Being Otaku and Being Human
Jan. 15th, 2009 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukikageI highly reccomend that any anime fans out there listen to this episode of the Ninja Consultant podcast, especially the section beginning at 20:20. They start really digging into what it means to be an otaku (closer to the Japanese sense) in terms of why we are and the good things we get out of it, as well as the unhealthiness of it and to what extent we can improve ourselves and find real human interaction, refencing Otaku no Video, Genshiken, Welcome to the N.H.K., and Densha Otoko. I can't describe it in a manner that gives the deeper parts of the discussion justice... Anyways, yeah.
Also, passing on a message from the Ninja Consultant podcasters:
Hi this is Alain from the anime blog Reverse Thieves. As a regular listener to your podcast I was wondering if you could do us a favor and mention a project we are currently recruiting for. If you find our project interesting could you mention the Otaku Diaries on your next podcast and/or post our project information and contact information on your website.
We at Reverse Thieves are looking to do something a little different.
We are proposing a project called the Otaku Diaries. We are looking for people who consider themselves otaku to participate in an anonymous survey. It will be profiling the lives, loves, and losses of these individuals and how their hobby has related to shaping them. We will also be looking for patterns as well as differences in the cases. We are looking for diverse people who are not afraid to get personal, questions will include topics like prior relationships, profession, and sexuality.
If you are interested here is how it is going to work. Send us an email at otakudiary@gmail.com with a brief description of yourself include your age, sex, and location. No names need be exchanged and your anonymity will be protected, create a separate e-mail account just for this survey if you wish. If you are selected to participate, you will be given a case # to which all your answers will be attributed. After all the data is collected we will be doing several blog posts about the results.
We hope to start at the end of February, depending on the number of responses.
Thanks!
- Hisui (Alain)
www.reversethieves.com
reversethieves@gmail.com
[EDIT: You know, this discussion is more what I was hoping to get into with my question about "that otaku" during the SGMS open panel...]
[EDIT 2: New rule: no new series until I finish the 16 I'm "currently watching." And that's without MAS starting in a week. ^^;]
Also, passing on a message from the Ninja Consultant podcasters:
Hi this is Alain from the anime blog Reverse Thieves. As a regular listener to your podcast I was wondering if you could do us a favor and mention a project we are currently recruiting for. If you find our project interesting could you mention the Otaku Diaries on your next podcast and/or post our project information and contact information on your website.
We at Reverse Thieves are looking to do something a little different.
We are proposing a project called the Otaku Diaries. We are looking for people who consider themselves otaku to participate in an anonymous survey. It will be profiling the lives, loves, and losses of these individuals and how their hobby has related to shaping them. We will also be looking for patterns as well as differences in the cases. We are looking for diverse people who are not afraid to get personal, questions will include topics like prior relationships, profession, and sexuality.
If you are interested here is how it is going to work. Send us an email at otakudiary@gmail.com with a brief description of yourself include your age, sex, and location. No names need be exchanged and your anonymity will be protected, create a separate e-mail account just for this survey if you wish. If you are selected to participate, you will be given a case # to which all your answers will be attributed. After all the data is collected we will be doing several blog posts about the results.
We hope to start at the end of February, depending on the number of responses.
Thanks!
- Hisui (Alain)
www.reversethieves.com
reversethieves@gmail.com
[EDIT: You know, this discussion is more what I was hoping to get into with my question about "that otaku" during the SGMS open panel...]
[EDIT 2: New rule: no new series until I finish the 16 I'm "currently watching." And that's without MAS starting in a week. ^^;]
