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| | otaku00_e |
 | | and as a guest on TV shows, the self-styled otaku spokesman told the general public what was going on inside their children's heads. | | | Okada and two fellow academics now tour the country in the capacity of 'otaku amigos'and spread the glad tidings as guests at special events and talk shows. | | | at the premier showing of which according to rumors the tribe of the otaku had their coming-out. |
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http://waste.informatik.hu-berlin.de/Grassmuck/Texts/otaku00_e.html
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| | He's a big gun, a macho man in the world of the otaku. | | | "If he was a real otaku he wouldn't have left the house and driven around looking for victims. | | | magazine in 1986, the otaku are Tokyo's newest information-age product. |
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http://www.eff.org/Net_culture/Cyberpunk/otaku.article
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| | Otaku News |
| | Yes, we're talking about the same Monkey famed for his Monkey Magic (Born from an egg on a mountain top, The punkiest Monkey that ever popped), according to the Daily Yomiuri On-line Fuji TV have started to air a new version of Monkey. | | | So imagine our glee when we discovered that Hitachi and Hitachi building services are installing a new robotic desk clerk at the Grand Tokyo Bay Hotel. | | | In the mean time we suggest our Brisbane based readers head over to Roma Street Parklands to see Monkey at the theatre! |
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http://www.otakunews.com
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| | Urban Dictionary: otaku |
| | The term "otaku" seems to have been introduced to anime fans in the US and other countries via Studio Gainax's "Otaku no Video 1985," a self-parody film. | | | Bet he's never actually even talked to a real-live girl before... | | | Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer). |
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=otaku
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| | Amazon.com: Otaku No Video (2000) : Video |
| | Finding himself on rock-bottom, he vows to become the Ota-king, and create a theme park where all otakus can find respect pursuing their anime interests. | | | White "Shiroi the Otaku" (Forks, WA USA) - See all my reviews | | | "Otaku no Video" (Otaku's Video) is a mockumentary showing the slow descent into otaku-hood of Kubo, a young college student with a girlfriend and a scant interest in anime/manga. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630266117X?v=glance
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| | Otaku no Video - definition of Otaku no Video in Encyclopedia |
| | He manages to create his own anime, open shops, and even build the equivalent of Disneyland for otaku. | | | Otaku no Video (おたくのビデオ) is a comedy anime spoofing the life and culture of otaku, or Japanese media fans, as well as the history of Gainax, its creators. | | | Otaku no Video - definition of Otaku no Video in Encyclopedia |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Otaku_no_Video
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| | "The Politics of Otaku" by Lawrence Eng |
| | Although the otaku portrayed might have been shown to be a little eccentric at times, they were also harmless--a far cry from the frightening image of the child-killing sociopath the Japanese media had presented just a few years before. | | | Apparently, it was an early 80s phenomenon--note that Otaku no Video is "historically" situated between 1982 and 1985. | | | I don't know if there were many American fans calling themselves otaku prior to 1992, but certainly Japanese fans were calling each other otaku before then. |
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http://www.otakuunite.com/politicsofotaku.html
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| | Otaku Barbie |
| | Otaku Barbie now becomes the Belle of the Convention, turning the heads of creepy fanboys and porn-site photographers everywhere. | | | Also included is a tacklebox containing all of Otaku Barbie's art supplies and a portfolio which she uses to lug around her (mostly traced) fanart creations from one convention to another. | | | Otaku Barbie LOVES the cosplay scene, not caring how many times she's been groped by unshaven perverts, (or hentai, as they're known in Japan,) or that Sailor Mercury's hair is actually supposed to be BLUE. |
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http://amethyst-angel.com/otakubarbie.html
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| | Anime News Network - Otaku Unmasked Conversation in New York |
| | "Otaku Unmasked The Life, Death & Rebirth of Japan’s Pop Culture" will take place at 6:30 PM at Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 (between First and Second Avenues). | | | Tickets are available online at Japan Society.org or by phone from the Japan Society box office at (212) 752-3015. | | | On November 30, the Japan society will host a conversation between Dai Sato, screenwriter of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Cowboy Beebop, and Samurai Champloo, and Hiroki Azuma, acclaimed Japanese philosopher and cultural critic, on the “death” and “rebirth” of Japan’s pop culture. |
