Feb 24, 2021 · For example in the 2002 anime Full Metal Panic the protagonist is called an otaku by his peers. Weeaboo came later. Around the mid 2000s. Mostly used to insult western …

Jun 12, 2015 · Especially after 1989, when serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki was shown to be both an otaku and hikikomori, leading to a moral panic. So I think the term otaku and being otaku …

Aug 11, 2016 · And we should keep in mind that, at least in the US, "having sex to prove you're not gay" is like a double whammy of immaturity: only a teenage boy would be afraid that his …

May 22, 2014 · The very elaborate, meticulously-edited AMVs set to popular music that you see from creators like Nostromo are, as far as I know, mostly the domain of non-Japanese fans.

First off, Dragon Ball Z Kai doesn't include anything from Dragon Ball, which is the story of Goku as a child.. Secondly, the main difference is that Kai lacks the filler content of the original …

Jan 27, 2019 · Here's a super brief summary of why. the nature of the fourth gear focuses more on compression, and luffy's muscles are tasked to their limits cause unlike the 3rd gear, he …

Mar 17, 2021 · While as stated in the answer, the level of violence and gore is often a decent indicator of shounen vs. seinen for more actiony works, the same designation for moe fluff is …

May 12, 2014 · Otaku who prefer 2d women occasionally offensively use the phrase '3DPD', or "3d, pig disgusting" 2d girl vs 3d girl. I don't believe there is an 'origin' for this, as dimensions …

I found this ANN article that puts this year's Otaku Day on August 17th (2012's was on the 18th). Furthermore, the second link provided there links to a Facebook page, in which it is stated that …

Jan 10, 2013 · Here is an academic paper 1 with an analysis of the concept of moe, including its history and origin, relationship to the socio-economics of Japan, previous academic studies of …