I think we both have a differen perception of the term otaku.Sugami wrote:No it's not niche but rather than the general public starting to like it I think it's more of a case that the "otaku" group has grown to quite a sizeable amount. The people that like anime/manga are "otaku", sure there might be the odd person that doesn't mind the odd anime or manga but in general the majority of the people who do like it are "otaku" to some extent.
To me, the otaku is the smallest group of anime fans and also the group I find most scary.
Also if you take the litteral translation of otaku it means fanatic, and fanatic is close to extremist.
No they won't strap explosives around their their bodies or anything, but they do treat anime and manga like it is a religion.
Yes, even on our convention we have a few running around, easily recognizable by their shabby and pale looks, the way they talk (or rather avoid 3D humans) and let's not forget how they smell...
The rest is either "The anime fan", knows a bit about it, but mostly just enjoys watching it but watches western cartoons and tv series just as easy.
Among these there's a huge variaty but I won't go too deep into that now.
And "The general public" which nowadays occasionally buys a Ghibli or other accessible title like Summer Wars or The girl who leaped through time to watch with the kids.
Of course the biggest market is The anime fan, but a big part of the animefans watches dubbed anime. (Yes, it is true the biggest part of anime fans (~85%) watches dubs.)
For the people that watch Anime in Japanese a part knows nothing about the japanese language. (keep in mind that honorifics confuse the shyte out of those people.)
The part that keeps demanding honorifics in translations is only a small group.
Let me fix that statement because it is both wrong and insulting.Also a convention specifically for homosexual anime and manga? Can't say I'm all that surprised considering it's in Holland
Even though the major part of the genre is indeed H or even ero, and the minimum age to be allowed to enter that convention is 18+, the convention is more about shounen and shoujo ai, so no, you won't find an ear of corn being shoved up a guy's rear end by another guy or those kinds of perversities.
You came with the dilema, you give me sauce! Lazy cat!Also also, "lazy"? Expect me to search through my library of burnt anime to find Witch Hunter Robin and watch through it until I find the right episode? I don't think so