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Otaku in the Age of Anxiety Anonymous Sun May 17 23:22:06 2009 No.2607550 [Reply] [Original]

The events of the Careless Monday isn't simply news of a tragic event, but symbolic secret desire to create one common event basis for all within the society. Despite all of it's attempts at isolationism, Japan has been subject of an onslaught of rapid cultural changes be it western influence, consumerism or religion. Some major event must shake up what is described in the show as the "dense atmosphere in Japan," or in other words, their lives which are swept into the lifestyle of climbing the ladder of success in an unending pursuit of the phantom of the future.

Desperate for certainty, the Otaku culture seems to rally around the fixed-- eclectic details and understanding of obscurity offers the Otaku certainty in an anxiety ridden world, and as such, Japanese society as a whole can relate to an escape from the constant flux of culture.

Saki Morimi's affinity with ground zero and the White House represents Japan's own vapidness, only a spin-off of American culture, itself an island where obsession with the unreal, idols and material items, are a mainstay in popular culture.

The Otaku lifestyle wishes to escape, and to isolate from the constant uncertainty in the age of anxiety, to be one with the eternal. With the only certain event in life being death, the Otaku wants control, to be totally immersed into the wants of the mind, neglecting all else, in essence, becoming one with God.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:24:06 2009 No.2607564 Fascinating.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:24:06 2009 No.2607562 Go back to /a/. It is that way. <------------

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:25:06 2009 No.2607569 Otaku spend tons of money on all kinds of useless shit. How exactly is that an escape from popular culture material items?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:25:06 2009 No.2607566 Fascinating.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:26:06 2009 No.2607570 Fascinating.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:29:06 2009 No.2607581 fsntnig

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:31:06 2009 No.2607592 Eden is a really crappy anime.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:33:06 2009 No.2607598 >>2607592 Hey... it shouldn't be on this board but it's awesome.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:34:06 2009 No.2607603 To be an otaku is quite the opposite: we escape reality by embracing "vapid" material culture.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:35:06 2009 No.2607609 >>2607592 >>2607598 I haven't followed anything this season, or in spring. Has anything decent aired?

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Anonymous Sun May 17 23:37:06 2009 No.2607621

>>2607569
The preoccupation with the future causes a dissonance and the Otaku clings and consumes into a very small facet in order to exert a sense of certainty.

The standard social norms like family and religious tradition are giving way and as such, anime and popular entertainment are filling the gap.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:37:06 2009 No.2607624 >>2607592 Only people who are jealous of Takizawa think it's shit.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:39:06 2009 No.2607632 shits deep.

>>	AoC !pkzejWGkfw Sun May 17 23:39:06 2009 No.2607634 >>2607609 Probably the only thing worth following this season. It's not saying much, and it would probably be better taken in a single viewing, but I recommend it. Well done, and it's off the beaten path.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:40:06 2009 No.2607643 File: 616 KB, 650x853, 1241561956205.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] So who else FUCK YEAH'D at the idea of saving Japan through creating a NEET paradise?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:41:06 2009 No.2607652 >>2607609 Pani Poni Dash OVA Watch that NAO.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:42:06 2009 No.2607657 >>2607609 Yes.

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Anonymous Sun May 17 23:44:06 2009 No.2607662

>>2607609
Eden of the East
Guin Saga
Natsu no Arashi
K-On
Cross Game
Shin Mazinger

All of those are worth checking out, though a lot of it depends on your taste in genres. For example, you probably shouldn't touch K-On if you don't like moe~ slice-of-life.

>>	Lyin !v7YNS/isK2 Sun May 17 23:49:06 2009 No.2607681 >>2607662 >For example, you probably shouldn't touch K-On if you don't like moe~ slice-of-life. Even if you like slice of life but don't like moe~, dont touch this series also.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:51:06 2009 No.2607687 >>2607598 Enjoy your down hill plot and slowly flattened characters.

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Anonymous Sun May 17 23:52:06 2009 No.2607689

>>2607609
Eden of the East - great mystery plot, interesting characters, amazing art/animation, etc.

Phantom - a good visual novel adaption for once. The story's good, great music, animation is above average and Ein and Zwei are interesting characters (though others seem fairly shallow at the moment).

Cross Game - excellent characters (best in an anime in quite a while) and worth anyone trying despite it's baseball setting (it's honestly not very significant).

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (remake) - better than the original. Very fast paced and high production values.

Tears to Tiara - worth checking out if you've played / have any interest in the visual novel (or Utawarerumono). Decent so far. Some pretty good episodes but nothing amazing / nothing shit.

