***I did not have any part in the creation of this test
General
You know what otaku, anime, and manga mean.
You won't admit you're watching Japanese cartoons. It's Anime!
You do NOT think all anime is porn.
You feel anime is on the whole superior to cartoons made in any other country.
You believe editing anime to put on television is a terrible idea.
But not as bad an idea as not having it on television at all.
You've watched anime for 10 hours straight.
And watched more anime the next day.
You can't go for a week without watching anime.
You spend over 8 hours a week doing something related to anime.
You've seen anime before it's release date for where you live.
You've watched untranslated anime.
You've played an anime drinking game. (alcohol not nessessary)
You went to Japan to get anime.
You went to an anime convention.
More than a state or over 5 hours travel time to get there.
You belong to an anime club.
And attend nearly all of it's meetings.
You belong to multiple anime clubs.
You belong to an anime club that has it's normal meetings over an hour away.
You help start an anime club.
You've argued over an anime story.
You've argued whether sub or dub is better.
You've publicly defended the artistic merit of anime.
You know more Japanese words than the language course you took in a class in school.
You've taken a Japanese course to better understand anime.
You own a Japanese-English dictionary.
You've made anime-related jokes.
And someone laughed at them. (not you)
You understood someone else's anime-related jokes.
You can sing a theme song in Japanese.
You memorized the dialogue of an anime tape.
In Japanese.
You can discern a character's voice artist.
You can approximate the date when an anime tape was made.
You draw in an anime style. (Large eyes, strange hair styles, etc.)
You can identify an anime character by a single characteristic. (eyes, hair style, etc.)
You know more about a fictional anime character than many of the people you are around in real life.
You know more about certain people in the anime industry than you do about many of the people you around in real life.
You understood Akira or Darkseid Blues without anyone trying to explain it to you.
You've eaten with chopsticks.
You normally sleep when it's night time in Japan.
You've dreamt about anime.
You've dreamt you were an anime character.
You want to have anime related music played at your wedding.
You've used an anime character's trademarked line in public.
In Japanese.
You've dressed as an anime character.
Of the opposite sex.
You react to things like an anime character would.
You answer to an anime character's name.
You've said something like (and meant it) : Too many panty shots? Oh, I didn't notice.
I thought breasts do jiggle even when you are just turning your head!
You mean rocks don't normally explode?
You've got two girls/guys in love with you? That's nothing.
Computers
You've played an anime related video game.
You have over 1 Meg of anime related material saved on you computer.
Over 50 Megs.
Over 1 Gig.
You've searched the web for anime information.
On parts of a series not yet released where you live.
You have an anime related web page.
You are part of an anime mailing list or check an anime newsgroup.
You've logged on to an anime related IRC.
You computer has an anime related desktop theme.
You user ID is anime related.
Fan-Works
You've written anme fan-fictions.
You've drawn fan pictures.
You've been involved in making a fan parody.
You've been involved in making a fan translation. (either video or manga)
You've been involved in making an anime music video.
You've participated in making a television program about anime.
You've worked on an anime magazine.
You've done short anime style animation work. (cell or computer)
You've worked on dozens of fan-works.
You've been voted for best fan-work.
You've recieved favorable comments from someone involved in making the anime you did a fan-work for.
Merchandise
You've imported items directly from Japan.
You own an anime tape.
You own an anime LD or DVD.
You own more anime tapes than the average video rental store. (30+ tapes, LD's, DVD's)
Are you sure you don't distribute anime? (150+ tapes, LD's, DVD's)
You own at least 8 tapes from the same anime series.
The only videos, LD's and DVD's you collect are anime.
You collect manga.
In original Japanese.
You own an original anime cell.
You collect small anime related merchandise. (cards, small figurines, stickers, etc.)
You own a Japanese music CD.
You own models, dolls, and/or plushies of anime characters.
You own a large anime poster.
You own a wall scroll or anime calendar.
You have at least five anime posters and/or wall scrolls hanging on your walls.
What color is a wall? (your walls are covered in anime)
You own imported Japanese games.
You own a Japanese video game system or converted a game system just to play some of those games.
You own any other anime merchandise not covered above.
You've spent over a thousand dollars on anime and related items.
You've spent over a hundred dollars on a single anime related item.
You've paid more for anime in a month than on all other expenses combined.
Language
(half a point for each of the following Japanese words or phrases that you know the English meanings to. Max 10 points)
Gomen Nasai
Arigato
Ohaiyo
Konnichiwa
Nani Sunde
Hai
Baka
Bake
Buta
Ryu
Kawaii ku ne
Tenshi
Megami
Koi
Aoi
Onna
Otoko
Shine
Hentai
Ichi Ni San
Scores:
0-9: Do you even know what anime means?
10-19: Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon is not the extent of anime.
20-29: Go out and rent some anime NOW!
30-39: You rely on your friends for anime.
40-49: Otaku in training.
50-59: Congratulations! You are an Otaku.
60-69: You mother is worried about you.
70-79: There is more to life than anime.
80-89: Stop watching anime and go outside!
90-99: You should move to Japan.
100-109: You need medical help.
110: You are the Otaku-King!
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