How healthy is your wallet just for being an otaku?
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[size=12]For my first post, this is a question Ive always asked to many of my otaku friends. I mean, all those figmas, those AAA titles (with BluRay, Director's Cut, Limited Edition variations), those videogames, all those goodies from a convention, even the budget to go to a convention, where does your cash came from? Your parents'? From work? Leeching off on your GF/wife?[/h]
[size=12]Im single, middle-aged, and employed as a writer. I get paid well, but I probably cant continue my otaku lifestyle if Im commited and have kids.[/h]
[size=12]Im single, middle-aged, and employed as a writer. I get paid well, but I probably cant continue my otaku lifestyle if Im commited and have kids.[/h]
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That's the way whit money, it always ends, and if you have kids and wife you cant really afford to buy a lot of stuff, not just otaku stuff really.
At the moment i can afford this lifestyle cos i live alone, no wife or kids, so my expenses are lower, and i only buy figures and nothing else. (well blue ray from time to time, but very rarely) after all its free to read manga online ;D
At the moment i can afford this lifestyle cos i live alone, no wife or kids, so my expenses are lower, and i only buy figures and nothing else. (well blue ray from time to time, but very rarely) after all its free to read manga online ;D
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I am 24. Here's my financial situation:
Right now, I am only able to live an Otaku life because my husband and family are involved in it. I go to two anime cons a year.
One con I room with good family friends in a room paid for by our two moms. The moms take over my apartment for the weekend and hang out. On Sat night we all meet up for dinner in the hotel lobby and have a blast eating carry out BBQ.
The other con used to be similar. I'd split a room bill with the same family friends. However, Colossalcon is now at Kalahari Water Park. My husband, who had a passing interest in anime and sci-fi, decided he wanted to go one year. While he didn't really feel any interest in cons per say, he did feel left out when I ditched him for a weekend to hang with all my anime and ball joint doll friends. He picked this con since we could hang in the water park one day and then go conning the other day. He didn't want to split a room with my friends, so he paid for the entire hotel bill himself.
Since I have no time for a job, (and the school basically prohibits it anyways) all the money I save from xmas, birthdays etc lets me buy stuff there. Since that is my ONLY source of income, I have to plan what I am willing to spend on cons versus buying costumes etc the rest of the year.
My mother has a Crunchy Roll account, so we get most of our anime there.
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Right now, I am only able to live an Otaku life because my husband and family are involved in it. I go to two anime cons a year.
One con I room with good family friends in a room paid for by our two moms. The moms take over my apartment for the weekend and hang out. On Sat night we all meet up for dinner in the hotel lobby and have a blast eating carry out BBQ.
The other con used to be similar. I'd split a room bill with the same family friends. However, Colossalcon is now at Kalahari Water Park. My husband, who had a passing interest in anime and sci-fi, decided he wanted to go one year. While he didn't really feel any interest in cons per say, he did feel left out when I ditched him for a weekend to hang with all my anime and ball joint doll friends. He picked this con since we could hang in the water park one day and then go conning the other day. He didn't want to split a room with my friends, so he paid for the entire hotel bill himself.
Since I have no time for a job, (and the school basically prohibits it anyways) all the money I save from xmas, birthdays etc lets me buy stuff there. Since that is my ONLY source of income, I have to plan what I am willing to spend on cons versus buying costumes etc the rest of the year.
My mother has a Crunchy Roll account, so we get most of our anime there.
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SneeakyAsian
CTFG Vanguard
Yup, it gets drained pretty quickly, which is why I've been saving up quite a large sum of money for my trip to Akihabara this summer....
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
I work. I have two day jobs which I really actually work 20 hours a week. Flip side I make roughly 3-5000$ per gig, two gigs a month plus my day job which I make 15$ an hour plus 10% of the total sales...... I'm wealthy enough to pay for my vices.
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Currently after to going Business Class (elective credit), I looked at my bank account. $7.63 left. Last three purchases: Steins;Gate Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram $63.99, Volumes 1-12 English of Neon Genesis Evangelion: $98.97 (New, First Print, it was a steal), Garden of the Words ~$35.00.
That was my checking account. My savings are pretty stable. Thank God Anime Exists.
That was my checking account. My savings are pretty stable. Thank God Anime Exists.
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Drifter995
Neko//Night
Implying I spend my money on weeaboo shit.
All money gets spent on these:
And then the project of this:
Not to mention getting my daily, daily worthy
All money gets spent on these:
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And then the project of this:
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Not to mention getting my daily, daily worthy
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Gravity cat
the adequately amused
I don't buy animu merchandise and I don't buy shit I can get for free. Or rather, I pay a monthly fee for the cost of having internet to get that free shit. Inb4filthypirate
I'm just a cheapskate who keeps a close eye on his money. Might be why I've never been in debt.
