The Otaku Comparison of Japan and Taiwan

• Main Authors: Pei Shuan, 吳佩璇
• Other Authors: Chen-Yuan Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83900642894843566565

碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 應用日語所 === 98 === Japanese Animation and Comics are one of the sub-cultures that Japanese are proud of. In places where Japanese comics spread oversea, similar otaku cultures tend to grow up in the area. In Taiwanese comic Market, 90 percent of it is occupied by Japanese articles,.a boom similar with japanese Otaku culture also had already been raised. On th other hand, a new word “Otaku man,” which didn’t exist in Japanese was also generated locally. After massive use by mass media, its meaning is gradually differentiated from the original one. This thesis discusses Japanese Otaku related cultures; the development in Taiwan after Otaku culture was imported. also the semantic meanings and differences between “Otaku” and “Otaku man” since they are very confusing for usage. This thesis is composed of 5 chapters: Chapter I describes the research motives, methods and contents. Previous references and their relationships with this thesis are also given. Chapter II describes the origin of “Otaku,” in Japanese, its development over 20 years in Japan, and Otaku related cultures. Chapter III describes the development of Otaku culture in Taiwan, and the social image to Otaku after the vocabulary “Otaku man” appeared in Taiwan. The Otaku phenomenon generated by “Otaku man” is also discussed Chapter IV compares Japanese and Taiwanese Otaku related cultures. The final chapter concludes this thesis; self-criticisms about insufficient contentions are also discussed.