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What caused you to become an Otaku?

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OzzyOzrock
Then what do they call themselves? Which term do they use?
DaddyCoolVipper

OzzyOzrock wrote:

Then what do they call themselves? Which term do they use?
They don't call themselves anything (aside from a handle, at least on most websites). I don't want to act like an expert or anything, but what do you call yourself? I've never said "I'm a ___" before, unless it's about a profession
OzzyOzrock

DADDYCOOLVIPPER wrote:

OzzyOzrock wrote:

Then what do they call themselves? Which term do they use?
They don't call themselves anything (aside from a handle, at least on most websites). I don't want to act like an expert or anything, but what do you call yourself? I've never said "I'm a ___" before, unless it's about a profession
What about calling yourself a fan of something? Does that work?
DaddyCoolVipper
Yeah, "anime fan" etc is fine, you still wouldn't want to publicly admit to it though (much the same as every other country) due to the association with otaku
OzzyOzrock
Gee, I've learned so much today.

I think I'll also base my own actions and activities on this custom of closet otaku myself!
Tsukimi Luna
Its true.... its not the same
Otaku isnt something that you would call yourself... really
Its more then derogatory...
Usausatei

Yuu-Chii wrote:

Its true.... its not the same
Otaku isnt something that you would call yourself... really
Its more then derogatory...
Though apparently it is interpreted differently outside Japan and became a term that classifies someone who's a part of anime fandom.
DaddyCoolVipper

Usausatei wrote:

Yuu-Chii wrote:

Its true.... its not the same
Otaku isnt something that you would call yourself... really
Its more then derogatory...
Though apparently it is interpreted differently outside Japan and became a term that classifies someone who's a part of anime fandom.
That's just idiots using a word they don't know the meaning of, though.

(see the entire thread for examples)
Lance
This thread makes me cringe
Joh-chi
Started watching anime when i was a kid, mostly Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, then i watched Naruto and Bleach, you know, the regular stuff.
I stopped watching, then one day, i saw a swedish manga magazine in a library, took some home, read them, and here we are. xD
I got back into anime shortly after that. ;) Although I'm not sure if i should call myself an otaku. :/
H_Hitachiin
Let's see, DSi Flipnotes,Ms.Pumpkin,Kuroshitsuji Flipnote,Kuroshitsuji,Durarara,Ouran HSHC,Vocaloid,Touhou,Stepmania,Osu XD
Elit3noob
Osu! (especially with the popularity of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Kinwarrior
A friend of mine which i was chatting with told me "here watch this". It was a yout... video containing first episode of Elfen Lied... Yep that was my first impression of anime... hell yeah i was fascinated and started watching more ^^ it's maybe the reason why i'm so addicted to blood, misfortune, brutality and that stuff in animes x)

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SigLogicalMaxiss
When i was 7 or 8,I started to stay up late just to watch Inuyasha because the new series always come out late at night,Ever since then i started to branch off to different anime and thus i became an otaku
Soly
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thelewa

Soly wrote:

I found out that reality is always a let down time after time again. You can't shoot laser beams from your eyes in real life. When you get really angry and emotional it doesn't raise your power level. There are a bunch of faggots running the world. Everything takes too long. People don't care about anything. Everything's boring. Hate existence/didn't want to be created. Stuck with a mind that over analyzes every second I exist and won't shut the fuck up. 3D disgusting meat body that dies and gets tired too easily do not want etc
True enough.
Blodia Vulcan

Soly wrote:

I found out that reality is always a let down time after time again. You can't shoot laser beams from your eyes in real life. When you get really angry and emotional it doesn't raise your power level. There are a bunch of faggots running the world. Everything takes too long. People don't care about anything. Everything's boring. Hate existence/didn't want to be created. Stuck with a mind that over analyzes every second I exist and won't shut the fuck up. 3D disgusting meat body that dies and gets tired too easily do not want etc
Indeed.
Professor Prinny
When I was 3 and was still living in the Philippines, the first anime I ever watched was Voltes V and that got me into the otaku culture in the first place. Along with Pokémon of course.
H_Hitachiin
Then again, adding to first post:
I grew up in Japan so I mostly only had anime to watch XD
KanameChanNya
Hmm..I remember wandering around the bookstore one day when I was about nine years old, picking up what I thought was a book (actually I picked it up because I thought the girl on the front was pretty..XD) and begging my parents to buy me it. They took the book from my hands, flip through every page and read every word bubble (like they do whenever I want to buy some manga) and they said "Okay..?". Later I figured out it was called manga, so that's how I got into anime and manga. XD
Volken Bennet
H e n t a i
Ruidoso
Y a o i
nakuta120
:) I became an otaku. perfect was that the drawings are done and watching naruto, ranma 1/2, love rina, etc ... I love drawing manga.
nakuta120

Ruidoso wrote:

Y a o i
yes
H_Hitachiin

Ruidoso wrote:

Y a o i
O.O Oh Boy.
Volken Bennet
Y u r i
Souleater1366
I started watching toonami on cartoon network had good shows like One Pice, Naruto, Prince of Tennis etc, at first I wasn't in to it, Watched more on adult swim like FLCL, Bleach, Eureka 7, Full Metal Alchamest, Ghost In The Shell, etc, then when I was in tenth grade I watched Bleach online and really liked it. I started geting interested in anime.
Natsulus
Some how started watching a little bit of Fairy Tail, then stopped for a bit and came back to watching it till the latest episode, like 23 then I went on to read the manga on a manga reading site I think it was manga reader and found other manga's there, and kept on reading and started watching some anime later on.
H_Hitachiin

Volken Bennet wrote:

Y u r i
Oh Girl this time. O.O
Drexel13
a friend of mine introduced me to vocaloid and baka to test... then, BOOM! I became an otaku..
thx for reading
H_Hitachiin

Drexel13 wrote:

a friend of mine introduced me to vocaloid and baka to test... then, BOOM! I became an otaku..
thx for reading
That was quick XD
[Alex]_old_1
i always loved to watch pokemon,digimon and such when i was younger
i wasn't realy for that disney stuff xD...
then it stopped with that, i watched normal cartoons and such,then i heard of anime movies(hell i didn't even know the term anime then xD)
the movies were spirited away and howl's moving castle(still my fav's)
i watched them in like 2005 or 2006(waay over the date they came out i think xD)
then i haven't heard from anything,back to normal cartoons...
then i started to notice that other kids of my age were retarted idiots xD
in take around 2009 or 2010 i was watching tv and came across a few minutes of bleach,episode 19(if i'm correct) i loved it imediately, then looked on google and dloaded season 1, and so on...then i came across the term otaku,anime and all those things
then i watched more animes then bleach alone, and so on...and here i am now :D
Melounet
I was told by a friend to watch Clannad .
I cried so much that I became an key fan & afterwards before noticing , an otaku .
Heibel
Toonami and friends








hentai
Tesu
its started when i see Tsubasa Chronicles anime then get interested
[Alex]_old_1
i mainly started the otaku thingy with the hentai too :3

gotta love it

ppl do wonder on how i'm able to fap to drawings :/...stupid creatures
Artificial Enemy
When I was little, I watched lots of anime on TV and got interested.
Sachikonatsu
When I was little, I watched my first anime on TV: Crayon Shin-Chan, and later I got interesed.
Momochikun
Started from reading Manga then watching an anime :V
Keichirou
Same, started from watching TV (Air Gear)
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