May 19th, 2008
What is Otaku?
Many times we hear the term otaku from anime fans, but what does it really mean? I will explain to you what it really means in detail.
Otaku ? it’s either a proud banner you wave around for everyone to see or a guilty secret that you keep to yourself. Otaku refers to a person with a passionately obsessive interest in anything. The correct usage of the term would be to place the word referring to what the person is obsessed about before the word otaku (e.g., anime otaku or manga otaku). Most people think that this term refers exclusively to anime addicts and manga addicts. But in reality, otaku can refer to anything, from anime to the military.There are some common types of otaku in Japan and in the world, and these are the , hopefully you’ve learned something new about it.