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In the original Japanese context, an otaku is someone who has an obsessive interest in something, commonly anime or manga. The term is mostly equivalent to "geek" or "nerd", but in a more derogatory manner than used in the West. The word entered English as a loanword from the Japanese language.
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Drama CD), Hiroshi Kamiya (anime) [1] (Japanese); Anthony Bowling (English) [2] A 24-year-old hardcore otaku who spends his days at home working to improve his anime blog until he is forced by his sister to become a teacher at his alma mater. Junichiro is a physics major who published a paper that caused a huge turmoil ...
The Akihabara neighborhood of Tokyo, a popular gathering site for otaku. Otaku (Japanese: おたく, オタク, or ヲタク) is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in Manga Burikko.
Ultimate Otaku Teacher is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Takeshi Azuma. [1] Masato Sato directed the series with scripts written by Atsushi Maekawa at A-1 Pictures. Isao Sugimoto designed the characters and Ryuuichi Takada composed the music. The series aired from April 4 to September 26, 2015. [2]
Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Japanese: 電波教師, Hepburn: Denpa Kyōshi, lit. "Electromagnetic-wave Teacher" [ a ] ) , subtitled He Is an Ultimate Teacher , is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma.
The series focuses on the otaku lifestyle and contains numerous references to other manga, anime, video games, and other aspects of otaku culture. Common plot points include such otaku-centric activities as the buying and creation of dōjinshi, fan-made manga usually of erotic content; convincing a character to try cosplay (dressing up as characters from manga, anime, or video games); the ...
Otaku no Video (おたくのビデオ, Otaku no Bideo, lit."Otakus' Video") is a 1991 Japanese original video animation (OVA) produced by Gainax. [1] The anime spoofs the life and culture of otaku, individuals with obsessive interests in media, particularly anime and manga, as well as the history of Gainax and its creators. [2]
A notable critique of this otaku subculture is found in the 2006 anime Welcome to the N.H.K., which features a hikikomori (socially withdrawn) protagonist and explores the effects and consequences of various Japanese sub-cultures, such as otaku, lolicon, internet suicide, massively multiplayer online games and multi-level marketing.