Say No to Moe!

[doronjosama]

Manga artist Mimei Sakamoto does her version of the classic Shatner "Get a Life!" speech.

She's pretty right on the nose about it. And it's awesome that she spoke out so plainly about it!

Comments

[elcucuyfeo.livejournal.com]

Daaaaaang, I wonder what impression this woman has of our American fans. The one that reside in the "deep end"

Having seen this culture first hand I have to agree with what she says. for the record. Say "Otaku" in any form to a japanese or Okinawain Person--Conversation Killer...

[doronjosama.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, when my penpal visited, she jokingly referred to me as an otaku, but explained *very quickly* that she was kidding, because I didn't look like Poindexter or stay hidden in my room all the time. (This was a girl who was obsessed with classic Star Trek...) And our Japanese artists who are hardcore fans of anime and manga and science fiction make derogatory references to otaku, and insist they are NOT otaku. ^_^ It's pretty funny.

[hellocobweb.livejournal.com]

Indeed. In a lot of cases, there's a fair amount of "serial killer waiting to happen" in the Japanese interpretation of the word "otaku." It certainly isn't considered a compliment, in my experience.

Also, regarding the gaijin who want to go over to Japan and be assimilated: There's a saying in Japan -- "I was born in Japan. So were my father, and his father, and his grandfather before him. But my grandfather's grandfather was not. So I am a foreigner." In their case, usually a loud, socially graceless foreigner who speaks like a character in a cartoon aimed at 6-to-10 year olds... ^.^