You Know your an Otaku When?

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:16 pm

AFDS (Anime Fan Detection System)
John Westbrook , Brian Auxier , Others (Feel free to add)

You start comparing the anime and manga formats of a given show.

You start skipping meals, dressing,washing and going to the bathroom for something you have on tape.

You have a reserved list of fansub dealers on speed dial.

You took a Japense language course to save money on you next anime series.

You wish you could access hammer space (girl's) or gun space (guys) on any given day.

You understood the last joke.

Your still reading this list.

You believe that at any moment, the government will call you to pilot a giant mecha.

Your waiting for some basterd to push too far to turn you into super-sayin.
What's a realationship? (Just kidding)

Con = reason for living.

You've seen more anime then the average Japense Otaku.

You take your date home and play some type of romantic anime to show that you’re the emotional type

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You confuse real-life with anime (Wait there's a difference?)

You MP3 collection has more J-POP anime theme songs then songs in english.

You have to make room for your next set of anime posters on your walls.

You have a pet plushie.

You wonder which cosplay custom to wear today?

People go outside?

You take the term 24 hour video room quite literally!

You scour ebay, and local video stories looking for rare titles

You are always on the hunt for the elusive perfect collection, that contains all anime ever created.

When you enter a major city your waiting for the monster to hit it.

You have a 4 hour discussion about the end of eva or lain.

You believe DDR isn't a hobby it's a life style.

You look at the line around the block for a con and say "See this is why we got here a 6 am."

You look for slightest details in shows to impress your firends.

You pull out a laptop and it takes you a full hour to chose which DVD to play.

You see a video store and you have to complan about the anime selection.

You sign a patition againist cartoon network cutting up anime.

You buy all the BESM books and still don't accualy play it.

You have Anime DVDs you have even taken the raper off of yet.

You order by imporantence (Inside Joke)
Your room looks like an anime production company has set up shop there.

You suddenly and without warning yell out "Kanda!" waiting for someone to yell back "Tesou!".

You have the vs discussions on your local chat board.

You've signed up for more then 2 anime mailing lists.

Your AOL screen name is Anime related of course.

You compare girlfriends to anime charcters (Don't do this!)

Before you date someone you look at her collection first to see if your compatable.

You quit your job to go to an anime convention.

You think Gendo would make a pretty cool Pimp

You know who VICBOND and Scott Meltzer are and you can name all-there videos.

You don't just attend MAT3K you add your own lines that are funnier.

You see anime game combat screens and ddr arrows when you fall asleep.

Your food money becomes rationed out like a 3rd world country.

You sit through all of eva and the movies (Thats about 13 1/2 hours worth of eva).

You build a fond kindship with your pushies and take them everywhere.

You spend several hours just setting up your computer for optimal video capture for making good AMV's.

You think your are blessed just because you know someone who worked on this is otakudom.

You think Video room, Restroom, Vehicle, and under a covered table = a place to sleep.

You stay at other peoples houses to avoid the con hotel fee.

You see Mcdonalds or Buger King and think "hmm well that covers my meals for 3 days"

You don't sleep at all and decide instead to watch a all-night kenshin-thon

You dance and sing to opening theme songs of your favorite anime

You can sing the english and japenese verisons of your favorite anime theme song.

You arn't playing your LARP character you are your LARP character.

You instead of going to church watch X or some other type of anime with religous undertones and subtext.

You look for religous truth in your anime IE (Lain,Eva,Patlabor,X .etc)

You believe there should be a national take your plushie to work day.

You can't go on a date.. "Becuase, well she likes other anime"

You scour your local college/highschool looking for other otaku to barrow stuff from.

You look at the real tokyo tower and think "damn I thought that got blown up already"

Your date dresses up in cosplay and you have to fix her outfit cuase it dosn't look right.

Your personal collection of anime weblinks is better then most search engines you use.

You goto your local CVS and think higene or anime?

You don't cut your hair so you can buy more manga.

You think which anime themed shirt should I wear today.

You start making up scenes for your animes in your head, that never happened in the show.

You've written an Fanfic

You've created some AMV's

You've dressed up as your favorite charcter for acon.

You've seen a fat guy in a salior fuku *shutter*

You've learned to speak l33t.

You've got that last reference

You know anime directors by name only and can name a hentai they did in there early years.

You've have been part of a fan parodie.

You 've made your own fan parodie thats better.

You've uncovered the hidden meaning of all anime *no I'm not telling you*

You start up your car to the alpha team speed racer mix and play it loudly.

Your not just buying up the american release of your favorite shows. Your in the fansub loop as well.

You've helped produce an American fansub.

You think pocky and think food group.

You wear multple peices of Myth gear just for the anime logos on them.

You've sit through an all-night Kenshin marathon.

You stayed so long in video room's. That the charcters come out and talk to you. (ie the 47th stright hour)

Your fansub collection is larger then your local Anime Club's entire collection.

You've run out of tape to put up all your Anime posters.

You've bought a perfect grade model kit.

You know what that is.

Anlushac11 · Post by **Anlushac11** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:22 pm

8) ROFLMAO That is good!!!

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:33 pm

You know you're an otaku when you are a house.

If you don't get this than you shouldn't be using the word "otaku" so blindly. You also realize the term otaku is a derogatory one in Japan. I find it humorous that fans use it like some prestigious title when it's really a big insult.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:41 pm

YEah, I know that... I thought it would be easier to be find
if I used a buzz word.. Otakon the con of anime geeks
never leave the house.. (joking) going to Otakon

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:51 pm

OtakuForLife wrote:YEah, I know that... I thought it would be easier to be find
if I used a buzz word.. Otakon the con of anime geeks
never leave the house.. (joking) going to Otakon

I'm not entirely sure based on your response if you truly know what Otaku means. It has nothing to do with Otakon. The word is from Japan and means house. That's all. The direct meaning is house and the reason it is tied to anime fans is because anime fans would go home from school and watch anime all day (hence the tie to house).

It's a very derogatory term in japan, so if anyone calls you an otaku in Japan, they are insulting you. The term has with it many stereotypes and most have to do with having no social abilities, being an obsessive psycho and so on. I find it funny as hell that US fans call themselves otaku when in reality they're just insulting themselves. I've seen japanese guests even laugh at fans calling themselves this.

So yeah, just figured all you guys should know since well...it's not a good thing to be an otaku.

Given I do realize the post was supposed to be humorous, but I figured I should tell you guys since well...very few people seem to realize this and it's bad...given it is funny hearing it from my perspective.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:08 pm

... I know that dwchang that's why I said " The anime fans who never
leave the house" I read the damn book from Susan Napiar fro
god sakes in it discussed the orgin of the word. One of the earlist
connects leads to the subway gas bombing in Japan where
the word was created to talk about the bomber and his obession
with anime.

EarthCurrent · Post by **EarthCurrent** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:14 pm

It's "Napier"

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:18 pm

My bad to all the Napier fan out there

EarthCurrent · Post by **EarthCurrent** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:19 pm

She has fans? There's a new one...

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:24 pm

That was harsh man