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Otaku Culture

The Otaku culture was founded based on Japanese Animation and Manga. Long ago,

the style of Japanese animation was inspired from American animation. Now, the style has formed

into its own entity and form that is identified as Japanese Animation. The culture has grown and

changed with the modern times, however, even though its changes on a superficial level the values

have remained the same. The Otaku urban culture has certain mannerisms and outlooks on life that

speak of a person jumping from a dream world to the real world.

"The culture has grown and changed with the modern times"

Etymology

The term Otaku comes from the word “taku” which

means inside the house or house. The word Otaku

started in Japan. In Japanese, it means obsessed or

liking something to excess. However,

internationally, Otaku is known as someone who is

highly interested in Japanese Traditional Culture,

and Anime/Manga. The term Otaku became

popularized from Akio Nakamori in 1983 from

Otaku no Kenkyu, however the character Lynn

Minmay from Macross TV series first brought the

word up in 1982.

Otaku Slang

Otaku as a culture is quite a Western otaku term from mainstream pop culture of those who are into

the animanga scene. Japan Otaku (お宅) also has its own culture in its own country, because many

countries have their own Otaku scenes. There is otaku terminology that is used in otaku jargon that

can be found in a otaku dictionary that includes a lengthy list of Japanese words that is spoken in

conversation targeting animangas fans in the scene.

Japanese Language

Animanga gets people interested in Japanese Language and

Culture that also happens to have Otaku slang as well.

Creators show a place the story is set in real life and

oftentimes that is in Japan and the words will be there on

signs, menus, and papers. While the otaku slang also has ways

of speaking that are not typical in real life and only found in

animation in Japan it still helps people familiarize themself

with Japanese Alphabets, Romaji, and English translation.

Naturally by enjoying a series people connect the pleasure of

that series to the Japanese language.

Otaku People

Animanga Otakus, or simply Otakus are a Artform Interest people of Japanimation, Manga, and

Japan. The Japan Otakus initially began a culture in Geek roots, but with global outreach it began to

develop with its own philosophy and cultural studies. These were centered on ideas of a series

fandom and micro-community with arts being held in a special regards of life and community going

beyond ethnicity.

Otaku Classes

Otaku culture is hobby class oriented, with different

specializations that are based on their skills and talents.

This is reflected in their animanga genre system, with

specific design elements that deconstructed from a high

standing series that is celebrated from its

micro-community. It is then split into a variety of products

like illustration that goes to sculpture, products that ensure

its viability, video production to raise awareness, fan

projects and food concoctions that are necessary for a

"dead series" to have resources for survival.

Otaku Arts

Meticulously worked on art pieces with their own meaning to its creators were made from the spirit

that was passed on from the series. They served a social, spiritual, and practical purpose through

methods of: model work (gunpla), cosplay sewing, prop making, voice and parody acting, and anime

music videos. Today there are many artists that share their work and not everyone showcases

commercially, so seeing art pieces or performances is always a treat.

Otaku Dances

Anisong (anime song) are featured in the soundtracks and is

sometimes paired with Anidance (anime dance). Anidance was

a fandom gesture dance that was about embracing anime and

manga at events. The beginnings of its recognition came from

three distinct categories, which were: (1) Popotan

(caramelldansen), a "nonsensical" style of anidancing that has a

idolish and cute feel, (2) Supa Sentai (Atsushi Maeda & Nami

Tamaki) was a energetic style that had used poses from super

sentai genre with elements of pop dance, (3) Odoru Moe (Kozue

Aikawa) is the most iconic form with messages and nods to the

source of inspiration like Ponponpon and Renai Circulation.

Otaku Cuisine

When people think of Otaku food, they quickly refer to foods that are seen in anime and manga as the

source of where such food would be from. This would be things like standard Japanese dishes of

fast food, street food, casual food, regional fod, bakeries, and high dining. Takushoku, while the term

literally means "Otaku food," the term is more than just foods that otaku eat, but is in reference the

library of dishes that have evolved through the otaku people.

Otaku Food

With westerners being interested in the foods they find in

animanga they can get excited with their food. To no surprise a

compilation of westernized versions of Japanese Food comes

together in the Otaku community. Otaku who take a particular

interest in experimenting, documenting, and comprehending the

food of Animanga are known as "Food Otaku". The food of Otaku

had been originally connected to Animanga genre "Cooking" and

would be shared by important cooking figures like: Yuki Morisaki

(Shokugeki no Soma), Chef Karyakos, and Mei Lynn (Trash Taste).

Otaku Home

Otaku Homes follow the design philosophy of "Shikiri" spaces divided by colors, shapes, layered in

spaces of several dimensions. Several home design rules to consider are to: Respect Otaku History,

take cues from Modern Japan, and Consider the Otaku lifestyle. Sliding doors are often slid behind

the wall instead of being visible, like the Japanese fusuma to maximize space. Also, allow for room

transformations as a character may have a "henshin" form, so does the room when moving things.

Otaku Decor

Shikiri, means dividing, but was taken to describe a architecture

style that was known as its own identity. Sometimes described as

French Japanese Contemporary Architecture with color heavy

design traits it also had gained the title of "Otaku Architecture,

due to its fans being those who liked animanga who share a

similar love for color as the style portrays. While its creator

Emmanuelle Moureaux is mentioned by a nickname of the

"mother of otaku architecture" she had no intentions of it her

style being an interest of otaku from its concept to give emotions

through color.

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