Comments on: “The Two Types of Anime Otaku” http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/ Anime, manga and games, observed from Japan Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-994064 Anonymous Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:09:17 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-994064 Type A, but characters are important to me as well. eg. I really like K-ON's characters, and even though I agree the plot isn't 'great,' it has its merits (appreciate school kind of thing). Type A, but characters are important to me as well.
eg. I really like K-ON's characters, and even though I agree the plot isn't 'great,' it has its merits (appreciate school kind of thing).

]]> By: Red http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-994059 Red Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:50:52 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-994059 Type B. *Is an American* :D Type B. *Is an American* :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-971455 Anonymous Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:54:28 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-971455 I'm a Type A. This is why I don't watch loads of anime anymore. I'm stuck watching old series or ones for children with good storylines (Like Pretty Cure). I'm a Type A. This is why I don't watch loads of anime anymore. I'm stuck watching old series or ones for children with good storylines (Like Pretty Cure).

]]> By: z3ke http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-970351 z3ke Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:17:03 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-970351 same here. :D same here. :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-953325 Anonymous Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:51:11 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-953325 You seem to explain almost all my thoughts about anime :P Except the part of artbooks and figures (although I have some, but more for "representation" than figure madness), I seek anime on the way you described :3 PS: I thought K-ON would be moe overload (like Ichigo Mashimaro) and would not like it. Wrong. It wasn't too moe for me, but I enjoyed it a lot. You seem to explain almost all my thoughts about anime :P
Except the part of artbooks and figures (although I have some, but more for "representation" than figure madness), I seek anime on the way you described :3

PS: I thought K-ON would be moe overload (like Ichigo Mashimaro) and would not like it. Wrong. It wasn't too moe for me, but I enjoyed it a lot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-952932 Anonymous Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:19:42 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-952932 Pure B here Pure B here

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-952912 Anonymous Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:00:29 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-952912 2ch is wrong 2ch is wrong

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-952742 Anonymous Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:04:01 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-952742 This is fucking retarded, I like all kinds of anime, this "categorization" is retarded. Fuck you. This is fucking retarded, I like all kinds of anime, this "categorization" is retarded. Fuck you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-937955 Anonymous Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:06:28 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-937955 Whoever is type B should just go and die... Who cares for characters in anime,just go and play VNs or Eroge if you like those characters so much... Anime/manga/Novels should still have a story and focus on characters only in the point of development and not to sell merchandise and/or to promote the seiyuu that became another sales-argument nowadays... Type B Otaku are not better than those Groupies on Rock-/Pop-concerts that sold their soul to their idol by creating fan-clubs,plastering their rooms with merchandise and posters and buying their creations (like music CDs) and visiting events (autograph sessions,concerts,fangroup-meetings,etc...). These people are just disoriented consume-zombies and can never enjoy real anime. They tend to fall into every trap that is laid out by the market like those pseudo-anime( more like animated commercials) like K-ON,Lucky Star,etc. that do not even try to conceal that their only purpose of existence is to sell merchandise... The general thing behind that is that more and more people nowadays a just tad stupid and can't understand complex stories,that's why they tend to similar entertainment on a level low enough for their brain to understand it. That's why they enjoy characters doing simple tasks more than all characters(be it main- or side characters) contributing on a rather complex storyline with a backgroundstory, cliffhangers,climax,turnarounds and a rather complex ending, based on the classical structure of literature, leading to todays "anime-corruption". Whoever is type B should just go and die...
Who cares for characters in anime,just go and play VNs or Eroge if you like those characters so much...
Anime/manga/Novels should still have a story and focus on characters only in the point of development and not to sell merchandise and/or to promote the seiyuu that became another sales-argument nowadays...

Type B Otaku are not better than those Groupies on Rock-/Pop-concerts that sold their soul to their idol by creating fan-clubs,plastering their rooms with merchandise and posters and buying their creations (like music CDs) and visiting events (autograph sessions,concerts,fangroup-meetings,etc...).

These people are just disoriented consume-zombies and can never enjoy real anime. They tend to fall into every trap that is laid out by the market like those pseudo-anime( more like animated commercials) like K-ON,Lucky Star,etc. that do not even try to conceal that their only purpose of existence is to sell merchandise...
The general thing behind that is that more and more people nowadays a just tad stupid and can't understand complex stories,that's why they tend to similar entertainment on a level low enough for their brain to understand it.

That's why they enjoy characters doing simple tasks more than all characters(be it main- or side characters) contributing on a rather complex storyline with a backgroundstory, cliffhangers,climax,turnarounds and a rather complex ending, based on the classical structure of literature, leading to todays "anime-corruption".

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-936249 Anonymous Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:13:46 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-936249 :thumb up :thumb up

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-936248 Anonymous Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-936248 why Type B always being underestimated?? why Type B always being underestimated??

