“The Two Types of Anime Otaku”

sign me up for TYPE A,I hate strike witches and any fan service anime out there its all shallow trash.in the other hand anime like darker than black,GITS(ghost in the shell),utawarerumono,gundam,ayashi no ceres ( old stuff),death note,Guyver,etc,those are real anime which focus on the story and character development while not losing its interest or action.these types of anime make you reflect on life and on yourself,fan service anime only makes you live in a fantasy world and corrupt your mind = sleeping while hugging a pillow with a damn anime character on it. I rest my case, but hey we all have our tastes

I'm type AB-.

I enjoy anime and characters.
Not proud of Japan's anime because I'm not an animator nor I'm japanese - and I also like animation from other parts of the world.

I do evaluate anime based on direction, voice acting, art, etc... but I don't really dismiss comedy animes that uses the same old formulae.

Sometimes I go after animes for it's characters, though if it's completely bad or boring I'll just stop watching. Also can't bother wasting my time bashing or trolling fans.

There are times I like complex animes (with content), and times I want to watch something light just for laughs.

Don't care that much for seyuu names, as long as they fit the characters.

I like moe elements. I'm not too much into borderline hentai stuff, but if the story is good I don't mind that much too.

I do spend a lot with artbooks and figures... much more than the average anime fan in my country, much more than sane people would.

I'll agree that there are more B type anime being made, but I have to disagree with the hysteria around this. Truth is, more serious animes are still being made, and probably more than ever. But since anime is becoming more and more popular these days, the tendency is to have an increase on the stuff that sells. It's similar to games and movies.

Watched Higashi no Eden, Lain and Ghost in the Shell - they are all on my top list. But I also watched K-On and Strike Witches, and loved those too.

I suppose you could count me as a Type A if you included "comedy" in the "story emphasis > Moe" bit, considering how much I absotively love Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star.

Type A...but having quality characters is part of what makes a good anime. I think 'Type B' doesn't simply like characters, they're the type who obsess over them. In other words, KIMOTAKU.

Is there some kind of a hybrid type? a combination of these two types?

Type R definitely. Watch me dorifuto: sskreeeeeeeeeeeee

Type A here.
I hate moe-animus like K-ON!.
I want more animus like Akira.
Non-moe Seinen are the best.

Type A: Evaluates anime based on direction, voice acting, art, etc.

Type B: Evaluates anime based on which seiyuu are in it and what the characters look like.

...
What.

Fan type A with blood type A... oh, it's in the blood indeed.

I am of both type

Sometimes interesting characters trump story and aren't slice of life anime all about characters?

Many side characters deserve their spinoffs or rather they should have been the main.

Type A, with a bit of B thrown in. It's more of my general reaction to a good story: I won't watch some shallow anime crap unless it has either good story, art design, animation, or VAs; but I WILL often get quite attatched to the charactrers.

The more open the ending of a series, the more depressed I get. The reason? I don't want any characters' loose threads flopping around! Did Ryuuji and Taiga ever get married?! Did anything happen between Mion and Keiichi?! What the hell is the romantic connection between Roger and Dorothy?! (Note how all of these are relationship-based. If an interesting and believable relationship forms between characters, I want to see it all!)

Type A. I just can't be satisfied =/

I'm type A.

>However, they make much better customers than the more discerning Type A otaku.

That's right. Fortunately or unfortunately, Type B (Moe otaku) sustain the development of anime industry.

Type A, too ^^''

I think I'm the half A and half B...

I have to say, I'm on a close cusp of the two, as I have elements of both type B and A, but more mixed together. Like I'll watch an anime for it's story, but I may get bored of it if the characters design sucks (With the exception of Crayon Shin-chan). Also I like Moe but if there's no story and it's all just to show off the girls bodies I can't watch it at all then. I need a story but I need cute anime girls also... it's so hard to find anime's like that. Then again I grew up on Magic Knight Rayearth, Tenchi, and so on so I guess that's why XD.

Type C

I fire rockets out of my fingers.

I'm Type A.

And so true, for me, Good Story >>>> Moe.

That's why I never watched something like K-On! '_'

on a separate note, I have a friend who is Type B, and funny enough, he said he don't watch anime like Gurren Lagann or Needless because he said "It's too GAR to be watched"

and I LOL'd

i see my self as a hybrid type.

I define me as AB, I like anime with nice story but also like K-ON or other with moe characters too. With the combine , maybe i'm a balance anime otaku.

Definitely a Type A, and a rather snobbish one at that.. :D (although i love NGE, especially the last two broadcasted episodes and the end.. which can make me rather shallow)

I'd be type A, according to futaba. Though I do watch struggle through some animes for the characters.

Well, I like an interesting story. This way, I think that´s stupid including Ghost in the Shell in the first category, as it´s a very lame story, as everything Masamune Shirow produces. He is a good artist, but a terrible writer.

