Otaku

The Akihabara neeburheid o Tokyo, a kenspeckle gaitherin steid fur otaku

Otaku (おたく/オタク) is a Japanese term for fowk wi obsessive interests, commonly the anime an manga fandom. Its contemporary uisage oreeginatit wi Akio Nakamori's 1983 essay in Manga Burikko.[1][2] Otaku mey be uised as a pejorative; its negativity stems frae the stereotypical view o otaku an the media's reportin on Tsutomu Miyazaki, "The Otaku Murderer", in 1989. Accordin tae studies furthset in 2013, the term haes become less negative, an an increasin nummer o fowk nou sel-identify as otaku.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 『おたく』の研究（１） 街には『おたく』がいっぱい 中森明夫 （1983年6月号） (in Japanese). Burikko.net.
  2. ↑ "Otaku Research #1 "This City is Full of Otaku" by Nakamori Akio (Translated by Matt Alt)". Néojaponisme.
  3. ↑ Michael Jakusoso (27 Apryle 2013). "自分のことを「オタク」と認識してる人10代は62％、70代は23％". Mynavi. Archived frae the original on 3 Julie 2013. Retrieved 4 Februar 2014. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)