otaku

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otaku (plural otakus or otaku)

(fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga.

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Akihabara's role as a free market has also allowed a large amount of amateur work to find a passionate audience in the otaku who frequent the area. Source: Internet

Animation (anime) otaku with 110,000 individuals and ¥20 billion. Source: Internet

But “Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku,” Yuichi Fukuda’s bubbly, hyper-comic musical about two otaku who fall for each other, shows how that image has changed. Source: Internet

And because otaku are nothing if not optimistic, comedy duo Downtown decided to put anime physics under a microscope to demonstrate to fans once and for all just how possible a gust of wind flipping up a schoolgirl’s skirt is. Source: Internet

According to studies published in 2013, the term has become less negative, and an increasing number of people now self-identify as otaku. Source: Internet

Automobile otaku with 140,000 individuals and ¥54 billion. Source: Internet

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