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Originally Posted by MMM

SHOKOTAN is a very popular otaku cosplayer on TV these days, but it doesn't hurt that she is very cute. The cute factor goes a long way.

http://xorsyst.com/wp-content/upload...a-shokotan.jpg

Her blog is one of the most popular in the world.

I think that opinion might be more extreme in the US than in Japan, but cosplayers are considered otaku

YouTube - cartoon KAT-TUN Ep.69/20080730[1]

I remember walking around Akiba seeing someone sniffing a new toy he just bought... Otaku!