Good animes with interesting stories, for me, are things like Maison Ikkoku, Kimagure Orange Roach or Touch.

But, if I like a good story, I won´t deny that beautiful and likable girls are good stuff.

In short, I want good stories with cute girls.

"Piroca de Fantasma é Geladinha".

this is like the endless 4chan debate between "casual" and "hardcore" gamers.

as if playing team fortress and bitching about xbox on the internet all day makes you hardcore and not just a girlfriendless jackass.

I guess I'm a casual with a big collection.

as an American I guess i'm an mostly type A but some type B (I like trigun, cowboy bebop, SE Lain, but also moe stuff like lucky star, Strike Witches, etc.)

I am
70% type A
30% type B
still prefers anime with complex story and action in it like ghost in the shell, original macross, escaflowne, and of course cowboy beboop, etc anime in 80 and 90s which focus on futuristic space battle or fantasy. Evangelion is too mind-blowing for my taste...

Type B i like aria, card captor sakura, and well a little hentai are fine :)

Nowdays regular non-h anime is just full of overly frickin cutesy + fan-service...i hope the moe bubble burst soon, and let the good ol anime type revive.

I'm mostly a type A as most of the anime I like are of the types like Ghost in the shell and Gundam.
Though I admit to liking Azumanga.

Also where would I classify Lupin the III?
It's not moe but really has no arc but the episodes and movies often have good stories and lots of action.

Hmmm... I fall between the two. It really depends my mood. I think they should make more animez like Zipang.
I'd usually enjoy lolanimes.
Where does CG belong? Type A?

I would say type A with a pinch of type B

I'm an A that will watch anything simply because I enjoy anime.

Here's my mock-up:

Type A:

A person who simply enjoys “anime.”

Is proud of Japan’s anime.

Evaluates anime based on direction, voice acting, art, etc.

Story emphasis >>>>> Moe anime.

A recent example would Higashi no Eden. Fans of anime like Lain or Ghost in the Shell would probably be this kind.

However:

Type B:
However, they make much better customers than the more discerning Type A otaku.

People who like K-ON!, Queen’s Blade, Strike Witches and so on would be in this class.

Conclusion: I do like complex stuff but it doesn't always have to be 'srs bsnz', series that just throw all logic overboard and throws a pie in their own face like Strike Witches, Queen's Blade, etc. are cool too.

I also fucking love figurines.

2ch is rong

I think I'm Type B with A tendencies.

Type AB, no doubt. While too much moe gets annoying, no one can't enjoy Kanamemo unless you're christian.

I'm a type "B" initially, but I usually give up on moe anime after the first episode or so, but am always more initially interested in these types of anime. The anime that give me the most lasting interest are always "A" type.

Ironically, the anime stereotype is quite the opposite of the live action stereotype.

I elaborate:
Type b: Oh hey, I like Pirates of the Caribbean, [x character] is hot. I don't need all that deep plot stuff and , just everyday romance and funny situations with amusing people keeps me entertained. No elves or space wars or magic or any of that.

Normal.

Type a: Oh hey I'm really deep and watch lots of sci-fi shows and I must have things with deep plot instead of all these banal comedies where nothing happens. I watch movies to see some fantastic place that doesn't exist in real life. Like with elves and other fantasy.

Geek. Nerd. Dork.

Or am I mistaken? In fact, is this even truly the case with anime? Look at the actually actually non-otaku anime. Doraemon, Sazae-san, ect. Not very artsy philosophy hard sci-fi fantasy deep plot space elves are they?

I think at the very least it's fair to consider the both of them to be otaku. Just different kinds.

What if I watch both?

type a are often delusional elitists who will watch anything non moe and claim how deep it is, who fail to realize most anime's "deep plot" is nothing but pretentious cliche and cryptic dialog that pretend to be have a deeper meaning.

I used to be A but since college gives more than enough things to think of already, I converted to B which is an outlet of stress. But I still enjoy a bit of A type. So I guess I'm AB.

I watch type A; I fap to type B. I think that about covers it.

I'm very type A, but I loved strike witches.... I also love planes...

I am majorly Type A, but like everybody else I dabble in to type A sometimes. Just because slice of life makes me laugh.

Otaku from Japan are completely different, they can't be put into type A or type B.

I wholeheartedly despise Type B anime fans (fangirls*).

They don't respect or like the personality of any character in any anime whatsoever. All they ever do is find a character with a design that they like, COMPLETELY disregard their personality, then draw (or fanfic) them as a gay guy with another random person that they like.

It just bugs me, since I'm a writer.

*this isn't to say that every girl who likes anime falls into this category. Just annoying YAOIOMG fangirls that I have to deal with every day.

if i watch something like Kokaku Kidotai, Mononoke, Nekojiro-sou, Angel's Egg, Perfect Blue, and spriggan, should i consider myself a freak?

