So which type of otaku neglects personal hygiene?

So Sankaku Complex reported the other day that 2ch has classified otaku into 2 distinct types.

(Great. Like we needed more ways to marginalize each other.)

To wit:

Type A:

A person who simply enjoys “anime.”
Is proud of Japan’s anime.
Evaluates anime based on direction, voice acting, art, etc.
Hates shallow anime with no real content.
Story emphasis >>>>> Moe anime.
A recent example would Higashi no Eden. Fans of anime like Lain or Ghost in the Shell would probably be this kind.

Type B:

A person who simply enjoys “characters.”
Will watch an anime if it includes cute or beautiful characters.
Doesn’t care if story is awful, as long as the characters are of interest.
Evaluates anime based on which seiyuu are in it and what the characters look like.
Loves moe elements. Doesn’t like complex anime.
The otaku the media picks up on are usually this kind.
Doesn’t know that much about anime and so is often criticised as by Type A otaku.
However, they make much better customers than the more discerning Type A otaku.
Recently there has been a huge increase in anime targeted at Type B otaku.
People who like K-ON!, Queen’s Blade, Strike Witches and so on would be in this class.

This got me thinking. I like to think of myself as Type A. My favorite anime is Utena, possibly because its symbolism and literary allusions are often as opaque as chocolate milk and it gives me a misplaced sense of superiority to be able to make sense of any of them. I actually like Mamoru Oshii films, and Lain, and so forth.

But then I have a whole bunch of character goods, and character goods tend to be from Type B anime. I blew most of my Tokyo shopping budget in Akiba, on stuff like this:

Pinky:st or Figma Haruhi? Both pl0x!

So there it was: I apparently belonged to both types of otaku, which to my mind rendered the whole debate pointless. I was going to ignore the entire thing until I saw the following comment by a certain JimmyKitty:

Put me down for TYPE A , please!
I admit it, I’m a snob.

Okay, I confess… I’m a closet TYPE B.

Which I think = TYPE H.

Hah!

So there you have it. I’m a Type H Otaku. Note the complete lack of surprise from everyone who knows me.