# The Otaku Encyclopedia

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- Authors: [Patrick W. Galbraith](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-w-galbraith), [Frederik L. Schodt](https://www.bookquiver.com/frederik-l-schodt)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2014-02-28

## Description

Otaku: Nerd; geek or fanboy. Originates from a polite second-person pronoun meaning " your home" in Japanese. Since the 1980s it’s been used to refer to people who are really into Japanese pop-culture,...

## Editions

### The Otaku Encyclopedia

- Publisher: kodansha_international
- ISBN: 978-15-6836-549-7
- Pages: 248
- Published: 2014-02-28
- Language: en_US