Evil Genius

No there are other okatu for like video games, japanese idols, manga, anime, ect ect.

i think otaku is like, mostly anime, but manga counts. at least i think it does. to each is own i guess. the questions seemed to be pretty old to me as well.

In America, Otaku simply means a fan of anime.

In Japan, it means a person who is overly obsessed with any particular thing. So you could be a rice cake otaku .... i guess.

Which means you're both right and you're both wrong.

but i think that in america otaku is associated with a higher knowledge of anime/manga than others (including other fans). therefore meaning more than just a fan.

Yeah but, you got your casual anime watchers, then like say your regularly watching anime people, then you got your anime watching extremists = otaku.

yeah, id agree with that.

Now I would put myself into the class of being inbetween a casual anime watcher and regularly watching anime person. Yet when I first started watching Anime I was a casual watcher. Now I have seen over 100 titles of movies and series total. YET I wouldn't go so far as to say have my whole room covered with anime posters, figures, manga, and a huge collection of anime, its just not me.

In America, the word Otaku is thrown around a lot between anime fans. It's lost any real meaning. So I guess it wouldnt cover casual fans but it easily covers most others.

Edit: fixed a typo

Otaku simply means fanatic. You can be an otaku for whatever. However, it also means you tend to obsess over it. *faint laughter*

Your otaku Purity Test Results
You answered "yes" to 76 of 200 questions, making you 62.0% otaku pure (38.0% otaku corrupt).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 15%, based on a comparison of your test results with 91823 other submissions for this test.

The average purity for this test is 66.4%.

I'm hardcore, hell yeah. Some of that stuff was pushing it though, lol. I got a good laugh out of it.

You answered "yes" to 31 of 200 questions, making you 84.5% otaku pure (15.5% otaku corrupt).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 8%, based on a comparison of your test results with 91823 other submissions for this test.

This is the worst case I have ever seen:

I wonder if he ever has gotten laid...


http://www.gomanga.com/news/features_aoi_001.php

Someone needs to put him out of his misery.


Now.

You answered "yes" to 93 of 200 questions, making you 53.5% otaku pure (46.5% otaku corrupt).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 15%, based on a comparison of your test results with 91823 other submissions for this test.

Ugh

i was looking at this guy's room and the only thing i could think of was "HO-LY SHIIIIIT" that-...wow. reminds me of what could be, you know? and i scrolled down, and every-time...more shit.

i dont think ill ever meet anyone who would feel comfortable sleeping with that guy in THAT room. creepy, no?

kinda depends. I didn't see a picture of the guy, was he cute?

see, im not sure it matters...

21% corrupt here

You answered "yes" to 31 of 200 questions, making you 84.5% otaku pure (15.5% otaku corrupt).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 11%, based on a comparison of your test results with 91823 other submissions for this test.

Wow, those were some dumb questions. I feel like I lost a few IQ points just reading them.

And that website of the guy's room was just..... amazing. It scares me to know that people like that really do exist.

Yea that otaku guy is gonna be a millionaire if he chooses. Tens of thousands of dollars in collectables, just think of this 15 years from now when this stuff is rare and hes like....."i got 10 of them"

You answered "yes" to 24 of 200 questions, making you 88.0% otaku pure (12.0% otaku corrupt).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 8%, based on a comparison of your test results with 91823 other submissions for this test.

The average purity for this test is 66.4%.
The first submission for this test was received August 5, 1998.


I guess that's a good thing...?

Here's mine:
I think in Croatia, an Otaku is a person reffered as anime dealer guy, (for free of course)

53/200 71.0% otaku pure and 8% wierdness factor

but is kind of anfair, cus ai live in chile, so i cant subscribe to manga magazine cuz its like US$20, nor i can travel to japan due to studies and shit
so its kind for only yankees, or U.S. people only

never the less, it was really funny, hahah

o and tha guy´s room its out of this world, its insane, how can anyone spen that much money on that, although there are some cool stuff there, hahahaha

I'm 48.5% otaku corrupt. This quiz was seriously old school! Super VHS, wow... I know DVD has only been around for 12 years but I haven't used a VHS in 4 years. Man... I remember the days when you had to mail fansubbers a stamped envelope and they would send you back a subbed VHS. Now THOSE subbers were hardcore....

I loved the link to Adam's room! It reminds me of Densha Otoko (or Welcome to the NHK)-- definitely a drama worth checking out, over at d-addicts.com

The only evidence of my otakudom lies on the 4 or 5 hard drives I've filled up over time...
and the manga...
and the VHS anime tapes I got as gifts, still shrink-wrapped because I don't have a vhs player.

Damien wrote:This is the worst case I have ever seen:

I wonder if he ever has gotten laid...


http://www.gomanga.com/news/features_aoi_001.php

I'm not sure if I should be impressed or feel pity for the otaku.

You answered "yes" to 83 of 200 questions, making you 58.5% otaku pure (41.5% otaku corrupt).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 22%, based on a comparison of your test results with 91823 other submissions for this test.

The average purity for this test is 66.4%.

Damn and i thought it would be lees. And only about 5 questions about manga it's no good at all.