Otaku
FANDOM: Anime and manga. (Please note that otaku, although atypically acceptable term in the West, is still considered potentiallyderogatory in Japan. I mean it here only in the very best waypossible, like "geek" or "nerd.")
DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS:
↢ The ability to sit through 200-plus episodes of one show
↢ A working knowledge of common Japanese terms
↢ An expert ability to glomp (with consent)
KEY ACCESSORIES: Dragonball earrings; Sailor Moon fuku tank; Einand Appa plushies; Nami's arm tattoo; Death Note notebook; bagwith SNK patch, Flamel symbol, and gym badges
HOW TO BECOME ONE: The worlds of anime and manga are vast, andthey can certainly be daunting. For an introduction to manga, SailorMoon is a classic (and a gateway drug to the magical girl genreat large); pick up the new Kodansha translations first. For anime,dive into a show that has a finite number of episodes-CowboyBebop, overwhelmingly thought of as one of the all-time bests,comes in at just twenty-six half-hour episodes (or "sessions") anda movie.
UNENDING DEBATES: Subs or dubs? The old version of the animeor the remake? The anime or the manga? Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh!?
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