Would you rather people call you a Weabo, Otaku or just plain Anime fan?

The thing about Otaku is that the word has negative connotations to start with so it's ok if you felt offended. in japan it just isn't a word for anime fans but the ones who let anime consume their lives so much that society looks down on them *think the guys who marry their pillow wives and help the growth of loliconism* weaboo is for the newbies to anime who think japan is the end all of everything and think they understand the culture based only on what they know from watching anime despite not being interested in anything else incorporating some japanese words into their dialogue and probably have the "right way" of being an anime fan in their head.... sorry this kinda went into a definition rant but yeah i like being called just an anime fan too, it makes me uncomfortable when people identify themselves as otaku with the negative connotations it really has but i actually don't mind the weaboo jokes (not being called a weaboo in all seriousness but as a joke) idk i think its a fun word

Otaku is fine wit me lol

I don't mind either, personally, but I do wish terms like just "anime fan" were more common, since there are people like myself who fit neither weabo or Otaku criteria.

I call myself a weeb all the time as a joke. I mean, I was a weeb way back when I was like 11-14, but I've since grown out of it despite having my occasional weeb-ish tendencies.

I'm also not so dedicated as to call myself as an Otaku, either, in neither terms of the more negative Japanese connotation nor the less negative English connotation. I enjoy anime and I'm more likely to chose to watch an anime over a number of different TV shows, but I wouldn't consider it as main of an aspect of my life as a true Otaku would.

Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with being either a Weabo or an Otaku, it's just that neither term fits me and I know that there are many others in the community like that. Like you.

I agree that it should be more common to use just the term "anime fan" or "casual anime fan" rather than just labelling everyone as either a weeb or an otaku.
But that's more of a problem with people outside of the anime realm, I've noticed.