#Hardcore anime otaku series#

His 1983 series ' Otaku' Research ( гЂЋгЃЉгЃџгЃЏгЂЏгЃ®з ”з©¶, 'Otaku' no KenkyЕ«), printed in the lolicon magazine Manga Burikko, applied the term as pejorative for 'unpleasant' fans, attacking their supposed poor fashion sense and physical appearance in particular. The modern slang form, which is distinguished from the older usage by being written in hiragana (гЃЉгЃџгЃЏ), katakana (г‚Єг‚їг‚Ї or, less frequently, гѓІг‚їг‚Ї) or rarely in rЕЌmaji, first appeared in public discourse in the 1980s, through the work of humorist and essayist Akio Nakamori. The pronoun was also used in the popular anime Macross, first aired in 1982, by the characters Hikaru Ichijyo and Lynn Minmay, who address each other as otaku until they get to know each other better. One theory posits that otaku was popularized as a pronoun by science fiction author Motoko Arai in a 1981 essay in Variety magazine, and another posits that it was popularized by fans of anime studio Gainax, some of whose founders came from Tottori Prefecture in western Japan (where otaku is commonly used). Eiji ЕЊtsuka posits that otaku was used because it allowed people meeting for the first time, such as at a convention, to interact from a comfortable distance. Science fiction fans were using otaku to address owners of books by the late 1960s (in a sense of 'Do own this book?'). The origin of the pronoun's use among 1980s manga/anime fans is unclear.

It is associated with some dialects of Western Japanese and with housewives, and is less direct and more distant than intimate pronouns, such as anata, and masculine pronouns, such as kimi and omae. In this usage, its literal translation is 'you'. The word can be used metaphorically, as a part of honorific speech in Japanese as a second-person pronoun. Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another person's house or family ( гЃЉе®…, otaku).

4 Types and classification of Japanese otaku.

In 2005, the economic impact of otaku was estimated to be as high as ВҐ2В trillion ( US$18В billion). These publications classify distinct groups including anime, manga, camera, automobile, idol and electronics otaku. Other institutions have split it further or focus on a single otaku interest. In 2005, the Nomura Research Institute divided otaku into twelve groups and estimated the size and market impact of each of these groups. The definition of otaku subsequently became more complex, and numerous classifications of otaku emerged.

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 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 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. Otaku subculture is a central theme of various anime and manga works, documentaries and academic research. Out of 137,734 teens surveyed in Japan in 2013, 42.2% self-identified as a type of otaku. 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. 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. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in Manga Burikko. Otaku ( Japanese: гЃЉгЃџгЃЏ, г‚Єг‚їг‚Ї, or гѓІг‚їг‚Ї) is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime and manga.

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