anime is a multimedia franchise so if you spend money on otaku things do you spend more on anime, manga, novels, games or etc?
if you spend money on otaku things do you spend more on
| Definitely manga. I haven't spent on anything else so far. |
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| video games > manga > anime > merch merch used to be on top but nowadays I only spend around 30 bucks at the local annual convention |
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| I've always been a fan of DBZ fighting games and also started playing some VNs and gachas since 2016 whereas I have never spent much money on manga or merchs either. |
| Manga by far, but in last couple of months started to spend my money on whatever merchandise I randomly stumble upon. |
| I am a big light novel reader, so i spend a bit every few months on new books. I do not consider myself an otaku. I just like to read a good story. |
| What I bought the most were some posters made by local artists and some light novels and visual novels |
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| i don't want to spend money on physical anime products because i don't want to get too attached with the anime community |
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| games & figures > all else Although I don't just buy Japanese games. |
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| I go for games, but you know what... RPGMaker style game > Visual Novel style game. I don’t want to sit there, just pressing spacebar to get from Point A to Point B linearly. I want an active immersion. |
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jc9622 said: 3: I buy a few JRPGs every year that are anime-themed (Trails of Cold Steel, Persona, YS VIII and etc) but NOT visual novels since I'm not a full weeb and those are cringe as fuck. I've ironically played one (JUST ONE) in the past because of my friend and I gave up on the "game" (Imagine classifying VNs as games lol) after a couple of hours. But...your forum avatar is from a visual novel... (I dunno, maybe you picked her because she's cute and not because you played the game. That's legit.) OT: I primarily spend money on figures, followed by manga/LNs and plush (mostly Pokemon). My significant other and I are pretty serious collectors, and I probably enjoy collecting more than I enjoy watching anime. We also collect other merch, and casually collect console games, but a majority of the collection is manga/LNs, figures, and plush. To those interested, here's most of our living room: Here is a blog post with a more in-depth tour as well, though it's already pretty outdated only a month later. With some new figure additions, some of the problematic shelves look a lot better now. We have collectibles in every room of the home, though, so this isn't everything. There is a wall of Rem figures in my significant other's office, and I have the Aikatsu collection in the bedroom. |
| the only thing i ever buy is manga i have devilman, punpun, and vagabond |
deg said: @MajesticOtaKing goddamn are you those rare whales like what they call on the gaming community lol but thanks for funding anime for us poor plebs Lol you're welcome. The ironic thing is that almost none of our anime-watching is done legally. We have Hulu and occasionally watch anime on it, but nearly everything is torrented. Someday we'll fix that...probably. |
MajesticOtaKing said: Yea, I can't defend myself on this one. You got me lol. I forgot that "The Nonary Games" was primarily a Visual Novel, even though it had actual game play. It's been 3 years. When I say VNs though, I was referring to those VNs that are mostly dating sims and with H scenes. jc9622 said: 3: I buy a few JRPGs every year that are anime-themed (Trails of Cold Steel, Persona, YS VIII and etc) but NOT visual novels since I'm not a full weeb and those are cringe as fuck. I've ironically played one (JUST ONE) in the past because of my friend and I gave up on the "game" (Imagine classifying VNs as games lol) after a couple of hours. But...your forum avatar is from a visual novel... (I dunno, maybe you picked her because she's cute and not because you played the game. That's legit.) OT: I primarily spend money on figures, followed by manga/LNs and plush (mostly Pokemon). My significant other and I are pretty serious collectors, and I probably enjoy collecting more than I enjoy watching anime. We also collect other merch, and casually collect console games, but a majority of the collection is manga/LNs, figures, and plush. To those interested, here's most of our living room: Here is a blog post with a more in-depth tour as well, though it's already pretty outdated only a month later. With some new figure additions, some of the problematic shelves look a lot better now. We have collectibles in every room of the home, though, so this isn't everything. There is a wall of Rem figures in my significant other's office, and I have the Aikatsu collection in the bedroom. Anyways, I have the game on my PS4, so I played 999, Virtue's Last Reward and Zero Time Dilemma. I also didn't pick Phi just because she's cute. I mean, that's part of it. I genuinely think she's a good character and that's why I like her and that's why I have her as my forum pic. |
jc9622Aug 12, 2020 4:03 PM
| I live in a third world country so my case is different I go with choice one minus the legal stuff bec of the above reasons I read/ watch anime and manga online and occassionally download also because of that I don't download games of any sort except for some pokemon, yugioh, duel masters via emulators as the gameplay is more to my liking I've bought some anime DVD, magazines and posters but never had figurines, hoodies, and dakimakura And that's it. My life's boring lol |
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| I spent most in manga because it's the easiest to get, then anime merchandise and figurines, also voice actor goods like magazines and CDs. |
| Spending money for: - mal supporting, - Akirosenthal lover, - gatcha game, - Japanese indie games, - Jrpg game on steam. The next list are tocs iv and new fault game. - attend on local komiket and buy some goods (wall poster, stand acrylic, key chain, artbook, etc), - scale figures and model kit, - artbook (mostly game artbook), - im a commissioner in some local circle, - watch anime in the cinema. Uh ouh... Good God, i spend pretty much. I'm so thirsty π€ |
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| None of the above since I don't consider anything I buy to be "otaku things" Nor do i consider myself to be an "otaku" , because I'm not one, going by my understanding of the word. |
| I have been subscribing to crunchyroll for like 3 years now. But I have bought some random merch such as DVDs, and manga. Well, few posters as well. |