Type /E/ =_=

I am type A and although it is clear, I just realized now why people like K-ON!, an anime without any appeals I can find.

Let the war between A and B commence!!

im type AB i didnt like K-ON much, strike witches was a bore, but i love ghost in the shell, but i also like moe elements

Interesting how Haruhi was wisely absent from both type A and B lists.

I watched Fate Stay Night, Tsukihime, Cannan and played the VN-s + Melty Blood games

so I'm TYPE MOON?

AB absolutely

everyone is type A now...

i so fucking funny XD

I like Ghost in the Shell, Eden, Queen's Blade, and K-on...

oh shit where do I go!!??

wow they dont know shit lol

I would say type O is the type of otaku who like stuff which is neither redeeming by its story nor its characters. Pretty much like all the wapanese out there. People who like Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha and the like would fall in here.

I´m like both :D

More of a type A tho I do watch type B anime from time to time

I see my self as Aish, Bish.

I'm so sad. I like Higashi AND Strike Witches. =(

I AM A FREAK OF NATURE!!!!!!ONEONEONE!1111ONE!!

Wow I think I have a complex then.Because I watched Queen's Blade...and cared about the story <.< .But on a different note,I feel that both Lain and Texnolyze have bettered me as a person;I feel that FLCL put me through high school and the Blue Sub No.6 is one of the most overlooked animes of 1999.

A, always have been, and I'm the opinion that type B's are at fault that the anime industry nowadays sucks.

The funny thing is that most classic animes like Hokuto no Ken and Dragonball would make Type B.

I'm A, sometimes a bit of B tho..

QUEEN'S BLADE!
QUEEEEENNNSS BLAAADEEE?

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Type A, although as the article outlines, I consider myself a fan rather than an otaku.

Obviously Type B for me :)

a type.90, maybe
joke, but to be exact, 3 of Type A example are in my list favorite of all time anime, quite strange. But i do love K-on and cute light-heart stuff =/

I must be a mix of both Types. I like anime with good stories, but I also like anime with cute characters. Make a Type C. ^_^

Story-wise Eden was shit. Enormous amounts of hand-waving and asspullery. And Fridge Logic (Google it if you don't know).

I put anime on equal with all other media types, like decent UK comedies (no idea how, but brits are really good at them), hight profile US TV shows, etc.

It's all about the story, character development, and special effects/drawing style not being absolutely disgusting helps too.

Oh, and 95% of everything *is* utter crap. Especially when it comes to anime (lol), TV series (lol reality shows and everything MTV makes) and movies (cheap D grade horrors, there are 10 of them for every AAA movie Hollywood produces).

what type a narutard is ?

I'd say I'm a bit of both. I enjoy Lucky Star and K-on! (to some extent) and the main reason I watched Umineko was for awesome BATTORA and BEATORICE. But I don't mind anime/manga with a bit more content than "AM I KAWAII? UGUU~".

I think you can easily fall under both. o.0 maybe just not to the extreme of liking everything with "cute" chars.

I think I'm a mix of both?
I'm of the opinion that even if a show has a shit awful story, if the characters are interesting enough it can be at least a little enjoyable. Sort of like How when I read Great Expecations it was just SO BORING but I really liked a couple of the characters so I was able to get through it. (Yes, I know, not an anime or manga, yes, I'm using Dickens in a discussion about anime fan types but it's the only psuedo-applicable example that comes to mind right now.)

But at the same time, I dislike shows where the sole purpose is obviously "MOE MOE KAWAII DESU~ buy our character goods."

And about type Bs: "The otaku the media picks up on are usually this kind."
Well, of course. It's usually the few really bizarre Bs that will carry around dakimuras and eat birthday cake with their DVD paused on a particular character.

But I agree that this seems less like "Two types of Otaku" and more like the difference between "otaku" and "fans."

then i'm type A

Type A mostly the only type B anime i liked was lucky star and even then i only liked it cause of all the video game/anime references the only characters i even cared for were konata and kagami everyone else was either boring or just plain stupid
haven't watched strike witches except episode 8 which i was fapping to the entire time
samething with queens blade fapped to that as well
watch the ED of K-ON and then i was done

Well, 2ch has failed then.
What a retarded generalization, its like if no thought had been put into it, a kid could have come with that.

I think im type B i started watching To aru Kagaku no railgun then majutsu no index then evengelion and now elfen lied and K-ON! I think my choice of anime is quite varied really but i seem to be more into the moe charecter ones.

cant one be a bit of both?

though i like clevver anime, im also partial to the odd moe show.

the best lies in the balance imo

If I had to say any, I am type A. Type B faggots need to stop being catered to.