The Seal of Otaku is used to claim a document pertains to all types of otaku and is issued by people who run events. It is also used as a way to authenticate the director of an event has issued the document as well if it's on the document itself. The seal of otaku is sometimes compared to a coat of arms for countries, but it is used more by events as director document markers than for political authentication. Its design elements come from Japanese School Uniforms, Real Robot Shields, Spirit Monsters, and Japanese Woodblock print designs.
Symbolism The Seal is composed of silhouettes and imagination, the ideas of which make stories, and the pieces which are set to make dreams. The man and women represent a separation of masculinity and femininity that are on the same shape that is the sphere, however they are judged or seen as an actual male or female is up to the viewer, so in short neither gets lowered or heightened from their choice of whatever level of gender they pick as preference in mind, body, and spirit. The words anime and manga are on katana that not only mark what is unique of the culture but the history in otaku and Japan that make up the structure of beliefs. The beam shield from mobile suits is a guard to the symbol of the flag that lays in the middle in its own casing of shield and meaning. The wings denote the flight of transformative ideas which fly ever higher from critiqued ideas that fit the original idea while yet expanding upon it with a rising sun at the top that marks as the union of all otaku are necessary to make the culture rise. Displays The seal can be used on flags as a sort way to communicate there are events for all types of otaku, but those that have it at half staff show they only have less than half otaku types events at a event. The seal is usually never to be shown as a lone flag as it is the support of the cultural flag and not the main flag of the otaku culture. History The same day that otaku was claimed to be more than just watching anime or reading books from Japan was when the Eclipse Knights named the group an animation urban culture with the design of the Seal of Otaku, or cultural coat of arms, for the urban culture. Similar to other urban cultures from the Geek Movement, the Otaku needed a symbol of union to formalize their group as something more than a passing trend and to be taken more seriously. After years of its existence the seal was used occasionally, but contributions from others to make its symbolism is what kept it afloat with the hobby ever changing. Controversy In 2003, the seal was considered another part of the artwork gallery as many didn't know of its meaning of gathering otaku of all types to work together and stop fighting, The meaning was to bring otaku together about similarities in stead of fighting over who was more otaku or real otaku or less otaku, but just otaku at heart. There was opposition to having a Seal that associated people as Otaku. Some did not want to become a single entity involving anything to do with Japanese Culture, Otaku Culture, or Animanga, which was confusing to those who had tried to go under the banner of being self proclaimed otaku. Many artists distanced themselves from identifying as otaku and many cosplayers said they enjoyed costume making but not the anime or manga stories they were dressing the part of, so falling under the seal would be a way of giving in to social pressure and were not in favor of the seal.
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