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-936193 Anonymous Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:28:12 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-936193 so i'm ab- or ab+ idk so i'm ab- or ab+ idk

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-921925 Anonymous Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:39:18 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-921925 the same with me the same with me

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-920849 Anonymous Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:44:56 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-920849 Im a Type A, who just watches/reads (read more tho) the mainstream anime/manga (like One Piece and Initial D). Basically shounen stuff. Also I watch Strawberry Panic because I think the plot was nice (and kinda sad). Also because it was Yuri Lol. The only "Type B" manga/anime was ToLoveRu (Darkness too). I started to read it only cuz it was made by the author of Black Cat... and Eve/Yami... :P Im a Type A, who just watches/reads (read more tho) the mainstream anime/manga (like One Piece and Initial D). Basically shounen stuff. Also I watch Strawberry Panic because I think the plot was nice (and kinda sad). Also because it was Yuri Lol.

The only "Type B" manga/anime was ToLoveRu (Darkness too). I started to read it only cuz it was made by the author of Black Cat... and Eve/Yami... :P

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-920384 Anonymous Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:19:41 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-920384 Type A for the most part. But do enjoy comedy anime of almost any type. Type A for the most part. But do enjoy comedy anime of almost any type.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-915837 Anonymous Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:01:36 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-915837 My list says I'm a Type A, with B tendencies. Blue Gender Casshern Sins Cowboy Bebop Darker than Black Durarara!! Elfen Lied Eureka 7 FLCL Ghost in the Shell Golden Boy Gundam Wing Hellsing Kanokon (oh shit, moe) Last Exile Mai-HiME (kinda moe) Onegai Teacher (was this moe?) RahXephon Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (I think this might be moe...) Solty Rei (sadly, I though this one sucked.) Tenchi Muyo Ryo Ohki (are decently drawn Harem anime's moe?) Toradora! (again, not sure if this is moe, but it was really good) My list says I'm a Type A, with B tendencies.

Blue Gender
Casshern Sins
Cowboy Bebop
Darker than Black
Durarara!!
Elfen Lied
Eureka 7
FLCL
Ghost in the Shell
Golden Boy
Gundam Wing
Hellsing
Kanokon (oh shit, moe)
Last Exile
Mai-HiME (kinda moe)
Onegai Teacher (was this moe?)
RahXephon
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (I think this might be moe...)
Solty Rei (sadly, I though this one sucked.)
Tenchi Muyo Ryo Ohki (are decently drawn Harem anime's moe?)
Toradora! (again, not sure if this is moe, but it was really good)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-915763 Anonymous Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:49:25 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-915763 Judging by your use of ^^', I'm going to guess that you are type B, a bit chubby, and haven't gotten laid (150+lbs girls don't count) Judging by your use of ^^', I'm going to guess that you are type B, a bit chubby, and haven't gotten laid (150+lbs girls don't count)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-915748 Anonymous Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:24:27 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-915748 LOL you can never have enough GAR! LOL you can never have enough GAR!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-882734 Anonymous Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:48:55 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-882734 Huh, I see things in both that I'm like. Huh, I see things in both that I'm like.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-864193 Anonymous Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:29:43 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-864193 I think Haruhi is easily divided within itself. You're a Type B if you're a faggot for Yuki and Mikuru. You're a Type A if you stick around for Kyon's monologues and deadpan delivery. I think Haruhi is easily divided within itself.

You're a Type B if you're a faggot for Yuki and Mikuru. You're a Type A if you stick around for Kyon's monologues and deadpan delivery.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-864190 Anonymous Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:12:57 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-864190 I'm a Type A and I'm damn proud of it. All the moe crap that the industry is churning out to sell to the Type B's is making every season less and less interesting. What have we Type A's got to look forward to this summer? What have we got to look forward to in the fall, even? Absolutely nothing. More goddamn Kami Nomi, more BakaTest, a CLAMP'd up adaptation of the Blood franchise, a series about a loli demon that drinks semen and a Gundam show that's alienating Gundam's key demographic. I'm pretty much done with the industry at this point. The only things left for me are Gundam Unicorn and the conclusion of Hellsing Ultimate. Fuck our livelihoods. I'm a Type A and I'm damn proud of it. All the moe crap that the industry is churning out to sell to the Type B's is making every season less and less interesting. What have we Type A's got to look forward to this summer? What have we got to look forward to in the fall, even? Absolutely nothing. More goddamn Kami Nomi, more BakaTest, a CLAMP'd up adaptation of the Blood franchise, a series about a loli demon that drinks semen and a Gundam show that's alienating Gundam's key demographic. I'm pretty much done with the industry at this point. The only things left for me are Gundam Unicorn and the conclusion of Hellsing Ultimate.

Fuck our livelihoods.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-863723 Anonymous Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:43:27 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-863723 Type A: Likes anime for their story. Type B: Likes anime for their characters (cute / ecchi characters or simply guro.) Type A: Likes anime for their story.
Type B: Likes anime for their characters (cute / ecchi characters or simply guro.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-863722 Anonymous Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:42:26 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-863722 too much explanation. Short version: You are a type B. too much explanation. Short version: You are a type B.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/16/the-two-types-of-anime-otaku/#comment-863721 Anonymous Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:41:13 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=26767#comment-863721 conclusion: Your blood type is AB. conclusion:
Your blood type is AB.

]]>