In the latest attempt to milk the otaku market, Japanese company C.S.T. Entertainment has created a site for matchmaking services, catering specifically to Otaku.
“OtakuMa” or “Otaku Match” is of course not used for dating like typical matchmaking sites, but rather for hardcore otaku to find friends (or rather, other otaku) with similar interests to themselves.
Launching on the 27th of April, the OtakuMa service will let a user sign up and then specify their interest according to the typical otaku genres, including manga, anime, novels/books, cosplay, games, idols/character voices, live-action special-effects (tokusatsu) shows, military, toys, vehicles, computers, and martial arts.
Users can also specifically describe their interest in fine detail, for example if he is a military otaku that likes the S-32/37 Sukhoi with the Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 cannon.
The system will then try to match these preferences with other users and compile a list of potential friends (in this case the list might be rather sparsely populated) for the person to get to know, or discuss the merits of using an automatic cannon instead of a gatling gun with.
To help otaku who do not want the terror of an offline meeting, the system offers full online interaction instead.
The service will be provided free of charge, and C.S.T. Entertainment has already confirmed that it will add more features in the near future.
The site can be visited here.
Via AnimeAnime.
It seems with this not only is the danger of having to meet any 3D females safely mitigated, but the bother of locating collaborators in the flesh is also reduced… Now otaku have even less incentive to interact with non-otaku, possibly a boon to both otaku and non-otaku.
Eh i’ll sick with meeting my cute otaku women at anime cons ^^ so many cute ones. Lol got one right now so it’s all good. Funny how alot just want some attention and if you give it to the right one you’ll do fine lol. Reason why you have couples where your all like WTF?!? why is she with him I’m so much better looking. 😛
i read somewhere a while back in 2050 we can have sex robots… just means you’ll have to wait a while.
I saw this thing where you can stick your (insert male genital slang) into a vaccum that looks like a (insert female genital slang).
if they don’t fight over there like “hey, konata’s my wife! back off!” but well I guess the site wouldn’t care as long as they get visitors?
this is gonna be a “trap meets trap” social club, am i rite?
maybe. if so sweet.
Oh wow.. maybe i could find my clone there x_x