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View Poll Results: Has your otaku passion led you to visit Japan?
Yes, I have been. 18 18.18%
No, but I am going in 2008/2009 27 27.27%
No, never been. 54 54.55%
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11-21-2008, 04:42 AM

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Sounds like great fun! If you don't mind me asking, are you hearing impaired? Cause if so this is an even bigger opportunity for you :3
yes i am :]
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11-21-2008, 08:49 AM

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W is Otaku? Sorry, I really don't know whether to ask who, what, when, where or why because I have absolutely no idea.
Read "welcome to the NHK" and you'll know



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11-26-2008, 03:27 AM

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Has your love for anime, manga or j-pop-culture brought you to Japan?

I just read "Akiba: Manga Guide to Akihabara" and more non-native otaku are visiting Japan. Are you one of them?

That's why I'm here

I wanna be an Akiba Idol ^_^


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11-26-2008, 03:30 AM

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My prediction is that the overwhelming majority of people who have been to Japan, or who have firm, realistic plans to visit in the future won't be otaku. They either realize that pursuing anime and pocky is no way to live, they're 12 year old fanboys/girls without the means to do so (and lose interest when they're of age), or content to stay in the basement subbing Naruto Shippuden and dreaming about kawaii ramen pockyland.
*spits out my stick of pocky and knocks over my ramen in rage*

What?? You mean this isn't a Kawaii ramen pockyland??

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11-26-2008, 03:40 AM

I dunno, I'm otaku and two of my friends from the anime club came to Japan with me to teach English. One left last year and the other will leave this year (err next year, 2009)

I just generally think the most shocking thing is what we consider Otaku in North America is more or less just generally Immature here, but not terribly Otaku-ish.

My students think I'm cute because I know about Japan pop-culture, the real otaku students floor me with their vastly superior knowledge and generally consider me to be "Not Otaku but trying."

Komiket and most conventions here are pretty cosplay free but other times you see cosplayers where in North America it just wouldn't fly.

I dunno, it feels like I've been living in a dreamworld for the last two years. The only real kicker to my otakuness is realizing that learning Japanese is FRIGGEN HARD.

Christ all Kanji Mighty I've only got a 4 year old reading comprehension at best so I can't read anything. I think being surrounded by anime and manga and games but being unable to understand any of it will be the real stab in the face to many Otaku that come here.

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11-26-2008, 03:47 AM

I like some anime and rock from there.But more i want to see some shrines and the many things there and some places for scenery as well as places for the many places of the history.

If you have never traveled where do you find a good agent for tickets.That dont make u save for ever or send u bankrupt but a decent price ?
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12-01-2008, 11:29 PM

Hey guys,
Im planning on gettin to Japan in Febuary/March 2009.
Iv got nothing planned for when i get over there, jus gonna see where the wind takes me. Iv got a couple of places I wanna see - mainly Tokyo an Kyoto- but does anyone have any must see recommendations?
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12-02-2008, 02:01 PM

Well i voted for yes, because im currently in Japan BUT im not here because of anime or at least not only because of that. My faszination for this country has started with anime, like for most people, but it became a deeper interest over the years, finally bringing me here on a working holiday.
So if i had to put it on the line i´d say i wouldnt be here without anime, so yes!


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12-02-2008, 02:08 PM

I love anime, manga, and J-music but I wouldn't call myself an otaku, lol. My love for those things isn't near as much as it is for the Japanese language, and culture by itself. I definitely want to go to Japan, but it's not "otaku - drive" propelling me xD
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12-02-2008, 06:25 PM

I voted yes because i originally got interested in Japan from DBZ ages ago, but that anime cycle was short. My interest lay with the language and culture. So for me, the most exciting thing about being in japan (other than the fact that i was in Japan) was being immersed in language every day and making new friends . I was amazed at how much Japanese i could actually understand lol. And i cant lie, it was nice to be immersed by the women too.

So, my interest are basically east Asian cultures and languages, this year i went to Japan for a week and a half, next year, Taiwan and Japan.
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