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http://skuld.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7706
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| | The Origins of "Otaku" |
| | Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo. | | | Otaku no Video 1982 and More Otaku no Video 1985. | | | Given that "otaku" is something that the fans called themselves, it seems somewhat unlikely that the negative "homebody" etymology is the correct one, unless the otaku were deliberately making fun of themselves (which is not impossible). |
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http://www.cjas.org/~leng/otaku-origin.htm
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| | Otaku World Forums :: Index |
| | Want to talk about topics which don't fit in any of the other areas here? | | | Need some help with the Sims skin format? | | | A place to run forum-based RPGs, word games, and other fun forum game stuff. |
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http://forums.otakuworld.com
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| | Otaku Reviews |
| | If you are interested in becoming a guest reviewer for Otaku Reviews, please e-mail me. Also, feel free to sign the guest book if you have any comments. | | | Welcome to Otaku Reviews, anime reviews by anime fans for anime fans. | | | I like to hear other people's opinions about the anime that I have reviewed. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/otaku1
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| | In Tokyo, a Ghetto of Geeks |
| | For Yamagata, 20, it was just another night out with the pocket-protector crowd in Tokyo's neon-splashed Akihabara district, where "costume cafes" are the latest of hundreds of new businesses catering to Japan's otaku, or nerds. | | | An anime display drew the attention of some of the hundreds of thousands of "otaku," or nerds, in Tokyo's Akihabara area last month. | | | A subculture of social misfits obsessed with electronic role-playing games, manga comics and Japanese animation, they began gathering in Akihabara in the late 1990s, lured by the district's proliferation of electronics retailers and stores selling everything you would need to build your own computer. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601767.html
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| | :: Otaku Anime Network :: |
| | Just have fun with the new hub =) have fun ^^ | | | OAN is proud to announce the opening of it's newest hub: Otaku Anime Mokkori!!! | | | So have fun and enjoy the new hub ^^ |
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http://www.otaku-anime.net
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| | Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Japan hails the return of the nerds |
| | Such is the otakus' newfound cachet that the search is on for Japan's top 100 geeks. | | | It is a far cry from the early 1980s, when a columnist used otaku to describe the thousands of men in their 20s who descended on the annual Comic Convention in Tokyo. | | | It isn't surprising that otaku - which means "your house" and is used as an ultra-polite word for "you" - have long been derided as weirdos. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1529666,00.html
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| | Otaku Club @ HCC Homepage |
| | Music features: Music Group "Otaku Duet", & continuous music from the "Iron Otaku" Djs. | | | The Otaku Club is planning a trip to Katsucon. | | | And the Otaku Club is planning a trip. |
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http://www.geocities.com/aranya13/gakkai/oldnews.html
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| | Otaku |
| | First of all, otaku people get very very involved in their animation, video games, or whatever. | | | Before I go any further, I'd just like to make it clear that I was an obsessive video game freak from since I was 11 until I was about 16 and that I like many Japanese animation shows and movies. | | | Knowing these words may seem somewhat harmless, but fan subs of animation and some fan translations of games write things like "Kaorichan, look at this." One thing you may have noticed is that they didn't really translate it into English. |
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http://www.kindofcrap.com/efotaku.html
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| | AnimeOtaku - what the word (Otaku) means ? |
| | I used to though that otaku is just for fans. | | | The article said that otaku were particularly picked on becuase they're vulnerable and carry big bags which the police then search through...I wouldn't want to be an otaku in that area... | | | if otaku is for obessed fan, then what do they call a normal fan? |
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http://aniotaku.com/showthread.php?p=359635
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| | Otaku Animation |
