If more than one of these applies to you, then you watch too much anime! You might not appreciate all of these if you haven't watched too much anime.

The 25 signs of Otakudom

1. watches anime to the exclusion of all else

2. Thinks about anime constantly.

3. Falls in love with an anime character.

4. Introduces elements of anime into role-playing games

5. Knows all the words to anime soundtracks even though he doesn't speak the language or knows what they mean.

6. Dreams in anime, rather than lifelike

7. thinks up crazy schemes to introduce mainstream anime into the US via prime-time TV

8. Wonders how all the girls at his college would look in sailor suits

9. Reflexively curses in Japanese, rather than English

10. Compares live girls to anime & finds they don't measure up

11. Spontaneously breaks into anime song as he walks from place to place (the Ranma theme song, especially)

12. Feels the world would be a better place if everyone had hardsuits

13. Is ashamed to admit how much money he would give for a 33-S buma

14. Thinks up dance moves for the disco music from BGC 1

15. Considers Lum a "babe"

16. Considers Godai and Karinin-san the Japanese Romeo & Juliet

17. Tries to modify a used car to look like a black Griffin, complete with ram plate

18. Screams the name of an anime character during orgasm

19. Names his children after characters

20. Creates a list of "you know you're an otaku when..."

21. Has no interest in american culture

22. Has a Rumiko Takahashi shrine in his house

23. Has a vodoo doll with Carl Macek's face on it

24. Breaks the kneecaps of people who call them "cartoons"

25. Misses the first 30 seconds of Star Trek because he is trying to find subtitles to read