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When these people are referred to as otaku, they are judged for their behaviors — and people suddenly see an 'otaku' as a person unable to relate to reality." [17] [18] The term thus has more of a negative association in Japanese society. [19] The word entered English as a loanword from the Japanese language.
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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.
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.
In Japanese, the term anime is used to refer to all animated works, regardless of style or origin. [9] English-language dictionaries typically define anime (/ ˈ æ n ɪ m eɪ /) [10] as "a style of Japanese animation" [11] or as "a style of animation originating in Japan". [12]
Otaku: Japan's Database Animals (動物化するポストモダン：オタクから見た日本社会, Dōbutsuka-suru Postmodern: Otaku kara mita Nihon Shakai) is a nonfiction essay that relates otaku culture to postmodernism. It was published by Hiroki Azuma in 2001, [1] and translated into English by the University of Minnesota Press in 2009.
In this context post-war Japan saw the emergence of the first generation of densha otaku. [5] Photography became a popular medium amongst Japanese railfans and, due to the introduction of Shinkansen as well as social factors such as the influence of popular science fiction novels, electric trains became increasingly popular during this period. [6]
Akihabara is considered by many to be the centre of Japanese otaku culture, and is a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods. Icons from popular anime and manga are displayed prominently on the shops in the area, and numerous maid cafés and some arcades are found throughout the district.