| | The word is a loanword from the Japanese language, in which it is derived from an honorific term for another's house or family (お宅, otaku) that is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun. | | | In modern Japanese slang, therefore, an otaku is an obsessive fan of any one particular theme, topic, or hobby to the point of un-healthiness. | | | A subset of Otaku are the Akiba-kei (アキバ系), men who spend a lot of time in Akihabara in Tokyo and who are mainly obsessive about anime, idols and games. |
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http://www.otakuanimation.com/?sid=1&id=2
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| | CNN.com - Otaku: Japan's gadget geeks dictate tech future - July 13, 2001 |
| | The Tokyo district of Akihabara is now nicknamed "Otaku Town." | | | Hayashi owns seven computers in his Tokyo apartment, just what he needs to fuel his passion for PCs and pop music. | | | They just have an innate drive to constantly modify and accessorize their own personal technology worlds. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/07/12/tokyo.otaku
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| | Otaku no bideo (1991) (V) |
| | The presentation of the "Otaku" in the film was very eeriely similar to how nerds behave here. | | | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it | | | Plot Summary: An hilarious mocumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku... |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089749
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| | ASIAN POP Generation O / Meet the otaku -- a global network of anime fans and manga maniacs whose unique tastes and ... |
| | The first time around, otaku were thought to be pedophilic child killers. | | | "Otaku Unite!," Bresler's first feature, originated as a 15-minute film-school short that took four months to shoot and nearly a year and a half to complete, in part because, throughout the production, Bresler found himself getting contacted by anime fans who wanted to share their experiences or chime in with their opinions. | | | Your car donation helps build homes for families in need. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/07/apop.DTL
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| | Ray Mescallao- Otaku Nation |
| | Schodt and Levi both point out proudly—and rightfully so—that the otaku nation is much more heterogenous than, say, the fan base for American comics. | | | I consider myself an otaku and even I was at times overwhelmed by the rush of names and plot points and anime specifics as I tried to keep track of how Levi’s more general observations were developed in the course of a chapter. | | | I have often heard otaku claim that Japanese comics are superior to American comics with such vigor that one suspects they see manga as an artform that American funnybooks simply can’t aspire to, and creators such as Rumiko Takahashi and Masamune Shirow as auteur geniuses with no peers in America. |
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http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review_essays/mescallado80.htm
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| | The Otaku |
| | If you're thinking about parading around Japan telling everyone you're an otaku, think about what it would be like to walk around your neighborhood saying "Hi, I'm a complete and total loser!". | | | The idea behind the insult otaku is that the person stays in their house all the time. | | | Most people (probably you included) have no idea what an otaku REALLY is. Of course, there are many different viewpoints on the subject. |
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http://www.hageshiku.com/otaku.html
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| | Otaku no Video |
| | The interviews are more hit or miss; the ones that either try to unmask former otaku in denial or poke fun at hentai had me laughing, while the others were just a waste of space. | | | He also learns that to delve into the world of the otaku means to forsake all other pleasures in life, and thus he chooses to leave behind his past to achieve one goal: to become the otaku of otaku... | | | Most of this is because of the fact that this OVA has not aged well over the years with much of its source material being fads and anime that enjoyed its popularity during the 1980s. |
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http://www.animeacademy.com/finalrevdisplay.php?id=389
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| | Otaku - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music |
| | Stream all available songs by Otaku and similar artists. | | | The two bitwise operators that comprise Otaku, Colonel 32 and NaN, have created an album of cinematic break-scapes that resonate with a eerie, mechanical beauty. | | | Hip hop and drum and bass rhythms are soaked in sci-fi/horror/thriller timbres of analog synthesizers and industrial styled loops, then scrubbed and refrigerated. |
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http://www.epitonic.com/artists/otaku.html
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| | Otaku Wars! Romance FAQ v0.7a |
