{"id":"otaku","name":"Otaku","summary":"Otaku (おたく/オタク) is Japanese slang for someone with obsessive dedication to niche interests, especially anime, manga, video games, and idols. Originally a polite Japanese word for house, it flipped meaning in the 1980s and rode anime exports abroad, cementing its English-language internet identity through a 2003 Urban Dictionary entry and 4chan's dedicated /jp/ board.","tags":["otaku","anime fan","manga fan","japanese slang","4chan jp","weeaboo","otaku meaning","anime obsession"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/otaku/otaku-trump-otaku-bedroom-katana.webp","caption":"A popular edit depicting Donald Trump in a stereotypical otaku bedroom, packed with anime figurines, manga shelves, and waifu posters.","width":1200,"height":768,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/otaku/otaku-weeaboo-otaku-tweet-meme.webp","caption":"A tweet joking that weeaboos calling themselves otakus doesn't improve the label, paired with a warped grinning-face reaction image.","width":680,"height":510,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/otaku/otaku-otaku-kimono-dvd-tower.webp","caption":"A widely circulated photo showing a Western otaku posing in a kimono next to towers of anime media, embodying the stereotypical fan.","width":640,"height":640,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/otaku/otaku-otaku-klub-spongebob-edit.webp","caption":"A SpongeBob 'Weenie Hut Jr.'s' edit renaming the adjacent restaurant to 'The Otaku Klub,' used to mock otaku culture.","width":1080,"height":1080,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/otaku/history.md","related":["pantsu","one-piece","anime-manga","onii-chan","anime","cardboard-box-gundam","ken-sama","meido-outfit","white-man-in-a-kimono","waifu","teleports-behind-you-nothing-personal-kid","assassination-classroom"],"popularityRank":2885,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}