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Miyazaki's Call Out of Otakus
krumm:
The question is how he is using the word otaku. can't otaku have a different, older, meaning.
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: krumm on February 01, 2014, 01:57:27 PM ---The question is how he is using the word otaku. can't otaku have a different, older, meaning.
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He is using the word otaku in its modern, slang sense - which is exactly what everyone here thinks it means. If you give it a prefix it can also mean an obsessive/nerd/whatever - eg. densha otaku = train otaku = person who is obsessed with trains, such as that guy who decided to go and visit every railway station in japan, for fun. The only other meaning is its older, non-slangy meaning: House. And I don't think he believes the anime industry has too many houses.
Personally, I agree with him and the point he is trying to make entirely.
krumm:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on February 01, 2014, 02:28:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: krumm on February 01, 2014, 01:57:27 PM ---The question is how he is using the word otaku. can't otaku have a different, older, meaning.
--- End quote ---
He is using the word otaku in its modern, slang sense - which is exactly what everyone here thinks it means. If you give it a prefix it can also mean an obsessive/nerd/whatever - eg. densha otaku = train otaku = person who is obsessed with trains, such as that guy who decided to go and visit every railway station in japan, for fun. The only other meaning is its older, non-slangy meaning: House. And I don't think he believes the anime industry has too many houses.
Personally, I agree with him and the point he is trying to make entirely.
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all i can go with is what the source has for a translation and it sounds like hes saying its full of social recluses. and i have no opinion there as I don't know what the industry is like.
Saras:
I agree completely.
jinhong91:
I don't like his idiotic antics but he has a point.
I want more substance.
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