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deg said: im surprise the legal streaming subscription is not winning the polls FanofAction said: None of the above since I don't consider anything I buy to be "otaku things" Nor do i consider myself to be an "otaku" , because I'm not one, going by my understanding of the word. otaku acceptance is increasing especially there in japan source https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2017-06-14/.117446 That's fine and all, but I'm not going to claim I'm something that I'm not....Unless the definition of "otaku" has changed or something....I'm going to be honest....I really don't keep up with that kinda stuff... |
| If I wanna spend money I usually buy merches. I never really buy DVD, and I rarely buy manga lately, I bought manga a looong time ago, the last ones I bought were Apocalypse Toride, Kasane... and I forgot the rest. In 2016-ish. |
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| Most of my money went to: - PC JRPG (Steam) and Mobile Gacha Games (Google Play) - Merchandises (Both Official and Doujin) - Character Figures |
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| I've only spent a couple of hundreds of dollars on light novels. Mostly because when watching an anime, you want to know more right? Bought the light novels, realized there's like hell of a lot more information in them than it was in the anime. Which made me buy more. If you've seen Overlord. I really recommend buying the light novel. Did the same with Konosuba. Also, the upcoming Kumo Desu ka which comes early next year as anime. Already read 8 light novels of it and it's extremely fun and great. Hope the anime will be the same. Worried about the CGI tho. |
| "You only realize the real value of something you discarded when you get the chance to pick it up again." - Rudeus Greyrat |
| I purchased an Igawa Asagi onahole. |
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| manga for me. there's something with the physical copy of the manga that i can't describe that can't be found even in the most HD of the digital copy, it feels much more alive with the print |
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| For me is like this light novels>manga> merch>anime |
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| hats. anime hats are maybe 75%+ of my otaku related purchases.. cheap and novelty, perfect for the east european otaku who doesnt have the hundreds of euro of disposable income for the more expensive stuff |
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| It's either manga/LNs or figures. I don't keep my manga list updated (at all) because I barely give a damn about my anime list, and I consume a lot more anime, but for series I really like I do tend to buy the manga. I have a small shelf. I also have a few figures, and those really fucking add up fast with their prices. I have 7 in total on my shelf. On top of that, I got me a fancy 3D tit mousepad with Run on it. No daki, though, but I'd buy one if there was one of Run that I liked. Safer option is probably figurines/otaku merch. I wouldn't rule out manga/LNs entirely but I don't have exact price values or anything. My Nadeko figure cost a couple hundred euro, though, which alone might be worth my entire manga/LN collection. |
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| I do have a couple things I've gotten at a con held in my city but i've spent way more on manga and light novels. |
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| looks at the shitload of money I spent getting pngs in gacha games uh oh But even without my crippling gambling problem it would probably still be games, since I've bought a decent amount VNs. Outside of that the only anime related things I've bought are a couple figurines, but they're the cheap kind so doesn't add up to much. |
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| I don't spend money on any otaku things. With that being said, I would probably do music and movies. |
| I spend pretty much only on Manga, might consider buying something Otaku related tho |
| Do regular video games count as the games category here? Like, I'm pretty sure I've spent more even on the single genre of metroidvanias/non-linear exploration games than I have on anime and anime merch. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I tend to spend a bit (haha) of money on physical anime (DVD, Blu-Ray). Sometimes I buy a figure when it's on sale or when I see something at a flee market. And on rare occasions I buy an OST or Artbook. |
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| I used to buy Light Novels You know? Before Amazon started purging them? I only buy visual novels available on Steam for now. |
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| In university so still broke but I will buy some things soon. |
| My collection of DVDs is massive and all but 2 of my streaming services are for anime. I have a lot of rare collections, rare OVAs and movies, a decent selection of VHS and laserdisc releases, and special releases. Having said that, my manga collection is also nothing to sneeze at nor my game collection. I tend to buy a random manga that I've never seen before every time I visit a secondhand book store or buy several hundred dollars worth when my favourite bookstore in Sydney. Almost all my games are related to anime in some way and I collect for pretty much every console from Famicom to the most recent releases. My figure collection is kind of small but I have a lot of figures from my favourites (including a decent number of Super Sonico figs). Only a couple of body pillows that I've never even taken out of their packaging. I don't really buy anime music releases... CDs are expensive and I don't really listen to them. I have a few though. |
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| I have spent money exclusively on manga and only two small figurines. Maybe bc manga are here affordable in the stores. Plushies are just waaaaay too expensive |
deg said: oh then i guess they don't count.GlennMagusHarvey said: Do regular video games count as the games category here? Like, I'm pretty sure I've spent more even on the single genre of metroidvanias/non-linear exploration games than I have on anime and anime merch. yes regular video games count if they are about anime characters for example like Jump Force or Dragonball FighterZ anime most of the time is a multimedia franchise anyway I'm more likely to be playing a variety of stuff that has art in the anime style but isn't linked to any specific anime franchise. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
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