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What caused you to become an Otaku?

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Oinari-sama
osu! Alumni
3,403 posts
Joined July 2010
Oinari-sama

Yafutsufa wrote:

hmm it would be depend on the place he live... what if he born at the countryside.... i think those people would be hard becoming otaku :3 and also depended on the media on the country
lol then he's not likely to be posting here in the first place. Besides, Japanese "countryside" is a lot more advanced than you think.

A lot of mangaka are from the countryside too. Fujiko Fujio included.

EDIT: Fixed broken quote box
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nakimushineko
181 posts
Joined March 2013
nakimushineko

Yafutsufa wrote:

nakimushineko wrote:

I grew up in Japan, that's whyy. :)
not everyone grew up in japan is an otaku right? just what the basis of that theory sir? 8-)
You're right, sir "yafutsufa" that not everyone grew up in japan is an otaku. Oinari explained it all, like Oinari said it's easier to get influenced when you grew up in japan. By the way, I'm not a "Sir". :oops:
pokemew1
13 posts
Joined January 2011
pokemew1
My sister. ^w^ She was always watching Sailor Moon, Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 so it just kind of rubbed off.
I didn't get extremely into anime until I got my first computer though ><
It's all kinda fuzzy on where I became a huge fan, but somewhere along those lines.
Now i'm super socially awkward and the internet is my safe haven! :D (I wouldn't have it any other way. >w>)
~Also taking Japanese classes :3~
clashe_old
26 posts
Joined March 2013
clashe_old
my first anime was pokemon when I was in kindergarten, but I didn't really know what "anime" was at the time. my first manga was cardcaptor sakura in elementary school which I picked up by chance in the bookstore, and although my tastes have branched out a lot since then I still love CLAMP <3
Yafutsufa
98 posts
Joined January 2012
Yafutsufa

Oinari-sama wrote:

Yafutsufa wrote:

hmm it would be depend on the place he live... what if he born at the countryside.... i think those people would be hard becoming otaku :3 and also depended on the media on the country
lol then he's not likely to be posting here in the first place. Besides, Japanese "countryside" is a lot more advanced than you think.

A lot of mangaka are from the countryside too. Fujiko Fujio included.

EDIT: Fixed broken quote box
A lot more advanced than I think...... OAO!" crap now i`m start to imagining something unnecessary =3=
"THAT FUJIKO FUJIO LIVES AT COUNTRYSIDE!! O.o" but still he`s a really old mangaka.... the 1st manga I read.... the doraemon..... WHY SUCH A GOOD PEOPLE DIE DX
Xyrene
21 posts
Joined September 2012
Xyrene
Simple. I used to be part of this one gaming forum which provided ROMs for the good old Nintendo Gameboys and DS, then I noticed a certain someone having a sig of Shana from Shakugan no Shana.

I thought to myself, "Hey, this girl looks cute. Wonder where she's from?" So I asked, got my answer and BAM! I somehow got hooked onto anime that way.

Yeah, nothing special. Pretty mediocre. =\
atashinoyume22
16 posts
Joined May 2011
atashinoyume22
My brother first started it.

I was in first grade when I first watched Onegai Teacher. I never understood anything because the stuff were in Japanese. I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THAT KEI HAD CANCER, NOT STANDSTILLS. (I even did that to Air the Movie, concluding that Misuzu had cancer as well.) HOW LAME OF ME.

I only understood it when I was in fourth grade and realized how kinda ecchi (well it isn't too much but still...) it is.

And so I had seatmates in fourth grade who were addicted to Special A.

And it evolved to the degree that I am now.
Navizel
2,982 posts
Joined April 2011
Navizel
childhood. used to watch Dragon Ball, Detective Conan, Slam Dunk and other anime back then.
BrokenArrow
2,236 posts
Joined June 2010
BrokenArrow
My elder sister got me into manga and anime when I was 8. But as I turned 13, I sold all my mangas in order to buy a new computer, which was like the worst choice of my life, so I stopped being an otaku (if you can even call it that).
Then, some months ago, I got to know with a person who became my best friend now. She made me start watching anime again and now I'm not doing anything else in my life apart from that. :|
OzzyOzrock
5,185 posts
Joined August 2010
OzzyOzrock
watching lucky star

