Flashcards: Otaku

Otaku no Video (おたくのビデオ Otaku no Bideo, lit. "Geeks' Video") is a 1991 comedy anime spoofing the life and culture of otaku, individuals with obsessive interests in media, particularly anime and manga, as well as the history of Gainax, its creators.

Tsutomu Miyazaki (宮﨑 勤 Miyazaki Tsutomu, August 21, 1962 – June 17, 2008), also known as The Otaku Murderer or The Little Girl Murderer, was a Japanese serial killer, cannibal, and necrophile who abducted and murdered four young girls in Saitama and Tokyo Prefectures from August 1988 to June 1989.

An eroge (エロゲ or エロゲー erogē, pronounced [eɽoɡe]; a portmanteau of erotic game: (エロチックゲーム erochikku gēmu)) is a Japanese pornographic video game.

Ebiten: Kōritsu Ebisugawa Kōkō Tenmonbu (えびてん 公立海老栖川高校天悶部 lit. Ebisugawa Public High School Astronomical Club) is a comedy manga series by Kira Inugami and SCA-ji, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine.

A light novel (ライトノベル raito noberu) is a style of Japanese novel primarily, but not exclusively, targeting middle- and high-school students (young adult demographic).

Fan service (ファンサービス fan sābisu), fanservice, or service cut (サービスカット sābisu katto), is material in a work of fiction or in a fictional series which is intentionally added to please the audience.

Starcon is the oldest and the largest festival of science fiction, fantasy, movie and science in the CIS and Baltic countries.

Kawaii (かわいい, [kaw͍aiꜜi], "lovable", "cute", or "adorable") is the quality of cuteness in the context of Japanese culture.

Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Japanese: 電波教師 Hepburn: Denpa Kyōshi, lit. "Electromagnetic-wave Teacher"), subtitled He Is a Ultimate Teacher, is a 2011 Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma.

Genshiken (Japanese: げんしけん) is a manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku (extremely obsessed fans of various media) and the lifestyle its members pursue.

Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima (長島☆自演乙☆雄一郎 Nagashima Jien'otsu Yūichirō, born July 2, 1984) is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer, and a cosplayer, fighting out of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, currently competing at K-1.

Densha Otoko (電車男, lit. Train Man) is a Japanese television drama that aired on Fuji Television.

Moetan (もえたん) is a series of English language study aid published by SansaiBooks in Japan.

Akio Nakamori (中森 明夫 Nakamori Akio), real name Ansaku Shibahara (柴原安作 Shibahara Ansaku), is a columnist and editor born on January 1, 1960 in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Densha Otoko (電車男, translated as Train Man) is a Japanese movie, television series, manga, novel, and other media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku who intervened when a drunk man started to harass several women on a train.

Peropero Candies (ペロペロキャンディーズ) are a five-piece all-girl idol group from Nipponbashi, Osaka, Japan.

Denpa song (電波ソング) is a type of Japanese music that is intentionally strange and catchy.

Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure), a contraction of the words costume play, is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character.

Ōkina otomodachi (大きなお友達) is a Japanese phrase that literally means “a big friend” or “an adult friend”.

My Girlfriend's a Geek (腐女子彼女。 Fujoshi Kanojo.) is a Japanese light novel series in two volumes by Pentabu based on a popular blog of the same name with 11 million page views.

The Otaku Encyclopedia is a 2009 encyclopedia written by Patrick Galbraith and published by Kodansha which provides an overview of anime and manga fandom topics, and interviews and profiles of important people in Japanese fandom.