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You know you are an Otaku when....?


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DuelLadyS



Joined: 17 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:23 pm Reply with quote
You know you're an otaku when-

-Your anime watching friends immedately turn to you when they become curious about a title... becuase you not only have likely seen it already, but can lend it to them.

-You have to choose between storage space for your bloated DVD/manga collection and wall space to display your anime art. (I need to get a portfolio for that...)

-You actually use the term 'anime art' to describe what's on your walls. (Hey, most of them are prints, not posters! What else would it be? Laughing )

In all honesty though, it's a subjective term to begin with... I think if you know what it means and actually want to use the term, you probably qualify to do so.
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dirkusbirkus



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:47 pm Reply with quote
The King of Harts wrote:
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... one can pronounce "tsundere" correctly.

Soon-deer, right?



Soon-derreh as far as I know.

Not sure if you were being serious or not though Wink
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Reaper gI



Joined: 05 Oct 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:02 pm Reply with quote
Key wrote:
You know you're an otaku if:

. . .you actually know what the difference is between ecchi and hentai.

. . .you actually have an opinion on certain series (like Ghost Stories and Shin-chan) being given parody English dubs.

. . .you can explain what makes a character "tsundere" or "moe."

. . .you have burned onto CD an anime soundtrack that you found via BitTorrent because you couldn't find it for sale in your country.
CDs are easy to import tho', normaly *shakes fist at KeySounds*.
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. . .you have multiple anime-themed wall scrolls from a diverse array of genres prominently-displayed in your house/apartment.

. . .you have a burning desire to try pork buns. (They do look good. . .)
Again?
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. . . you remember Battle of the Planets from your childhood but have actually seen it in its original form: Gatchaman. (Same applies to Robotech and SDF Macross.)
I did that with Cardcaptors and CCS

...you have seen at least one robot show made before you were born, you also call them robot shows not mecha.
...you have dvds that are still shrinkwrapped
... you own multiple copies of the same thing
..when reading translated manga or video game, you translate it back to japanesse in your head and start noticing errors/inconsistensies in the tranaslation
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TheTheory



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:33 pm Reply with quote
...you feel like American animation would be better with a Japanese dub and English subtitles.
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frentymon
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:54 pm Reply with quote
...when you've watched the entire Season 1 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya six times, the 6 episodes of Melancholy ten times, all of Sighs twice, Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody five times, Disappearance twice, and all of Endless Eight.

Story of my life.
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Kimiko_0



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:01 pm Reply with quote
Are those all from the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise? I really should go over recent anime seasons to update my to-watch list. And I was just getting it down a little..
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the Rancorous



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:47 pm Reply with quote
dirkusbirkus wrote:
The King of Harts wrote:
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... one can pronounce "tsundere" correctly.

Soon-deer, right?

Soon-derreh as far as I know.

Not sure if you were being serious or not though Wink

Heck, I'll go ahead. HERE
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kiddtic



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:17 pm Reply with quote
Is it sad that I relate to almost all those listed including the pictures...naa.

...When you buy noodles from the store and get excited because you'll get to use those chopsticks you saved after ordering chinese the other night.

...you only know what day of the week it is because your ongoing show aired that night.

...your facebook profile pic at one point has been from anime.

...your key-holder, nuff said.
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DragonsRevenge



Joined: 15 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:29 pm Reply with quote
Going back to the spoiler[Suzumiya] picture, it's not a matter of otakudom so much as seeing her likeness plastered over every anime-related media in the last two years. That color scheme in that sequence makes you realize without a second thought what it is. I would've gotten it if I didn't happen to just start watching the series a couple weeks ago.

Though for a few people, I realize that's not the case.
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egoist



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:52 pm Reply with quote
... you...

... call a Japanese girl hot regardless of the truth.

... find yourself practising Japanese words out loud at work.

... use an anime lighter.

... ask for a haircut that will look like that one character's.

... fall in love with the voice of a voice actress/actor or seiyu.

... know Japanese terms such as seiyu.

... are posting in this thread and finding a few posts that exactly match what you do.

... bite an apple just once and leave it in your desk so your colleagues may see.

... start dreaming about anime.

... wish your life were an animation.

... think that you don't have to pay for the bus fare when boarding one.

... believe that the same bus will have lots of high school teens inside.

... start thinking that animals really think in human speech, and are smarter than proven by science.

... think that Kana Hanazawa is your wife.
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kripton0x



Joined: 03 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:04 pm Reply with quote
jeje well some times I'm telling my self "hey what's wrong with you?", specially when a heard a dozen of anime openings and endings after socially accepted songs in my track lists Laughing. One day I surprised my self when I went to a store to buy some cups of ramen, I looked at a mirror in the store and I saw me wearing my kakashi's t-shirt and waiting to pay the cup with my frog purse. Shocked
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DuskyPredator



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:36 am Reply with quote
... you take a potato chip and eat it (with internal monologue).

... have danced to the carmeldensen to Hare Hare Yukai.

... have declared that something has left you in disspair (zetsuboushita)
... have ever said "Uguu"

... you have attempted to get your mother to watch Hellsing

... you think Mahjong is very exciting especially if you don't know the rules

... you find the idea of a sadistic crossdresser funny

... you are asked about a favourite band you say "After School Teatime"

... others talk about Twilight, you start saying Hellsing quotes
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Skylark



Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:56 am Reply with quote
egoist wrote:
... believe that the same bus will have lots of high school teens inside.


The buses I catch to and from university are always loaded with high school teens, and while some are pleasant on the eye they are _never_ pleasant on the ear. I don't know if high school teenagers are different in Japan to everywhere else but they're grossly misrepresented in anime compared to Australian high schoolers - the most ratty, foul-mouthed disrespectful people you've ever met. They don't get all blushy over a guy they like, they compare the sizes of their k-bar knives and whinge loudly about old people and how much school sucks etc. You'd sooner find a cataract in your bad eye using your good eye than find a virgin high schooler. Seriously hearing some of these kids on public transport makes me feel kind of sick.
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GeminiDS85



Joined: 10 Jul 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:58 am Reply with quote
You know you’re an Otaku when…

- You find yourself singing “Tsukurimashou, tsukurimashou, sate sate nani ga dekiru ka na” while cooking dinner.

- You purchase a new television only because the subtitles are being slightly cut off when you’re streaming anime.

- You understand that every anime character must dance to Caramelldansen.

- You decide going to a college party with your friends is less important than watching a hideous camrip of “The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya”.

- You ask your girlfriend to cosplay as Haruhi for your birthday present.

- You include anime series when someone asks you what your favorite movies are, and then you spend five minutes trying to convince them that Serial Experiments Lain is better than 2001: A Space Odyssey.

- You spend twenty hours comparing the two translations of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” side by side, and then spend another twenty hours writing a thirty page paper on comparing the subtle differences. (Thanks Key, quotes from your review managed to help me fill up at least two pages)
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meichuu



Joined: 06 Apr 2010
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:43 am Reply with quote
...you walk into a store to buy manga or anime, and have no absolutely shame about what other people think of the cover.
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