what the difference between a otaku and weeboo.

*sniff* *sniff* I smell german. <.< ...>.>...<.< Ummm..so an otaku is an anime obsessed person from japan and a weeboo is a strange foreign freak that thinks there japanese? o-o

i think thats what this thread comes down to if you filter out all the flaming and crap, so yea.

Oh boy. Don't talk to me about weeboos. Not too long ago one came to the house of a friend to learn to use flash. I still can't understand why the hell there are girls that think that you'll think they are "kawaii" for wearing ribbons, cute skirts, cute hats, stripped socks, and WEIGHTING OVER 200 POUNDS. And of course, using japanese words.

Funny, when I went to pick up her, I said "I thought you would be a bit late", she was like "no way, I'm never late" - arrogant tone. Then I said "well, panamanian hour" (that means, being an hour or more late). She came with "I'm not panamanian!" (somewhat offended). I asked her that then, from where she was, and she said all proudly "I'm JAPANESE".

All I could think at the moment was... "DOSUKOI!!"

...Hooray for Japan!

Crap... such a good thing there he has videogames, that was the best ever way to not look at that.

maybe the thread got weird. ok re write
1. otaku are japanese, but that doesn't stop their ones around the world. otaku's are an idea, picture computer nerds in the 80's. they were geeks and freak , now their rich and powerful, ie bill fucking gates. it hard to think what a otaku. am i one , mm no but i also don't live my life on anime or manga or even... hentai.
2. weeboo/wapanese/basian are people that believe their japanese just because they like naruto ,and eat pocky. they wear shit that make the Shinjuku and Shibuya ko-gal's think... your gay nigga. they sit in the malls food court with laptop blasting the gayest jpop wearing pink wigs and end all the broken japanese sentences with oh or desu.
3. fan of anime/manga. enter your own declinations here.

so basically piss off nothing is accomplished or changed, hater gonna hate, troll gonna troll. i going to sleep.

Looking at your nick one would think that you are from the US, but looking at your grammar, I can't believe you're from an English speaking country. Also, looking at how you use random Japanese words in sentences that dun make any sense at all, one would come to the conclusion that you're the personification of an Internet weaboo.

English is my third language, from the US but i was born in spain, the nickname is my email that i had since i was in high school. i know my grammar sucks but it early in the fucking morning for me plus it hard to type with you hand shaking.
so conclusion go get laid and stop hatin'.. wait why are you hating.. are you japanese.

the question is not what the difference is between otaku and weeboo's but more of what they rather be called.

to the average anime fan (like my friend) the word otaku is seen as an 'anime fan'. not to hurtful you just like anime.
while weeboo to all the weeboos out there is a hurtful slang which they want no part of. but when you think about japan has a bunch of slang to make it easier to identify certain groups of people.
its like saying im a sports'fan'. nothing wrong with this term until you start talking to the person and learn more than you wanted to on the subject. in turn you'll come to think of them as sprts'nerd/geek' rather than a fan with their cornucopia of knowledge. some will take little offense to this as they have too much love for the sport to care.
while weeboos will total offense in this categorization saying that they just love another countries culture and their sub-culture. and that is where the problem lies in culture. as people we can be generalized by our culture but by adopting anothers culture it can be seen as abandoning who you are for something your not.

for the weeboos out there they'll argue 'but this is who im truly am this is who im meant to be' it doesn't matter to public it's still seen as something your not meant to be unless you're japanese.

not gonna lie in a whole different direction in this by accident

You know, I think I'm gonna go get laid, again.

On topic, your grammar still sucks. And no, I'm not a Japanese. I am very much a anime nerd, or a weaboo as we say. I'm not enough of a faggot to be butthurt by other weaboos calling me one.

You don't got the joke. She was "japanese". Therefore, I thought about a "japanese version of her". Like when some girl told my cousin that a girl that was hitting on him was being being hit by a french guy, and that if my cousin don't do something she would be stolen from him. Since he didn't give a fuck about her, All I could think that he should repply was "Aurrevois!".

Does that make me a... Frencheeboo?

ah can you feel the love in here.

I hope not, I'll start suing for sexual harassment.

maybe i shouldn't of drunken the bongwater

According to the definitions posted, I come close to being a weaboo. The major difference is that this hobby of mine is more expansive than others think.

Facts about me:
1. I've watched over 300+ anime series, and not including the shonen trio.
2. I've read over 100+ manga series.
3. I listen to Jpop, Jrock, Jurban music.
- I never buy any anime or music. I buy manga on the occasion at my local Barnes&Noble.
4. I know Japanese, and occasionally say some Japanese when in private, never public, and usually when watching anime. After watching ### series, you pick up the language whether conciously or not.
5. I'd like to go to an anime/music convention, but never went to one due to real-life issues and constraints.
6. I keep my hobbies to myself and to a select few.
7. I love the Japanese culture without a doubt, from their values system to how they conduct themselves to their history and culture trends, but I'd be damned if I said I didn't like my freedom here in the USA. Taiwanese by ethnicity and proud of it (screw Communist values), USA at heart, and Japanese in mind. Not a bad combo in my opinion.
8. Outside of my Japanese hobby, I love playing video games, playing sports like tennis and volleyball and working out, and in general hanging out and watching movies.
9. Japanese food is awesome, I won't deny it. I like their main cuisine, from udon to sushi to ramen to okonomiyaki to soba. Their snacks are okay. Green tea is awesome simply for the somewhat bitter taste and health benefits.
10. If there's one thing that separates the Japanese from other Asian nations in terms of their products, its the quality they provide. It's why I like their products because their quality is simply unsurpassed.

So... does this make me a weaboo, or am I simply observant and made the decision based on my findings and beliefs on other cultures? I believe I do not come off as one of those "narutards" or "bleachfags," which seem to be synonymous with the term "weaboo," but nor am I the casual fan of Japan either.

nope not a weeboo in my mind major point in bold. do you believe your japanese when your not is my point of this thread, unless you japanese then..

I'll settle for being an 'otaku.' I certainly don't think I'm of the Asian persuasion nor do I pretend that I could live there. Obsessive fan, yes. Obsessive fan with unrealistic goals/ideas, no.

Me, a Japanese? No, never. I'm too lazy and not disciplined enough to be a Japanese.

But then again, what do you call someone who's not Japanese but have accepted Japanese values, customs, and traditions? They consider themselves to be Japanese in the purest sense, barring skin color. Of course, if it was simply to get ahold of Japanese products and in spirit of materialism, that would invalidate him/her straight down to a weaboo-like status.

This let you instantly out the weeboo stuff. For a weeboo nothing beats the frigging dangos and poky and that shit.

I match many of the other points with you, I myself like how organized and disciplined the japanese culture is, but I've been thinking that way waaaay before anime became popular here.

and if you ask me, FUCK YOU DANGOS! nothing, and I mean, NOTHING beats a fuking cheesecake!

When it comes to snacks, you can't beat America and it's chips. Bad for you? Yes, but do they taste awesome? Hell yes.

I mean, Japanese snacks are good, especially if you get more than just the standard fare (Pocky, Pretz, dangos, etc.), but they never seem to jump out and grab you like the way American snacks do. Do the Japanese have Slim Jim? Nuh uh. Do the Japanese have Fruit by the Foot? Nuh uh. However, American cuisine leaves much to be desired in terms of variety and healthiness.

I just think that people are free to engage in whatever they believe in so long as they aren't obnoxious about it. I assume weaboos are pretty obnoxious, and you meet these types of people at conventions.

The major differnce between an otaku and weeaboo. Also, Claiming they themselves are superior to others who don't watch anime.

Other than that... they are pretty much the same.