I'm just a cheapskate who keeps a close eye on his money. Might be why I've never been in debt.
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Iamnotchrishansen
Jiggy Blackson
The only time I buy otaku stuff is when I go to a convention (usually spending $300 on merch), so that's once a year.
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Drifter995 wrote...
And then the project of this:
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Not to mention getting my daily, daily worthy
The wheel is on the wrong side of the car!!!!! :ooooooooooooooooooo
Where does my money come from? Ugh... Work.
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I usually don't spend money on things I will never use, but I do still have the pillow which is very comfortable.
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SneeakyAsian wrote...
Yup, it gets drained pretty quickly, which is why I've been saving up quite a large sum of money for my trip to Akihabara this summer....
i am envy that your going to akihabara :(
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PorygonPowah
Genuine Lumberjack
I'll spend at least 1500 a year on cons, and I usually get DVDs once or twice a month, not to mention any figures that catch my eye. If I travel for a con, I'll usually budget 2500 for it. I make around 2500 a month, and spend close to 1500 on living expenses, with the rest being free to spend on hobbies. Only problem is that anime is rarely my most expensive hobby in a given month.
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I never spend money for otaku stuff unless it's going to a convention which I end up spending a LOT of money at.
I've got a double hit because I'm an otaku AND a starving musician/artist.
I've got a double hit because I'm an otaku AND a starving musician/artist.
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I have a decent but relatively cheap laptop because I don't care about PC gaming, I don't pay for or even rarely watch anime, I don't go to anime conventions nor do I want to, I don't buy any collectible stuff (special dvd sets, mangas, action figures), I don't nor will I ever want to cosplay, I don't buy any decorative or day-to-day stuff such as posters, mugs or t-shirts.
I have a small collection of 9 PS3 games (waiting for price drops to make it 11 and never buy a game again) and, mostly, I spend my money on books. Real books, not manga or comic book crap.
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I'm not really an otaku.
I have a small collection of 9 PS3 games (waiting for price drops to make it 11 and never buy a game again) and, mostly, I spend my money on books. Real books, not manga or comic book crap.
P.S.
I'm not really an otaku.
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When I have a job, I spend all my expendable income on Video games and Manga, with me getting into tech now...
Even if I could cover all three, I'd have to start replacing/backing up (since I still can't read Kanji) the content on my hard-drive with legal copies (told myself I would support my favorite works someday).
If I could do that, I don't think there would be much else for be to buy, figurines here and there, maybe some other random objects... Maybe I'd pick up reading books in-between games. (I still have to buy an amp and some other equipment, maybe buying some of the instruments I wanted to learn might be good.)
Well as for how healthy, it's seen... well it's never seen better days (collected Gundam models and GBA games with my allowances and first job till I was broke. Age 10 or so.)
Even if I could cover all three, I'd have to start replacing/backing up (since I still can't read Kanji) the content on my hard-drive with legal copies (told myself I would support my favorite works someday).
If I could do that, I don't think there would be much else for be to buy, figurines here and there, maybe some other random objects... Maybe I'd pick up reading books in-between games. (I still have to buy an amp and some other equipment, maybe buying some of the instruments I wanted to learn might be good.)
Well as for how healthy, it's seen... well it's never seen better days (collected Gundam models and GBA games with my allowances and first job till I was broke. Age 10 or so.)
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Cons I've attended in 2013:
Phoenix Comi-Con - $85.00 + $45.00 for ticket
Anime Expo - $800.00 + $40.00 for ticket
Saboten-Con - $20.00 + $35.00 for ticket
Kikori-Con (Nov 9th-11th)
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Cons I plan on attending in 2014:
Taiyou-Con (Jan 3rd-5th)
Sabaku-Con (Apr 11th-13th)
Phoenix Comi-Con
Saboten-Con
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I usually spent around $1,000 on Animu merchandise in a whole year.
Phoenix Comi-Con - $85.00 + $45.00 for ticket
Anime Expo - $800.00 + $40.00 for ticket
Saboten-Con - $20.00 + $35.00 for ticket
Kikori-Con (Nov 9th-11th)
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Cons I plan on attending in 2014:
Taiyou-Con (Jan 3rd-5th)
Sabaku-Con (Apr 11th-13th)
Phoenix Comi-Con
Saboten-Con
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I usually spent around $1,000 on Animu merchandise in a whole year.
