My name is Jordan Beltran and my name is Lei Jiang and our subculture is Otaku.
My name is Luis Parra.
A subculture is a group people that have similar interests values and desires in society
They have cultural patterns that distinguish them
And set them apart and they have the power to challenge
Hegemony through the use of signs and a particular style. A subculture that breaks from the norms and has its own particular style
is a subculture referred to as Otakus.
Otaku is a Japanese term for people with excessive interest particularly in anime and manga to give
clarification anime define as a style of Japanese film from television animation typically aimed at adults as well as children.
Otaku subculture's essential theme of various anime and manga works and most people find themselves identifying with certain fictional characters of the anime.
Some popular mainstream anime Otaku's enjoy are Pokemon, Dragonball, my hero academia
Naruto bleach to name the least. Otaku's heavily in dog themself with the conception of anime and manga it's been a
Considerable amount of time partaking the anime discussions regarding episodes of certain anime series. Due to their passion,
they often buy merchandise such as
figures, clothe, and objects are examples of some of their favorite anime characters. An example of this can be a jacket which resembles an anime or
Even a phone case of the series itself
Some behaviors that set them apart is attending conventions referred to as anime con which focus on anime and even speaking
japanese lingo such as the word simpi which means mentor.
The overall message of the subculture is their passion and love for anime and manga
because for Otaku's, they are a source of
Entertainment and escape from reality and allows them to appreciate and connect to the story and characters.
In the public the general like stereo type of Otaku is like they wear uh
anime shirts and they have like all kinds of merchandise
uh they bought from like comicon or from uh
Those um those
those obvious they like uh
But what I think like
What truly identifies as Otaku is like
like their passion into Anime like when on an online forum how they discuss each episode how they think of
an animation group how do they organize all those events going on I think that's more of the core of the
anime culture. I started watching anime back when
Toonami was big it was in the late 90s early
2000s Dragon Ball Z was hugely popular and it was basically on the watch
It was the only thing to watch after school
And so I started watching Dragon Ball Z and then I got curious about what else was available then I watched
Yugioh and Pokemon and just kept going and going from there
One led to the next so I also noticed you have a phone cover of one piece. Can you elaborate that please?
So the the phone cover I chose for my phone is the character Loofi from one piece it is
It's a show about pirates. And the reason why I chose Loofa in particular is because I
like I like the kind of person he is if I could be like him I would be. So you identify with him
Yeah
I want identify myself as an otaku because I just like
reading manga and also watching anime and it also allowed me to make connections and bonds with strangers who also share the same interests and
in most cases the story has a
Journey through it in a way
For example, the genre Shonen you have a character who starts off weak
and hopeless and remarks on a long and very difficult journey to become strong and we should go and
it also allows you to just have like a sort of like
Enjoyment and relaxation and for example my friend Lei
He wears an anime shirt to show his appreciation
and many of us we buy merchandise to represent our love for it as well
And when comes down to it, it's a sort of entertainment. Subculture doesn't
necessarily oppose the dominant culture
It is creating a break because many more people are becoming exposed to this
subculture and are accepting of their passion and interest in regards to anime and manga
Because they understand that anime and manga are a form of entertainment which allows people to come together and bond over the stories they tell
especially when anime is becoming more popular and prominent in many countries and more big-name individuals such as Elon Musk are identifying as
anime lovers