Hayate - I've only ever been on /a/ a couple of times but I wouldn't be surprised if it was popular there. I can't help but enjoy it myself and the new season is much better than the first.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 23:57:06 2009 No.2607696 >>2607689 >Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood >high production values WHAT. >Very fast paced Skips all the things that made the original series endearing.

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Anonymous Sun May 17 23:59:06 2009 No.2607702
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>>2607681
The slice-of-life genre without moe characterizations is practically non-existent in animu. You think Manabi Straight, Hidamari Sketch, or Sketchbook Full Color's are any different from K-On?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:02:06 2009 No.2607710 >>2607687 >>2607687 I gotta agree. Show been getting downhill after the first 2eps with emo saki and 20k cocks. And come on, a website that is supposed to save japan? Lets hope the show pickup again. It got a good potential though.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:03:06 2009 No.2607711 >>2607681 >>Even if you like slice of life but don't like moe~, dont touch this series also. You shouldn't touch K-On period.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:03:06 2009 No.2607712 >>2607550 gb2 superflat movement

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:04:06 2009 No.2607716 >>2607702 Well they're certainly a lot better than K-ON.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:06:06 2009 No.2607726 >>2607702 How about Yotsubato? Or Yokohama Kaidashi? Or Emma?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:07:06 2009 No.2607728 >>2607716 Enjoy not being able to like similar shows because you jumped on the /a/ bandwagon.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:11:06 2009 No.2607748 >>2607702 At the end of the days, all these show are about little girls doing little girls thing. You will still watch it. It won't be memorable or a classic but it is a good time sink.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:11:06 2009 No.2607749 >>2607728 >OH BOY IF I DON'T ENJOY A SHOW SIMILAR TO OTHER SHOWS IT'S BECAUSE I JUMPED IN A BANDWAGON AND THERE CAN'T BE OTHER REASONS. Gotta love jaypee logic.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:13:06 2009 No.2607756 >>2607702 Cross Game wants to have a word...

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:14:06 2009 No.2607759 >>2607728 What are you talking about? I'm watching K-ON and enjoying it, but Hidamari Sketch and Manabi Straight are just a lot better. K-ON isn't bad but it's pretty mediocre as far as slice of life goes.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:16:06 2009 No.2607770 >>2607652 There's a new Pani Poni Dash OVA? Did it already air?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:19:06 2009 No.2607779 >>2607749 It has the same humor, same characterizations, same atmsophere, and the production values are better to boot. Why anybody would like one and not the others is completely beyond me.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:20:06 2009 No.2607784 >>2607770 You slowpoke, go watch it now. Yukkuris and niconico will be enough to get you to laugh.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:20:06 2009 No.2607788 >>2607770 Yes

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:21:06 2009 No.2607792 >>2607779 anti-kyoani fags

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:24:06 2009 No.2607798 >>2607770 >Pani Poni Dash OVA? Did it already air? >OVA >air ...

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Anonymous Mon May 18 00:37:06 2009 No.2607849

>>2607784

Eh, I'll wait to download it and all of the stuff I figure will be decent this season at the end of this season. There's a few shows from last season I want to watch first, plus I'm going to busy in the near future upgrading my computer to something not as shitty as a 4600i Dell whose best attribute as a desktop is that it has a 160 GB internal drive,

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:44:06 2009 No.2607871 >>2607849 >best attribute >160 GB internal drive At least you have your priorities straight

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:48:06 2009 No.2607889 lol just 160 , iv got three 1TB external HD's full up with anime/manga/doujinshi buying a fourth on monday. tayutama is a great anime this season, but its very ecchi

>>	Anonymous Mon May 18 00:52:06 2009 No.2607905 >>2607871 Doesn't help when you want to watch video in HD format but can't because your video card is a piece of shit (geforce 5200FX AGP x4. God I need a PCI/PCI-E video card but my motherboard is too old for a decent and cheap one)

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Anonymous Mon May 18 00:56:06 2009 No.2607917

>>2607889

Eh, I have 500 GB external that I'm going to salvage into an internal HD one of these days as my computer acknowledges that it is an external drive (can even ID the brand) but refuses to grant me access to anything on it due to something in the casing frying.

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Anonymous Mon May 18 01:00:06 2009 No.2607933

>>2607917

That happened with me when I salvaged the hard drive from my sister's computer after something in the case fried, but I think it had more to do with the fact that she used Windows ME and I assume that it anally fucked the hard drive somehow. It was a pain in the ass to try and salvage things file by file so I just formatted it and used it as a second hard drive and it ended up dying a year later anyway.

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