what
Issei Hyoudou_old
0 posts
Joined April 2013
Issei Hyoudou_old
It all started with Toonami around 2003 with Pokémon, Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X), Dragon Ball Z... And then I was in hiatus until I discovered Lucky Star, then I decided to be an otaku just like Konata Izumi; then I discovered things like Vocaloid, Nico Nico Douga, manga, visual novels, light novels, I searched for more and more animes and made a list of them... And welcome to Weeabooland... And now ''osu!''
KinkiN
2,626 posts
Joined March 2012
KinkiN
I already read mangas and watch animes since i was child. but around 2 years ago, my friend gave me Angel Beats! anime and told me to try watching it. And that was the best series that i've ever watch , even no TV shows nor TV Dramas that i've watched are better than Angel Beats! That's why now i have a high interest in anime and manga , thus becoming an otaku :D
[Maid] NekoRyo
720 posts
Joined December 2012
[Maid] NekoRyo
i accidently founded a story called "K-ON" on a facebook page...i was quite active at that page..but i didn't realize that it was a story ..and so.. tried to watch it...and starting from that day...i watch more and more anime x3 and thus..i'm become an otaku :3
Dumie
164 posts
Joined November 2011
Dumie
i got mindf**ked by the visual novel Steins;Gate, then i started watching like a whole bunch of other series....
Kanade4Life
38 posts
Joined October 2012
Kanade4Life
It all started when I'm watching Dora The Explorer Black Cat from Animax...
I was so happy but everything changed when the fire nation attack my Dad cut down a few channels including Animax and so I started downloading them and collecting and before I know it I already collecting other stuff like mangas, and etc.

*Sorry for the stupid post this is what happened when I forget to drink my pills*
Yousoro
105 posts
Joined March 2013
Yousoro
Watching cute little lolis >\\\<
Yafutsufa
98 posts
Joined January 2012
Yafutsufa

Yikari wrote:

Watching cute little lolis >\\\<
.... more like best reason for becoming pe....*neck strangled*
Fadil
0 posts
Joined December 2012
Fadil
Games,I saw a mod based on an anime called "bleach",i searched it on the net,watched all 366 episodes , then i realized that i was "addicted" to anime...I kept watching anime,Sword Art Online,Kaichou wa maid-sama,Sakurasou,Chuunibyou,Highschool DxD,and 31 others. Right now my computers harddisk is going to be killed because i have 90 gigs of anime :o
Michalv
64 posts
Joined July 2011
Michalv
At first, It was the songs. The songs are so good.
Then, I started to watch the anime XD
Rouward
36 posts
Joined March 2013
Rouward
Because I watch Lucky Star back in 2010 due to curiousness, and then the anime reminds my my high school life and I play PS2 games with my friends during that time. It brought back my interest to anime after 4 years of forgetting anime.
Nostalgia
75 posts
Joined August 2012
Nostalgia

Fadil wrote:

Games,I saw a mod based on an anime called "bleach",i searched it on the net,watched all 366 episodes , then i realized that i was "addicted" to anime...I kept watching anime,Sword Art Online,Kaichou wa maid-sama,Sakurasou,Chuunibyou,Highschool DxD,and 31 others. Right now my computers harddisk is going to be killed because i have 90 gigs of anime :o
So you just recently discovered the Otaku culture?

Well... welcome! \^.^/
Reunilu
246 posts
Joined March 2011
Reunilu
Well, one night, I couldn't sleep because of diarrhea problems, and I didn't want to wake my parents up. Couldn't go to the bathroom because of the same reason. No matter how many methods of sleep I tried, I couldn't go to sleep. Hours before dawn, I was like "screw it, might as well watch my favorite shows". I turned on the TV, but none of my favorite shows were on. Before I turned it off, I came across Adult Swim and it just so happens that it was showing Inuyasha at the moment. The second I saw it, I was intrigued because 1) the art style and 2) Inuyasha's dog ears. I watched the entire episode that night and I found myself watching more and more of it.

Weeks, maybe even months later (I can't remember for the life of me), I came across the word anime. Once I understood the term, I understood what Inuyasha was and I wanted to watch more of this "anime" that I was newly introduced to at the time.
Nostalgia
75 posts
Joined August 2012
Nostalgia

SSShaymin wrote:

Well, one night, I couldn't sleep because of diarrhea problems, and I didn't want to wake my parents up. Couldn't go to the bathroom because of the same reason. No matter how many methods of sleep I tried, I couldn't go to sleep. Hours before dawn, I was like "screw it, might as well watch my favorite shows". I turned on the TV, but none of my favorite shows were on. Before I turned it off, I came across Adult Swim and it just so happens that it was showing Inuyasha at the moment. The second I saw it, I was intrigued because 1) the art style and 2) Inuyasha's dog ears. I watched the entire episode that night and I found myself watching more and more of it.

