totally obsessed with any one thing. In American anime fandom however, it's less derogatory and is used to refer to someone who's obsessed with anime and manga.
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A dedicated fan. In Japan this term implies unhealthy obsessiveness with some hobby, while in the U.S. it carries no pejorative connotation and hence is used proudly by anime fans.
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Someone who is obsessed with any kind of fandom. In Japan, “otaku” is a derogatory word that implies that a fanboy is nonfunctional. In Western culture, however, the word is defined more specifically as a “hardcore fan of anime/manga/Japanese culture.”
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Otaku is a Japanese term used for a die-hard fan of anything, not just anime. If you're obsessed with something, then you're an otaku.
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