On 28th March, Japan organised world’s first _____ expo. This was a part of a special comic book fair held every 5 years. Even ____ groups outside Japan were invited.
_____ is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, commonly the anime and manga fandom.
Identify this popular term for ‘geek’ which once carried a negative connotation.
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Otaku
Its contemporary usage originated with Aqua man's 1983 essay in Manga Burikko. Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another person's house or family