A person obsessed with anime, manga, comics, entertainment, video games, electronics, toys, vehicles, weapons, history or other subjects.
The term started as a derogatory term in Japan towards anti-social people who are highly fixated over a particular subject or person, but has since evolved (in the west mostly) to imply a cool, eccentric individual with particularly unique hobbies or interests. However, depictions of generic otaku as an "unhealthily obsessive fan" stock character remains in widespread uses in media.
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