The Japan Times Online: "PC, animation geeks a market 'maid' to order
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Staff writer
Ever since the term 'otaku' (geek) started gaining currency in Japan a few decades ago, it has always carried an unflattering image of bespectacled introverts combing the back streets of Akihabara for obscure PC parts or drooling over cartoon characters."
Friday, February 04, 2005
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