Comments on: The meaning behind the otaku http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/ Mainichi Anime Yume Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GIRv2.0 http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95894 GIRv2.0 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:10:28 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95894 ummmm.... i just want to say that as my interest and consumption of anime and manga has grown, so has my interest in Japanese history, culture and language. i want to go and visit, not to buy DVD's and figurines but to immerse myself in a culture that is very familiar but also somewhat alien. Eastern Spirituality suits my natural mindset, much more than the Western concept of Religion that is prevalent here in the US. Therein lies the problem. The majority of Americans ad ummmm…. i just want to say that as my interest and consumption of anime and manga has grown, so has my interest in Japanese history, culture and language. i want to go and visit, not to buy DVD’s and figurines but to immerse myself in a culture that is very familiar but also somewhat alien.

Eastern Spirituality suits my natural mindset, much more than the Western concept of Religion that is prevalent here in the US. Therein lies the problem.

The majority of Americans ad

]]> By: Eri http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95808 Eri Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:21:00 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95808 @ Yumeka I don't mind you did so! Actually, I am glad you did ^^ And I already know you are a girl xD I just overreacted because I am thinking in my language not in English ;p Sorry ^^; @ Yumeka

I don’t mind you did so! Actually, I am glad you did ^^ And I already know you are a girl xD I just overreacted because I am thinking in my language not in English ;p Sorry ^^;

]]> By: Yumeka http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95628 Yumeka Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:09:34 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95628 @Eri Yeah sorry, I didn't remember where I got the image from and I couldn't think of any others I had that would have matched this post XD But I'm glad that you're in agreement with what I talked about =) BTW, I'm a girl =P @Eri

Yeah sorry, I didn’t remember where I got the image from and I couldn’t think of any others I had that would have matched this post XD But I’m glad that you’re in agreement with what I talked about =)

BTW, I’m a girl =P

]]> By: Eri http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95612 Eri Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:19:00 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95612 Whoa! Look who used my image for his own blog! And yeah Yumeka I share the same opinion with Mike (not that you asked xD) Whoa! Look who used my image for his own blog! And yeah Yumeka I share the same opinion with Mike (not that you asked xD)

]]> By: Mike http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95522 Mike Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:01:05 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95522 Sorry for the late response. Thanks for the linkback and extended quotation! Really appreciated. I love stories. Always have, and always will. I got into anime in large part because it was telling stories from an angle I hadn't seen told. For that reason the whole cataloging aspect, or even the collecting of various merchandise, will always be a bit alien to me. Of course I'm coming from a different cultural and historical context than a Japanese otaku, so what he says in that book may very well be valid for his corner of fandom. I may have overstated my criticisms in my original article which were, after all, only based on the summaries and the interview rather than the book's text. I'm going to probably pick this book up along with Toshio Okada's "Sayonara, Mr. Fatty" and do some untraditional reviewing for Anime Diet with it. :) Sorry for the late response. Thanks for the linkback and extended quotation! Really appreciated.

I love stories. Always have, and always will. I got into anime in large part because it was telling stories from an angle I hadn’t seen told. For that reason the whole cataloging aspect, or even the collecting of various merchandise, will always be a bit alien to me. Of course I’m coming from a different cultural and historical context than a Japanese otaku, so what he says in that book may very well be valid for his corner of fandom. I may have overstated my criticisms in my original article which were, after all, only based on the summaries and the interview rather than the book’s text.

I’m going to probably pick this book up along with Toshio Okada’s “Sayonara, Mr. Fatty” and do some untraditional reviewing for Anime Diet with it. :)

]]> By: Netto http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95392 Netto Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:47:48 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95392 Keep fiction as it is while maintaining a good balance between what's real and what's not. Of course, people can dream of having fiction turning into reality at times... Keep fiction as it is while maintaining a good balance between what’s real and what’s not.

Of course, people can dream of having fiction turning into reality at times…

]]> By: 2DT http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95315 2DT Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:53:28 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95315 I believe that obsessive cataloging is a geek thing the world over. But it definitely has a troubling tinge to it when you think about Japan's collective post-traumatic experience, both after the bomb and after the bubble. It's almost compulsive then. I believe that obsessive cataloging is a geek thing the world over. But it definitely has a troubling tinge to it when you think about Japan’s collective post-traumatic experience, both after the bomb and after the bubble. It’s almost compulsive then.

]]> By: Kairu http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95305 Kairu Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:22:36 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95305 Oh no. Not that OP image again! Oh no. Not that OP image again!

]]> By: Koji Oe http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95283 Koji Oe Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:54:12 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95283 Yeah I don't understand the whole data collecting mentality. I for one don't do it. I really don't keep up with stuff because I think it is useless data. I'd rather learn something productive and helpful. Japanese otaku are putting their energies in the wrong things. Yeah I don’t understand the whole data collecting mentality. I for one don’t do it. I really don’t keep up with stuff because I think it is useless data. I’d rather learn something productive and helpful. Japanese otaku are putting their energies in the wrong things.

]]> By: Seinime http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/09/13/the-meaning-behind-the-otaku/#comment-95280 Seinime Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:20:41 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=264#comment-95280 You can have all your obsessions and whatnot...but proudly exclaiming them in real life can cross the line. Then it becomes disgusting/unneeded. You can have all your obsessions and whatnot…but proudly exclaiming them in real life can cross the line. Then it becomes disgusting/unneeded.

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