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  2. Otaku - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Glossary of anime and manga - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...

  4. Moe (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Moe (萌え, Japanese pronunciation: ⓘ), sometimes romanized as moé, is a Japanese word that refers to feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters in anime, manga, video games, and other media directed at the otaku market. Moe, however, has also gained usage to refer to feelings of affection towards any subject.

  5. Anime and manga fandom - Wikipedia

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    Otaku is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, including anime or manga. In its original context, the term otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family ( お宅 , otaku ), which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun.

  6. List of English words of Japanese origin - Wikipedia

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    折り紙, artistic paper folding. (British English IPA : [ɒrɪgɑːmiː]) otaku オタク or おたく or ヲタク, a geeky enthusiast, especially of anime and manga. sakura (桜 or 櫻; さくら or サクラ) is the Japanese term for the Cherry Blossom and can either mean the tree or its flowers (see 桜). senryu

  7. Fan service - Wikipedia

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    Wikipe-tan, a personification of Wikipedia, depicted in a swimsuit, an example of typical "fan service". Fan service (ファンサービス, fan sābisu), fanservice or service cut (サービスカット, sābisu katto) [1] [2] is material in a work of fiction or in a fictional series that is intentionally added to please the audience, [3] often sexual in nature, such as nudity.

  8. ACG (subculture) - Wikipedia

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    ACG ("Animation, Comics, and Games") is a term used in some subcultures of Greater China and East Asia.Because there is a strong economic and cultural interlinkage that exists between anime, manga, and games in Japanese and East Asian culture at large, the term ACG is used to describe this phenomenon in relative fields.

  9. Naver Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Naver Dictionary was launched in 1999, supporting the English language. [3] [4] It began launching mobile applications in 2010. [5] The product Line Dictionary, launched in 2014, was part of the platform. [2] By 2022, the platform reportedly had 60 different sub services, [6] and was the most popular online dictionary service in South Korea by ...