In exactly 6 days Comic Con will Hit San Diego and Nerds-Geeks-Otaku and a whole bunch of wannabe Geeks are going to invade the Gaslamp District. So to get you in the mood for the amazing geekgasim that is Comic Con.. here is a Geeky video everyday for the next 10 days until Day 0 Preview Night!
A term you may or may not know is Otaku. A Japanese slang word that essentially means "Geek" or "Nerd".. one who obsesses over hobbies. The Anime community has grown tremendously since I was in high school, and is now one of the biggest groups to represent at Comic Con. I'd say (don't quote my number its just a guess) about 45% of the Costumed Attendees are Anime based. So while you're oogling the Slave Leias and Superman's.. you'll miss the awesome costume details of:
Vampire Princess Miyu
Chobit
or the wildly popular Akatsuki
My personal favorite is finding Final Fantasy Cosplayers.. amazing costume design.
These days there are tons of community groups locally and nationally that gather for events to meet each other, some who've only met on message boards or other social media websites and CosPlay (Costume Player) as groups.
Although many people view this as an extreme "Socially Awkward" lifestyle, the community is one of the most tight knit and very friendly subculture to embrace their "Otaku".
This video is from one of my favorite J-Drama shows Densha Otoku, which roughly translates "Train Man". Densha Otoko is a popular example of the "nice guy" class of Japanese geeks who wish to lead normal lives, but are too shy to find a girlfriend, or speak openly anywhere but online.
In the show, this lady gets harassed on a train by a drunk, and Yamada gets fed up and goes to her rescue. She thanks him by giving him tea cups from Hermes. He shares his experience on this message board and his friends on the board insist he ask her out on a date.. and he does. But being so inexperienced in the world of dating he constantly goes back to the message board to ask for advice.
Based off a true story, this was first a manga, then an 11 episode TV Show and eventually was a Full Length movie..
This song "Sekai wa sore wo ai to yobundaze" ("That's what the world Calls Love") is the ending credits to the show featuring the band Sambao Master.
If you want to watch it check it out here: Densha Otoko on MySoju