| | Otaku Wars is a cross between a role-playing game and an on-going, round-robin fanfic on | | | New: The big things right now among some authors are gratituous references to South Park and wacky cartoons by Warner Bros. Contribute to this mayhem. | | | It all started back in January 26, 1997 when Jet Wolf, a fan of Hino Rei, stated that she was "secretly plotting to topple the Empire of Ami Fans." Belial, who just so happened to be an Ami fan, mocked Jet Wolf's statement. |
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http://www.magpage.com/~sharkins/Owfaq.html
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| | Otaku article |
| | Anyway, you don't want to be called an otaku and my impression is that most Japanese people would not be either. | | | Again, a normal fan or a borderline hardcore fan probably has a couple overlaps. | | | The tale behind the coining of the term "otaku" in Japan. |
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http://www.geocities.com/kenyuen1/articles/otaku.htm
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| | Otaku Code |
| | These were ways for people to show their love for particular anime series and characters. | | | Otaku Code is divided into two main sections, Otaku Describers and Series. | | | But really, you should do whatever you want; the only real instructions I give you are to put the version number (the new version is 3.0) and to put the Describers first and the series second (since the series take up the bulk of the code). |
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http://www.arikatt.com/users/wolfie/otaku.html
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| | Anime & Manga Guide : Otaku no Video |
| | In this film, interviews with real life otaku are interspersed with the animated story of a man on his journey from regular guy to owner of an anime empire (a semi-fictionalized history of the Gainax company). | | | Watching the otaku interviews, you may begin to feel that you need to go outside more often! | | | But the movie is also a celebration of "Otaku-ness", and one that poses the question: Why is tennis (hitting a ball back and forth) "cool" while building garage kit models is (supposedly) not? |
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http://www.lgpnet.com/amg/display.php?id=258
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| | AnimeNation News |
| | To paraphrase the anime cliché, most American otaku are 100 years too early to compare themselves with hardcore Japanese otaku. | | | Obsessive American anime fans wear the label of "otaku" with pride, and frequently strive to be the most obsessive fan and collector among all the people they know. | | | American use of the term "otaku" is playful and taken as a mark of individuality. |
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http://www.animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=844
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| | Otaku no Website |
| | Yes, it's still named Otaku no Website, in homage of the Gainax OAV series Otaku no Video. | | | I am, after all, a total otaku - an obsessed fan. | | | The last update to the collective was on 1 March 2006. |
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| | Japan for the Uninvited: Otaku |
| | I'm always looking for contributions, new ideas, and interesting Japan links. | | | The otaku image was dealt a serious blow in 1989, when 26-year-old Tsutomu Miyazaki raped, killed and ate 4 young children. | | | The term "otaku", literally meaning "your house", is used to describe Japan's legions of anime-/manga-/computer- obsessed young men. |
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http://ballz.ababa.net/uninvited/otaku.htm
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| | Just What Is An "Otaku" Anyway? |
| | It is now broken down into nine categories due to increase in popularity. | | | Otaku - Japanese word meaning obsessive fan of anything.Somewhat derogatory meaning that you put your interest above all else. | | | Rather, an otaku is someone who is a dedicated fan of anime and/or manga. |
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http://celesstar.osiriscomm.com/anime/otaku.html
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| | The Otaku Fridge :::: An Anime-Gamer's Fan Guide |
| | The Otaku Fridge :::: An Anime-Gamer's Fan Guide | | | Shop for Japanese Goodies: Yummy Snacks, Fashion Magazines, Ghibli Items, | | | The Otaku Fridge does not claim ownership of any of them. |
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http://otakufridge.com
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| | FanFiction.Net : Profile : omnipotent otaku |
| | Otaku: Wow, there's so much bad fanfiction out there. | | | Link: I've also been raped by Broly from Dragonball Z. Otaku: -runs screaming- | | | I read and reread that fic and other script-format fics until i joined and started writing my own fics, almost all of them script-format. |
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http://www.fanfiction.net/~omnipotentotaku
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| | F*CKIN' OTAKU |
| | Con season is upon us once again, which means it's time to start sending out our reporters, digital cameras, and other junk to cons around the globe in search of irrritating otaku behavior! | | | No, I do not know when there will be an actual content update... |