Weeks, maybe even months later (I can't remember for the life of me), I came across the word anime. Once I understood the term, I understood what Inuyasha was and I wanted to watch more of this "anime" that I was newly introduced to at the time.
That story made my day, haha for that I thank you.
Shiro_Hane
38 posts
Joined July 2012
Shiro_Hane
when i was in grade 6 I started listening to jp0p s0ngs watching anime and jp0p drama reading manga and Japanese comics and lately i started studying Japanese culture :D
Oinari-sama
osu! Alumni
3,403 posts
Joined July 2010
Oinari-sama

SSShaymin wrote:

Well, one night, I couldn't sleep because of diarrhea problems, and I didn't want to wake my parents up. Couldn't go to the bathroom because of the same reason. No matter how many methods of sleep I tried, I couldn't go to sleep. Hours before dawn, I was like "screw it, might as well watch my favorite shows". I turned on the TV, but none of my favorite shows were on. Before I turned it off, I came across Adult Swim and it just so happens that it was showing Inuyasha at the moment...
I wonder what'll happen if it was Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan on TV...
Loves
446 posts
Joined December 2012
Loves
Hentai
Nicollo
21 posts
Joined October 2012
Nicollo
lucky star > haruhi > amagami ss, chuunibyou, accel world, papakiki, oreimo, oda nobuna no yabou, SAO, and many else
TsunLemon
6 posts
Joined April 2012
TsunLemon
Through AMV's, I always liked Pokemon so I watched AMV's of it on youtube, watched AMV's of other anime through youtube' suggestions, watched Shugo Chara!, then kept watching more and more anime ^^.
Francis
120 posts
Joined November 2012
Francis
First started watching Gurren Lagann and got addicted to anime after that. Now I not only watch anime but read manga and collect anime-related items.
xiangxi4
0 posts
Joined April 2013
xiangxi4
pokemon
Biscuitbox
9 posts
Joined September 2012
Biscuitbox
My ex girlfriends
arvin0494
2 posts
Joined January 2013
arvin0494
Because of Highschool of the Dead..
5ubaru
1 post
Joined December 2012
5ubaru
Friends
nanda2009
925 posts
Joined October 2009
nanda2009
those old animus with awsum thingy...
Jeroen Mathon
8 posts
Joined May 2013
Jeroen Mathon
Prepare your selves for a story.

When i was jong i always loved to look at cartoon network,
Until i realised that they removed most of the Anime from it.
2 years later I started to look up techno music videos that's when i found pictures related to Anime.
From there on i continued to study the art and animation.

After a while i stumbled upon an site Just Dubs < terrible I hate dubs....
Until I realised how bad they where >.<
I went to YouTube.
Unfortunate not many subs there so that's when i started to download since in my country the government doesn't broadcast Anime!

2 weeks later i started to upload Anime to my YouTube channel for that i got an YouTube partnership.
Not soon after i received 2 Copyright strikes from Sony music Japan(Silly me ;) Later i found out that there was a site called Nyaa.eu So i started to download from there,

After 3 month's of watching i ended up at an Anime called Mirai Nikki I've read that the Manga is different from the main story so i started to read Manga.
Not soon after you can find me in school reading Aanga from my Ipod if not that it would be me listening to UkAnimePodcast.

Then the time final came me and my brains started working we found an Website called Archonia and bought some real hardware(English translated Manga.)

When i saw that package slide trough the door i acted like it was the 1,000,000 Million ticket!
I grabbed it ran upstairs and started reading.

Later i was so obsessed that i almost watch Anime 24/7

The worst that happened to me was that i kept watching Anime until my eyes where hurting then i switched over to Manga!

Now i still enjoy the wonders that Japan brings us!

I hope you liked it :D
S V A L
S V A L
friend told me about naruto some years ago and i instantly loved it
Tiisa
302 posts
Joined May 2013
Tiisa
I think everything started from watching Digimon, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Sailor Moon in preschool. When I knew how to read my older brother gave me the first volume of Dragon Ball because he didn't like ''Japanese shit'' (my dads friend gave it to him) I fell in love with it so I started to search for all the other volumes in stores nearby but instead of Dragon Ball I found Tokyo Mew Mew. I found out that there was a anime of it and started watching it and when I was done with TMM I found Sugar Sugar Rune, Shugo Chara! and started to listen to An café, Miyavi and Minimoni.

Then in 4th grade I got friends with similar interests online and it was my little secret pleasure until 5th grade when my IRL friends got to know they forced me to stop liking ''embarrassing stuff'' and be normal. In 7th grade I started to watch anime again, read some BL manga,vnowadays I like yuri more than yaoi though. I also found Perfume, Mucc, 12012 and other Japanese bands I started listening to.

And that's pretty much it.
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Wok
87 posts
Joined July 2011
Wok
My sister showed me Ganz (really sweet gore anime), Naruto and Azumanga Daioh. After that I just started watching other animes on my own I guess.
Also for the sake of being hipster. Not many people watched anime in my surroundings at that time, I was still in elementary school.
After that I pretty much started reading doujinshis, watching hentai and playing eroges. This made me an otaku imo.

Jeroen Mathon wrote:

I hope you liked it :D
I enjoyed reading it a lot. x3
ZefxMeep
7 posts
Joined May 2013
ZefxMeep
My friend suggested me Fairy Tail and I started to search other anime by my own.
sevensens
17 posts
Joined September 2012
sevensens
I always liked animes that were shown on tv like one piece, dragonball, and countless more

but my first anime i watched in japanese with subs was elfen lied and i loved it so much that i bought all the mangas too :D

Think that was when it all began ^^
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