Anime Fan Terms

KaTTnypp · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:32 am Post subject: Anime Fan Terms

Just wanted to know if there were other terms to refer to people as anime fans, ive heard otaku, japanifan, animaniac etc..

I have done the search and dont see any other words in the dictionary :}

Caireen · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:44 am Post subject:

A term used for fans of much older anime, such as Ghost in the Shell, Cyber City, Bubblegum Crisis 2032, Dominion Tank Police etc is "Cyber Punk" - that's the only one I can think of myself!

stokerino · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:57 am Post subject:

Isn't 'cyber punk' a term to describe that type of anime, rather than the fans?

I don't use any special terms. Not even 'otaku', because it's...well...lame. At most I refer to anime geeks - which is an affectionate term, because everybody loves geeks. :-p
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1412kid · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:26 am Post subject:

well, generally we are known as otakus in the world by the public.

stokerino · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, but it's technically an insult. And I prefer not to insult my anime friends. ¬_¬
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Caireen · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:16 am Post subject:

CGY · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:

Ichigard or something like these are refer to the die-hard Ichigo 100% fans.

KaTTnypp · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject:

yea apparently otaku means you have no life and no friends,,nothin, your just a geek who lives in the basement of your parents home who watches anime day in and day out and plays video games.. no human contact, LOL

Rya · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject:

yagamix · newbie! Joined: Dec 20, 2004 Posts: 9

While it's true that otaku is not a very flattery term in japanese, it has been sort of reinvindicated here in the west, so... we can call ourselves whichever way we like and not worry about it. Smile

APE · newbie! Joined: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 27

I've always found it amusing that people tend to place a negative or differential connotation to anime watchers. Its from japan so it should be segregated, right? People don't give names to those who watch US created animation. Seems that if its not mainstream its gotta be bad/different.

stokerino · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:48 am Post subject: