THE OTAKU TEST
Fill out the questions as truthfully as possible. This test is designed to be the ultimate judger of one's anime culture rank and alignment! Once you are done, click submit and it will calculate how august your overall anime power is; and also tell you just what kind of fanboy you really are! Sometimes there is more to each question than you think, and each one is weighted differently. Answer it and see!
  • The first and most primary question: How big is your anime collection?
    1. I don't own any anime...
    2. I have a few tapes/dvd's.
    3. I've got a mentionable collection. Maybe even a couple completed series!
    4. My collection is getting pretty sizeable, I've completed several series and have filled more than one bookshelf!
    5. My collection is huge! I have at least several hundered tapes/DVD's!
    6. My collection is beyond comprehension. Maybe it'd be easier to list those I DON'T have...
  • Of each of the following series, which is your favorite?
    1. DragonBallZ
    2. Sailor Moon
    3. La Blue Girl
    4. Gundam
    5. Anything by Takahashi!
    6. Anything by Shirow!
    7. Anything by Gainax, or at least that one that makes my head hurt...
    8. Anything by Studio Ghibli!
    9. I'd rather be playing Final Fantasy...
    10. No preference
  • Of each of the following series or movies, which is your favorite?
    1. Vampire Hunter D
    2. Revolutionary Girl Utena
    3. It's too horrible to mention, but it's hentai!
    4. Anything Macross!
    5. Akira
    6. Dot HACK
    7. No preference
  • Check any of the following manga authors whose manga you possess:
    1. Rumiko Takahashi
    2. CLAMP
    3. KONDOM
    4. Piro (Fred Gallagher)
    5. Shirow
    6. Akira Toriyama
    7. Johji Manabi
    8. Kishiro
    9. Miyazaki
    10. Otomo
    11. Yuu Watase
  • How long have you been into anime? (watching regularly, purchasing tapes and merchandise, etc - but you had to KNOW it was anime for it to count!)
    1. Only just recently.
    2. After 2000.
    3. A few years; starting in the mid to late 90's...
    4. Way back in the day...before '94 sometime
    5. Since before 1990!
  • How much Japanese can you speak?
    1. None at all.
    2. I speak a few words and phrases, maybe some stuff I picked up from anime.
    3. I have the basics of grammar, hiragana and katakana down, maybe even working on kanji.
    4. I am conversational in Japanese! I also know enough kanji to get by.
    5. I have mastered nihongo. I could perform complex business negotiations in Japan.
  • What is the most common format of anime in your collection?
    1. I don't own any anime...
    2. Copies offa TV or from friends
    3. VHS, subbed or dubbed
    4. DVD!
  • What are your thoughts on hentai?
    1. Disgusting! It gives anime a bad name.
    2. It's another part of anime if a little disturbing. I don't personally go in for it.
    3. It's just another part of anime. Some of it is even worth owning...I know I have some.
    4. One of the best things to come out of japan!
  • What do you look for in an anime series or movie?
    1. Plot, themes and symbolism
    2. Inter-character Relationships
    3. Action, convincing fights, and especially style
    4. Fanservice, you know what I mean
    5. Good mecha design and physics
    6. More importantly, I've played some anime video games that blows all else away!
  • Check all that apply:
  • Do you own any anime Laserdiscs?
  • Have you played video games specifically because they feature anime characters or some such?
  • Have you ever played an anime dating simulator?
  • Do you have a collection of AniMayhem cards, and have played?
  • Have you ever subscribed to an Anime Mag, such as Animerica or Mangajin (props on the latter!)?
  • Have you ever published an anime fanzine?
  • Have you ever made a shrine to a favorite character(s)?
  • Do you own any untranslated manga?
      ...and if so, have you ever translated one? The WHOLE THING, that is!
  • Have you ever devoted a website to anime, manga, or anime video games?
  • Have you ever published fanart or doujinshi?
  • Have you ever published a webcomic?
      ...have any of the above three been hentai?
  • Do you own more than three mecha models?
  • Have you ever assembled a master-grade gundam or equivalently complex mecha model?
  • Are you intimately familiar with the design of various mechs or robots from anime?
  • Have you ever cried at an especially moving moment while watching anime?
  • Were you ever inspired to train in martial arts because of anime?
  • Have you ever felt as if you'd fallen in love with an anime character?
  • Have you ever used anime as the subject for an academic or professional assignment?
  • Have you ever been an anime voice actor?
  • Have you ever purchased import games and an adaptor for a home console system?
  • Do you have a collection of anime game ROMs on your computer?
  • Have you ever built an anime, manga or video game garage kit?
  • Are you a professional artist, specializing in drawing in an anime or manga style?
  • Do you hate disney specifically because of the kimba/simba and nadia/atlantis issues?
  • Have you ever sung anime karaoke?
  • Have you ever blown an entire paycheck on anime?
  • Have you ever recognized a voice actor/actress as being a character from another series?
  • Have you ever played Big Eyes Small Mouth, Ninja Burger, or any of the series specific RPG's?

  • You're an anime character. How do you dispatch the foes of what is good and right?
    (or at least your foes, anyway)
    1. Twin pistols, baby. Or maybe two swords...hm...
    2. My super-magical pretty wand!
    3. A wave motion cannon. Or perhaps racks and racks of self loading missiles.
    4. hehe...my mile long naughty tenticals (now with anti-fuku slime!)
    5. My glowing blue aura of psychic and/or spiritual energy!
    6. A gunsword - equipped with the mystic 'head bashing' materia.
  • How about fansubs?
    1. I don't own any fansubs.
    2. Yeah, I have one or two.
    3. I've got a bunch intersperced in my collection.
    4. Most of my collection is fansubs! Power to the fans!
    5. I am a major-league fansub trader! I can boast hundreds of titles, to copy and trade to make it even bigger!
    6. I AM a fansubber. For little or no cost I translate and subtitle unreleased anime to the American public!
  • Is anime cartoons?
    1. Yes
    2. No
    Anime Conventions!
  • How many Anime Cons have you attended?
    1. None.
    2. 1 or 2.
    3. A handful, say 3-8.
    4. A lot! Maybe two to three a year, and I've been doing it for years!
    5. What cons haven't I been to? At least 5 a year, and I'll travel if I have to!
    Check all that apply:
  • Have you ever gone in costume?
      ...in more than one costume in a single con? (Serious costumes you spent time and money on!)
      ...As a member of the opposite sex?
      ...As a video game character?
      ...Did you make the costume(s) yourself?
      ...Have you ever won a Hall Costume award?
  • Have you ever participated in cosplay?
  • Have you ever won any awards for cosplay?
  • Have any of your costumes, hall or cosplay, ever run you more than $400?
  • Have you ever made an anime music video?
  • Have you ever won an award for an anime music video you've made?
  • Have you ever been a featured guest at a con?
    Fan Fiction!
    Check all that apply:
  • Do you regularly read and follow fanfiction?
      ...How about lemon or lime, yaoi or yuri fanfiction?
  • Have you ever written and published fan fiction?
  • Have you ever written and published lemon fanfiction?
  • Have you ever written and published self-insertion lemon fanfiction?
    Anime Clubs!
  • What is the highest position you've held in an organized anime club?
    1. I've never belonged to an anime club.
    2. Member
    3. Event staff or organizer
    4. Officer, such as secretary or vice president
    5. President
  • Have you ever been the one to start an anime club?
    Find out what kind of fanboy/girl you really are...