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You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jun 23, 2005 10:38am
by WhoWantsToKnow
I'm sure most of you are aware of Jeff Foxworthy and his famous "You might be a Redneck if..." lines. Well, the thought has occurred to me that perhaps we can do the same thing...only with an anime flavor.

So now I introduce the thread "You might be an Otaku if..." (For the uninitiated, an Otaku is an anime fanatic.)

I invite people to plumb the depths of their humor with their ideas of just how far an Otaku will go. I must ask, however, that the jokes be kept clean (in accordance with the rules of the board).

Here's a simple one to get things started:
You might be an Otaku if...
You keep advance flight tickets for the next five anime conventions.

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jun 23, 2005 3:27pm
by Kou Akabane
ah fun o.o this's kinda stupid but:

You might be an Otaku if..
Your life is a role play and the lady walking her dog is your new apponent.

XD stupidness o.o; I tried...

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jun 23, 2005 8:43pm
by Dark Lilly
Great Thread, WhoWantsToKnow!

You might be Otaku if ...
you are watching a live action movie or TV show and think, "Geeze, this would have made a great anime..."

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jun 27, 2005 2:56pm
by WhoWantsToKnow
You might be an Otaku if...
You met your current and last boy/girlfriend while they were performing cosplay.
You dedicate more of your monthly income to the local comic store than to the rent.
Your idea of nightly reading is an imported Japanese manga.

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jun 27, 2005 5:38pm
by Dark Lilly

You might be Otaku if ...

You have a 10-out subscription with Anime Takeout and an 8-out subscription with Netflix and still make time to watch.

All the new stuff on Adult Swim is already "old hat" to you.

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jun 30, 2005 5:34am
by WhoWantsToKnow
You might be an Otaku if...

You're willing to drive to the next state just to get that missing volume in your collection.

You have more anime posters than wall space on which to put them up.

You're a guy with an alarm clock that looks like a character from the "Magical Girl" genre.

The clerks at the nearest Suncoast recognize you and your interests as soon as you walk in.

You went through the anime selection at every Blockbuster in a 20-mile radius within a week.

You use an anime theme song for your cell phone ringtone.

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jul 10, 2005 5:34pm
by Shining Star
you might be an Otaku if....
when you go to the local library the librarian tells you about the lastest manga they got as soon as you walk in.

you come home every saturday night at 8:30 to watch toonami and adult swim

you look at your life as an anime and you are the hero/heroine of it

you spend your weekly 5 dollar allowance on shonen jump and shojo beat which is monthly and save the last 10 bucks for next month.

on homecoming night you asked your boyfriend to tape anime for you while you were out that night at the dance

you say kamehameha when you're "sparring" with your friends

you tell your dad Goku could kick Batman's a$$

you keep a list of all the hot anime characters you like and fight over them with your friends

you try to relate everyones personality to an anime character

you have several character nicknames among your own anime friends

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jul 10, 2005 7:10pm
by J.Kudo
You posted in this thread (Guilty)

YOu have mroe AMVs on your computer than all other files combined (Almost Guilty, thank DnD for that one, 18 3 page backstories and game materials...)

You watch anime in your head... (Guilty)

You regularly quote anime in normal conversation.
+1 if you expect outsiders to understand your reference
(Guilty +1)

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jul 12, 2005 12:35am
by ThunderFlarz
Umm...

If you listen to the anime themes and nothing else for two months straight (I'm attempting to do so for Angelic Layer)
You think you're a whole bunch of anime characters in one package (Personally, I've the looks of Keitaro Urashima, the temper of Vegeta, the self-doubt of Souchirou Arima, behaviour of Hideki Motosuwa...)
You pine for hours after finding only one DVD volume of an anime you're looking for...
You watch anime for the specific voice actors (eh, it's true. Gary Ayres, Hilary Haag, Andy McGavin and Eric Stuart rule)
You record the (shortened) opening and closing music for an anime onto your phone (proudly guilty)
Oh, and write fanfiction for anime too. (Except that I have writer's block... ahhhhhh!!!)

Oh, and I envy anyone who actually has anime music for a ringtone. Darn!

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Jul 12, 2005 8:49am
by Geekster
you might be a big otaka if all your friends are tired of you talking about anime and your favorite anime boys!(This one happened to me!)

re: You might be an Otaku if...

Posted: Aug 07, 2005 1:11pm
by animesumo
youll be a otaku if thats all you talk about and you pertend to be a anime characcter and all your money goes to anime lol im a otaku, =D>