What Is Otaku?

Otaku - it's either a proud banner you wave around for everyone to see, or guilty secret that you keep to yourself. Otaku refers to a person with a passionate interest in ništa.Ispravnog obsessive use of the term will be a place of words that relate to what the person is possessed of before the word Otaku (eg anime or manga Otaku Otaku). Most people think that this term refers exclusively to anime and manga addicts. But in reality, Otaku can refer to anything from anime to the military.

There are some common types of otaku in Japan and abroad, and these are anime otaku, manga otaku, pasokon Otaku, game otaku, and Gunja wota Otaku.

Anime Otaku

Anime Otaku are the people who practically live, breathe, eat and anime. They watch anime whenever I can, and think about anime whenever they can. They are die-hard fans of anime serije.Uobičajen example would be those people who carry the hit-ate or a Konoha forehead protector to the pubic for no reason. They are the ones who adore Naruto so much that they added "dattebayo" at the end of each sentence. They are the ones wearing schoolgirl uniforms even when it is not a school day. They are the ones who know everything about your favorite shows and I can recall even the smallest details at any time.

Manga Otaku

Often, the anime otaku manga otaku, as well as the anime shows are usually derived from manga. So those who watch anime usually read manga too. Manga refers to Japanese comics. Manga Otaku are those that may be waiting to open a bookstore in the early morning hours, so that they can get first money on the latest editions of their favorite manga.Izraz can be extended to an obsession in doujinshis.Doujin (short for doujinshi) is a fan made ​​comics, unofficial spin-off of the official manga, more often than not the life of the character. They are released by a bunch of doujin circles, talented artists who dedicate their time making this doujinshi.

Pasokon Otaku

Pasokon Otaku are the people who are obsessed with their personal computers. They are like tech-geeks, always itching to get their hands on the latest gadgets and gizmos for their computers. They also know about computers will probably be accepted in Microsoft no bat an eyelash. They usually have their own weblogs and web sites, and maybe even know how to make your own games. It is also very rare to pasokon with 20/20 vision.

Gemu Otaku

Gemu Otakus are those who are obsessed with video games of any genre. RPG games, MMORPG (massively multiplayer online games), action games, shoot 'em up games, platform games, puzzle games, Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, strategy games, racing games, sports games, game ... you name it, they are playing.

Wota

Wota those who are addicted to their "idols". Those addicted to pop icons, pop-princess pretty, boy bands, etc.

Gunji Otaku

Gunji Otaku are the ones who are obsessed with anything related to the military, such as weapons, strategies, tanks, planes and helicopters.

There are tons of other types of Otakus, but the main idea here is the obsession with a particular hobby or things. This is pretty much the explanation within Otaku In a nutshell, we hope you learned something new about it.

What Makes Anime Popular?

What is it that makes Japanese animation popular, not only youth but adults as well? I remember a few years ago when I was a student at university freshmen and I am addicted to Japanese anime "Dragon Ball Z". In fact, it even gave the famous American cartoon "The Simpsons" a run for its money in my book.

What I find strange that the "Dragon Ball Z" is about 39 episodes per season, but if you want to write an overview of the whole season you can do in just about one paragraph. I think you can add all the meat from the whole season in just that one paragraph. Here is basically what I ...

What I find strange that the "Dragon Ball Z" is about 39 episodes per season, but if you want to write an overview of the whole season you can do in just about one paragraph. I think you can add all the meat from the whole season in just that one paragraph. Here is basically what I ...

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What I find strange that the "Dragon Ball Z" is about 39 episodes per season, but if you want to write an overview of the whole season you can do in just about one paragraph. I think you can add all the meat from the whole season in just that one paragraph. Here is basically what I ...

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So, back to the original question, what makes Japanese animation so popular? It could be this humble author's opinion, but I would say the action is still much lethal violence. The best example of "The Simpsons" is probably the most popular U.S. cartoon comedy based cartoon. In fact most of the newer American cartoons are based on a comedy or a mystery to some extent (Yes, Scooby Doo, I'm looking at you ).

In the 1980s America has its share of action cartoons like "Transformers," "Thunder Cats" and "He-Man", but in the late 80s came by the majority of American action cartoon. A big issue with "Akira" on video in 1990, and subsequently the mind blowing action / Gore, who came with him, most American cartoons fans immediately turned their eyes to Japan.Film stuck his "ghetto" at the door and made their debut in Japanese animation in the West.

in 1990-newer American cartoons such as "Batman" and "Superman" came out and were enjoying the majority of American action cartoon lovers, but only those few American cartoons had left much time for other actions of animation from Japan to fill gap. With the amount of older Japanese anime were translated along with Japan's fresh anime, there are plenty of Japanese components in the western market. Therefore, this author believes that the Japanese anime happened to come along to the west at just the right time, and now it will not be leaving here anytime soon. S.B.

Opening of Good Smile English site

As you may or may not have heard by now, Good Smile Company has opened an English version of their website. The website is being run on Danny Choo's web platform, Mirai Gaia. Danny was, of course, the first to announce this great achievement. In his post, he also made mention of the fact that he is now part of Good Smile's "International Strategy team", they are aiming to make figures more easily available to people all over the globe. Very good news for all of us not in Japan right now.



With such great a great achievement and, I'm quite sure, many more to come, I do believe we have much to look forward to in the otaku community.

S4 League

I recently found and started playing this game called S4 League. WOW, what an awesome game.



Created by Korean game company Pentavision (Sorry if that link doesn't work, it's supposed to be their homepage but I can't get it to load.), and translated/distributed by international game distributor Ala Playa, the game has anime inspired graphics, awesome fast paced third-person shooter action, amazing physics (not completely realistic but very well executed exaggerated physics), and excellent costume and character designs.



Here are some screen shots of my character and the gameplay.







You play either Death Match or Touch Down (where there is a ball and each team competes to get the ball to the opposing team's goal, very fast paced).







You earn "PEN", the in game currency, for playing games, with which you can purchase new weapons, skills, and costumes.







The game is still in beta so it's somewhat glitchy, bad server connections at times and slow/laggy servers. But overall it's VERY worth it to play, it's a ton of fun.







Originally found via dannychoo.com news items, posted by member: seth.frostheart.



By the way, I'm starting my new college semester tomorrow, Monday. It's already hectic, time wise, and I haven't even start, so I really don't know how much time I'm going to have. I will most definitely try to keep this blog updated, but we'll see what I can manage.

Animation's 100th Anniversary.

Animation had it's 100th anniversary on the 17th of this month.



Sorry this is a little late, have been delayed in things lately.



We owe a thank you of massive proportions to the pioneer of animation: Émile Cohl. 100 years ago it took Cohl from February 1908 to May or June 1908 to create the very first animated film: "Fantasmagorie".







Made up from 700 double-exposed drawings, Fantasmagorie had a running time of almost 2 minutes. The film's title is a reference to the "fantasmograph", a mid-Nineteenth Century variant of the magic lantern that projected ghostly images that floated across the walls.



Émile Cohl





My hat is off to Émile Cohl, along with all the other pioneers of animation, without them we probably would not have such amazing animated shows:



The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya





Death Note





Neon Genesis Evangelion





Howl's Moving Castle





Lucky Star





Or sweet 2D girls as these ^^:































Click on any of the pictures for full res versions, I don't have the sources unfortunately. Also, I recently found a ton of Miku pics on Wakachan, is anyone interested in a Miku pic post? :p