Before the term "otaku" became widely used for people who are passionate about Japanese anime and culture, there was another term in Japan for these anime-loving people: "yappies."
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However, unlike the depiction of "otaku" as socially isolated, lacking fashion sense, and with an unhealthy appetite for anime characters (my apologies to all you self-professed otaku, but that's really what some people think), these "yappies" were promoted as neat and clean. Even so, the term "yappie" is now hardly used, and many refer to themselves as "otaku" instead.
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