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                                             May 18, 2012

  Much of the writing out there
  covering the otaku-verse is
  on the level you'd expect...        OTAKU_YAKI
  But occasionally, I do get to
  hear from my fellow pretentious
  wankers:

  "Otaku: The Gods of Consumerism"
  Wednesday, August 09, 2006
  http://animetraveller.blogspot.com/2006/08/otaku-gods-of-consumerism.html

      "Otaku are the gods of consumerism, having
      formed a niche market so large and powerful
      that it dwarfs the GDP of many small
      nations. And this has grabbed people's
      (wearing business suits) attention."

      "... otaku are a market analyst's dream:
      a group of people whose only purpose is
      to consume."

                                           OTAKU_CONSUMED

  Against this consumerism,
  he argues that anime is
  only of value if you can              His pick for serious
  learn something from it               (didactic?) anime:
  and apply those lessons
  to something else.                    "Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal",
                                        the Rurouni Kenshin OVAs.
       (And what makes
       that "something                      "Almost everyone I know loves
       else" of value?)                     them, and touts them as works
                                            of art, masterpieces of the
            SURVIVAL                        anime art form. ... "






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