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- noun Plural form of
otaku .
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Examples
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With anime came the emergence of "otakus" or people who have obsessive interests, particularly anime or manga.
Azrael's Merryland 2008
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Hopefully I can find an artist at school … (There are a LOT of manga and anime otakus here) - Wings
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum 2009
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As Hiroki Azuma originally observed about the anime consumption habits of Japanese otakus, popular culture also reflects database logic.
Adam Elkus: Facebook and the Database Society Adam Elkus 2010
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As Hiroki Azuma originally observed about the anime consumption habits of Japanese otakus, popular culture also reflects database logic.
Adam Elkus: Facebook and the Database Society Adam Elkus 2010
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Not to mention that the D movie is a real classic, which is a lot better known also to non-otakus than your average anime series.
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And for those ‘hard core’ otakus, you do realize the Soul Eater and other manga series in Japan always come with a slip jacket?
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The English translation of the Gundam novels was one of the first official, licensed J-Pop products, which gave the imprimatur to the American otakus, who helped create the American craze for J-Pop, manga, and anime, so that there are more American consumers numerically of the latter than there are Japanese consumers.
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The three “Mobile Suit Gundam” novels are translated into English in 1990s and snapped up by crazed American otakus.
井の中の蛙 » A New Theory of Japanese History: Robots » Print 2008
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The three “Mobile Suit Gundam” novels are translated into English in 1990s and snapped up by crazed American otakus.
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The English translation of the Gundam novels was one of the first official, licensed J-Pop products, which gave the imprimatur to the American otakus, who helped create the American craze for J-Pop, manga, and anime, so that there are more American consumers numerically of the latter than there are Japanese consumers.
井の中の蛙 » A New Theory of Japanese History: Robots » Print 2008
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