otaku

Otaku (Japanese: おたく, オタク, or ヲタク) is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in Manga Burikko. Otaku may be used as a pejorative with its negativity stemming from a stereotypical view of otaku as social outcasts and the media's reporting on Tsutomu Miyazaki, "The Otaku Murderer", in 1989. According to studies published in 2013, the term has become less negative, and an increasing number of people now identify themselves as otaku, both in Japan and elsewhere. Out of 137,734 teens surveyed in Japan in 2013, 42.2% self-identified as a type of otaku.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 what was then seen as inevitably becoming social outcasts. The subculture's birth coincided with the anime boom, after the release of works such as Mobile Suit Gundam before it branched into Comic Market. The otaku subculture continued to grow with the expansion of the internet and media, as more anime, video games, shows, and comics were created. The definition of otaku subsequently became more complex, and numerous classifications of otaku emerged. In 2005, the Nomura Research Institute divided otaku into twelve groups and estimated the size and market impact of each of these groups. Other institutions have split it further or focus on a single otaku interest. These publications classify distinct groups including anime, manga, camera, automobile, idol and electronics otaku. In 2005, the economic impact of otaku was estimated to be as high as ¥2 trillion (US$18 billion).

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    Accurated TopList of Everything Otaku Culture/ Anime

    List Of Anime Streaming Website Including the Best and for +18 Nsfw also you can Read Manga Here :DONUT: :02Hype: :BLAAP::BLANKITTY: Hidden content
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    Tutorial Kodi Add-on: Otaku - Another Anime Movies and Series Add-on

    Mga ka-PHC, heto pa ang isang alternative add-on ng Anime Movies at Series para sa Kodi 19.x (Matrix). Hidden content Heto pa ang ibang Kodi Add-ons dito sa PHC: 1. GoGoAnime 2. Viu 3. Samsung TV Plus 4. YøùTùbé Lite 5. Kodi Karaoke Free 6. Asian Crush 7. DramaCool 8. Watch Nixtoon 2 9. Tubi...
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    Closed Hyouka - Tagalog FanFiction, ok na ren

    First Year, First sem, first chapter nang buhay ko sa kolehiyo, ikaw? buhay ka pa ba? Wag mong kunin ang maling ideya, sadyang tinanong lang saken, gusto ko lang iparanas sa iba kung anong pakiramdam. Ok, simulan natin sa pabebeng 'to, meron s'yang mahaba at mala-sutlang buhok. Sa bawat pag...
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    Closed Otaku Expo Reload 2019...

    gud pm! sino dito nakapunta sa event na nasa title? sa sm megamall... 1st time ko kasi magpunta sa gantong events... and i must say naenjoy ko sya... marami ding cute na cosplayers... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) ps: yung koyang kumanta ng one punch man s1 ost... ang lufet mo ho... lodi na kita!
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    Closed pa close po

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    Closed Do I have friends?

    Do I have friends? Author : umaru666 This one started at nowhere. As I wrote this so suddenly, nobody cares, no... It is not that no one wants to read this after I've pulled this out, It is just, for some reason, I can't show this recklessly to anyone, but why's that? Tsundere wasn't I? but...
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    Closed For otaku's out there

    Palapag naman ng favorite niyong anime yung maikli lang po sana... Palagay nadin po nung genre SALAMAT
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    Closed Mga downloader na otaku, pasok!

    Medyo misleading ba yung title? hahahahaha sorry na, kung gusto nyo mag download ng high quality anime na medyo hindi naman ganon kaliit sa space, try nyo sa soulreaperzone(search nyo nalang). Sulit don swear, ang downside lang dun kapag wala kang video player na supported yung .mkv format. May...
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    Closed Tulong po laging nag nag cacrash si injector

    Paanu po ma fix ang Crash ni injector kong mag lalaro ako ng games basta online biglang na wawala Patulong nman po Kong merun kayung alam Android version 5.1
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