Comments on: The Philosophy of Being Otaku http://animediet.net/commentary/the-philosophy-of-being-otaku Eating it right about anime since 2006! Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:29:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://animediet.net/commentary/the-philosophy-of-being-otaku/comment-page-1#comment-8891 Mike Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:19:13 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=8719#comment-8891 <p><strong>mori</strong>: hmm. Well I'm not sure to tell you the truth, though the Japanese cons are definitely more oriented toward selling stuff than simply hanging out as fans. That might figure after all.</p> <p><strong>mt-i</strong>: very good to know, thanks for the info. I really shouldn't count him out until I've read the book, so sure. And I did make a point of mentioning where I think he is on to something.</p> <p><strong>Yumeka</strong>: I remember jpmeyer making a similar point, or something like that...TV anime was relatively rare until recently. And many of the ones on late night are the ones we complain about--and also write about.</p> <p>And definitely, there's good stuff out there every season. We just have to be more discriminating these days.</p> mori: hmm. Well I’m not sure to tell you the truth, though the Japanese cons are definitely more oriented toward selling stuff than simply hanging out as fans. That might figure after all.

mt-i: very good to know, thanks for the info. I really shouldn’t count him out until I’ve read the book, so sure. And I did make a point of mentioning where I think he is on to something.

Yumeka: I remember jpmeyer making a similar point, or something like that…TV anime was relatively rare until recently. And many of the ones on late night are the ones we complain about–and also write about.

And definitely, there’s good stuff out there every season. We just have to be more discriminating these days.

]]> By: Yumeka http://animediet.net/commentary/the-philosophy-of-being-otaku/comment-page-1#comment-8834 Yumeka Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:49:57 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=8719#comment-8834 I agree that a lot of recent anime panders to fetishes rather than tell creative, artistic stories. But as I've discussed on my blog as well, much of it has to do with the sheer amount of anime being produced in recent years because of the switch to digital animation. Because there's so much more anime being produced now than ever before, it's more difficult to find the good ones, but they still exist =) I agree that a lot of recent anime panders to fetishes rather than tell creative, artistic stories. But as I’ve discussed on my blog as well, much of it has to do with the sheer amount of anime being produced in recent years because of the switch to digital animation. Because there’s so much more anime being produced now than ever before, it’s more difficult to find the good ones, but they still exist =)

]]> By: mt-i http://animediet.net/commentary/the-philosophy-of-being-otaku/comment-page-1#comment-8833 mt-i Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:02:45 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=8719#comment-8833 Azuma may not be an otaku, but he's still the kind of non-otaku that would not only play bishoujo games, but come and sell doujin analyses of AIR and Clannad at a Comiket booth. So yeah, Doubutsuka suru postmodern does take an outsider view of the fandom, but contrary to certain other scholarly accounts on the subject, it's not disconnected to the point of losing all relevance. Azuma may not be an otaku, but he’s still the kind of non-otaku that would not only play bishoujo games, but come and sell doujin analyses of AIR and Clannad at a Comiket booth.
So yeah, Doubutsuka suru postmodern does take an outsider view of the fandom, but contrary to certain other scholarly accounts on the subject, it’s not disconnected to the point of losing all relevance.

]]> By: moritheil http://animediet.net/commentary/the-philosophy-of-being-otaku/comment-page-1#comment-8832 moritheil Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:31:36 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=8719#comment-8832 I don't know if he's trying to be critical so much as he takes a critical angle on otaku as granted.  To be fair, that's normative in Japanese society. Interestingly, if one accepts that Japanese fandom is more commercialized, this also may help explain things like the fanart backlash a few months ago - American fan artists might not really expect to sell their fan art, whereas maybe Japanese fan artists see themselves as being part of an <i>inherently commercial</i> community. I don’t know if he’s trying to be critical so much as he takes a critical angle on otaku as granted.  To be fair, that’s normative in Japanese society.

Interestingly, if one accepts that Japanese fandom is more commercialized, this also may help explain things like the fanart backlash a few months ago – American fan artists might not really expect to sell their fan art, whereas maybe Japanese fan artists see themselves as being part of an inherently commercial community.

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