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http://catsonmars.com/otaku
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| | Seth Godin: Purple Cow |
| | There's a Japanese word I'm borrowing here: otaku. | | | What you need to do is sell to the geeks and the nerds -- innovators and early adopters -- and give them a way to make remarks about you. | | | There are thousands of people who are hot sauce otaku. |
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http://www.fastcompany.com/events/realtime/miami/blog/godin.html
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| | The Anime Critic - Anime Glossary |
| | In North America, however, the term is often a badge of honor for hard-core anime fans. | | | (o-tah-ku) In Japan, otaku is a fairly derogatory term used to describe an obsessed fan of something (not necessarily anime). |
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http://www.animecritic.com/resources/glossary.html
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| | The Anime Otaku-ness Test |
| | Do you find Otaku no Video to be inspirational? | | | Full-time otaku (past the point of no return) | | | Full-time otaku in training (not yet willing to leave one's life behind) |
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http://www.armory.com/tests/anime.html
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| | : otaku : |
| | The Otaku Room - photographs of my collection over the years, you definitely get to see just how much of an obsession anime & manga are for me! Take your time to browse, and see if you can figure out the names of some of those artbooks, doujinshis and pencil boards ;) | | | I go into detail about him on this site, and also have a "complete list of works" which, alas, is sadly in need of an update ^_^; | | | otaku * fu Forums - an online forum hosted on this domain catering to fans of anime and manga, here in New Zealand and over seas. |
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| | Otaku Alex |
| | Your webmaster Otaku Alex cares about you, at least to a certain extent, and is now probably watching anime FOR YOU instead of building the site. | | | Please be patient as I set up this website (at least with the animés that I have already seen) over the next few months. |
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http://otakualex.8m.com
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| | Ongaku Otaku Home |
| | The first issue was published in May of 1995. | | | Four issues of Ongaku Otaku have been published thus far. | | | If you're a writer and have an interest in contributing to a future issue of Ongaku Otaku, please get in touch and let us know about your interests (music, books, anime, manga, etc). |
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http://www.charnel.com/ongaku
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| | hobby in TutorGig Encyclopedia |
| | Whilst some hobbies strike many people as trivial or boring, hobbyists have found something compelling and entertaining about them (see geek). | | | In the UK, the pejorative noun anorak (similar to the Japanese " otaku", meaning a geek or enthusiast) is often applied to people who obsessively pursue a particular hobby. | | | It is not entirely uncommon for an amateur astronomer to be the first to discover a celestial body or event. |
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http://www.tutorgig.com/ed/hobby
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| | Otaku!Media :: Home |
| | Otaku!Game gives game otakus’ the news, reviews and resources that game otaku needs. | | | Look out for our new interactive Anime TV Listings. | | | Today, Otaku!PC is known throughout for providing detailed and honest reviews. |
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http://www.otakumedia.com
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| | Anime News Network - Anime News |
| | The Otaku University Anime Conference has been scheduled for September 28th — 30th, 2007 at the Phoenix Mesa Marriott Hotel & Mesa Convention Center. | | | The conference's main goal is to help lead attendees towards jobs in the entertainment industry. | | | Although bolstered by the success of the games and a cadre of good-looking characters, the manga starts out too slowly to grab any first-time readers. |
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com
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| | Harvest Moon Otaku [v2] |
| | Check out this website to see the latest pics for IL. | | | Welcome to Harvest Moon Otaku, the largest Harvest Moon fan site on the web! | | | Use the buttons underneath the banner to start navigating through the site. |
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| | Otaku Life |
| | I also started up a LJ community for those people who want to see the comic updates on their friends page, especially given how infrequent the updates have been lately. | | | ^.^;; You can see it here: Otaku Life LiveJournal. | | | Please do not use any images without my express permission. |
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