Next a Samurai Policewoman and her sexually challanged giant robot must take on a giant walking statue controlled by a sexcrazed megalomaniac! No, that's not true. Next, I will tell you about otaku like myself.

     I don't know if I can call myself an otaku, but I say that I'm one to mark my interest for anime. I find that when you become an otaku/anime-fan you start doing funny things. Going to the library and looking up books about Japan, reading and Japanese-english dictionarys or the more extreme taking a course in Japanese. Whenever you hear the word Japan or anime you get this feeling inside. Same thing when you see someone with anime t-shirt on the street or at school, you go, that's cool. It's hard to describe that feeling, but if you have you can consider yourself a otaku.

     Here is a list of signs that might mean that you too are one of us. This is my feeble attempt at trying to make something amusing. Hopefully this will crack a smile amongst some of you.

• You haven't seen daylight for a week
• Your floor is strewn with leftovers of Evangelion model kits
• You ordered the Tenchi Muyo In Love Special Edition Imported LD for $149.95
• You have a pile of over 200 shitajikis at home (hard plastic pad printed with anime characters)
• You keep suggesting to the school board that anime would make an excellent school subject
• Your favorite superheroes are Astroyboy and Gigantor
• You spend all your free time studying kanji and katakana
• Your room is overwhelmed by Ryo-ohki and Totoro plush toys
• You seriously discuss the inner meaning of early Robotech episodes
• You own only dubbed videos, in japanese
• You understand that Urotsukidoji is not a childrens title ^_^
• You have stopped staring blankly when someone says cabbit
• Whenever you hear the word Japan you put down everything
• Whenever you hear the word CLAMP you think of a big sack of potatoes
• The difference between anime and manga is cristal clear
• You always relate your aquantinces to anime characters "Ahhh him! That guy who's as stern as Tenchi's grandfather!"
• Your first word as a child was; "Totoro!"
• Your diet consists of sushi, and ramen
• You speak without moving your chin
• You don't take it as a compliment when someone calls you a baka gajjin
• Your license plate is personalized with the letters; R.A.N.M.A
• Your cat is named Ryo-Ohki
• When you hear the word "hentai" you don't think of a Hawaiian cocktail