The Evolution of the Otaku Room
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 16, 2010 10:30 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Collections, Comparison, Moe, NewType, Otaku
The evolution of the otaku room from 1985 to the present is tackled in the below series of illustrations, showing just how far otaku have come (or, possibly, fallen).
From the pages of Newtype:
Genzai (Translator’s note: genzai means now):

A standard creepy eroge otaku room tour:
Whether this can be described as evolution or devolution is perhaps an interesting question.










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somebody should make a prediction drawing on what otaku room might look like in 15 years, and after 15 years we will all have a look and laugh at how stone age our mind was.
plus...
this is already 2010, where is my talking robot cat with a pocket that have all the awesome stuff!??!??!
Haha I saw this on Desudesu about a week ago~
But yeah I noticed it kinda went from grungy + robots to clean + girl figures/posters
I wonder if you broke into that house and stole all that stuff (thats if he ever leaves) how much could you sell all that stuff over the net for
Will someone be so kind as to post the YT video link. I don't have flash and can't even install it since I don't use Linux, Windows or Mac OS X(I use OpenBSB).
Look at the source code of the page.
Devolution... Definitely a devolution. Mainly due to the fuck pillows and the strait up porn on the walls. That's basically like giving up on even the slightest possibility of ever having a girl in your room. I mean I'm a complete nerd so my future prospects depend on a chick being ok with that, but I don't go out of my way NOT to get laid. Its like they declared war on getting laid or something. Or am I wrong and missing the point? I don't think I am.
I agree with you. I dig nerdy and geeky guys who share my love for anime and manga, but I would never date a guy with a room like that. In the non anime/manga world, the equivalent would be some creepy guy with humongous posters of porn stars all over their rooms.
Anyway not that they care anyway; probably only interested in 2D characters.
I'd have some posters of some anime characters from a series I like just to show I am a fan, maybe also an epic Deadmau5 one (would it mix? :P) But porn? Pfff. I like it when they wear clothes (im talking about girl characters).
Seeing a Hatsune Miku poster in her normal costume is better than one where shes naked... Lol you kno what Im saying?
I really want to see how a fujoshi's room looks like.
all i can say is epic
the last pic is wrong. nowadays most otaku are about 4 times the size of the guy in the picture.
lol... I actually have that same wire shelving as in the 'genzai' pic... It also makes up my desk. I got the idea from okama's workspace. :3 (I was already buying that type of shelving for bookcases, it never occurred to me to make the new desk out of it too!)
Other than that, I'm more pre-moe otaku...which fits because I don't go in for the whole moe craze. But with even more emphasis on gaming over anime. (I have an arcade cabinet~)
Maybe even a little more conservative like the paleo-otaku, and I do have a couple 'model gun' lying around to scare the living fuck out of people. (Unintentionally, I assure you! It's not my fault I forget to hide them before inviting in the mormons or JW's when they come knocking!)
damn nice system he gots there!
Genzai means now...and Moo means moo....and keikaku means plan
Good evolution.
The last picture left out the 3 boxes of Kleenex and the scruffy beard and mustache on the person sitting in the chair, along with several opened and empty pizza boxes.
Should I be proud I have an even more extensive collection than him?
His looks great only because his room is small. And the eroge tower only contains 65 games, a number easily surpassed by anyone dedicated enough.
Proud? Only if you are impressed by little plastic figures and someone who has dozens of pornography games.
yes, I would call that to be proud
You should make a video tour of your room then. I was impressed by the room on this video. First time seeing one of this rooms. Mine looks so empty....
I'd love to see how such a room handles earthquakes
Where does the guy puts his clothes? I didn't saw any closet...
haha, you think he has more than one set? poor naiife.
man its sad i can spot a laserdisk player in a drawing despite never having seen one IRL.
I wonder if he would commit suicide if a fire were to consumes his room.
O//O あの初年。。。
It's 「少年」。’
OMG!! Watching the tour vid,... this fella must not eat or poop. Where is the door!!!!
Srsly,...
Nice,...
But where is the sub-woofers? You can't have a good surround sound set up without the sub-woofers. For that deep rumbling effects when playing games. Guess they're forbiden by mom & dad, coz they'll disturb mom & dad and the neighbors.
At least this one is neat and mostly tidy. Unlike some really creepy and scary ones.
At least this otaku, isn't a sole dedicated fanatic to niches.
As I'm sure there are the extremists, that give the rest of us a shitty reputaiton among the commoners.
o.o*?!?!?!?!
looks like otaku's hideout room on video
godzilla?
Windows were replaced by MS Windows, lol :)
I declare the last room delishuz
Notice how the figures have been replaced with Touhou plushies...
Why is he saying "キモ?" Is it the person's room or someone else's?
In my country people think that being a otaku is to watch anime lol
Way too cramped, that's my main concern. (and look at that tall computer screen)
"Oh, and I have a ton of alcohol. I find this existance quite depressing too."
that d00d stole my rig. Lulz jk. feels good to see similar rig.
if he can afford buying all the things in that room... why not get a place with a separate, better room? :/
my room looks like the paleo otaku old games and old school stuff im not in to moe
Otaku have apparently evolved to be better looking, too...
Wouldn't evolution mean progress. Looks all the same to me.
My dream room would have the normal stuff ppl want like a beast gaming rig, Subwoofer, PS3, HD TV etc.
But I want some figures and a Miku hologram to go with it XD Maybe some posters and a shelf full of my favorite manga and anime.
This guy is saying : "I'm virgin, and im okay with that"
Hs very confidence of hmself or very stupid...
for some reasons i envy this mother fucker
i never thought of that, placing a projector in your room. but still EVERYTHING inside his room is SWEET.
cool room.
I agree. Awesome room.
and the price = no girlfriend
you're getting it wrong. its no girlfriend = ability to afford such prices.
true.
its less cluttered now!
The 1985 otaku room should have an MSX or NEC computer if he's Japanese ,a C64 or Atari computer if American, or a Spectrum or BBC micro if British.
If he's rich he'd have a PC-98,Mac,Atari ST,Amiga, or IBM.
And VHS and Beta videos took up more space than DVDs and raws...