Tag Archives: otaku

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It takes a fanboy

  • otou-san
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  • October 24, 2008
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I would say it takes a village, but seriously, how does a village of fanboys get anything done? Aw, hell, I wrote a book.

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The call of the otaku

  • otou-san
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  • August 22, 2008
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  • 13 Comments
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What would that sound like, anyway? I was contacted through my handy-dandy contact form the other day by a representative from MTV, those exploiters of youth the American music-and-youth-focused cable TV network. A few fun facts about MTV: They used to show music videos. True story. Back in the day, I listened to my Dead [...]

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Welcome to the N.H.K.

  • otou-san
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  • January 10, 2008
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  • 3 Comments
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That warm, fuzzy feeling of self-loathing Welcome to the NHK is, in fact, really good, I’ll just put that out there now. But it’s not exactly the kind of thing one should start with if one was an aspiring otaku. In fact, it might make you run screaming from anime without a backward glance thanks [...]

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