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I also enjoyed your articles and not to be a nattering nabob of negativity, but I would like to point out that the term "otaku" is not specific to anime fans, but it rather a catch-all term for enthusiasts of any stereotypical nerd-type area of expertise. One could, for example, be a big rail fan and be an otaku (a train otaku) and have no interesting in anime other than the occasional appearance of trains in anime. This is how I understand the term anyway. I am not Japanese, so please correct me if I'm not correct.