“Otaku” Murderer Tsutomu Miyazaki Executed
This past Tuesday, the “Otaku” murderer, Tsutomu Miyazaki, was executed for his serial killing spree of children in the late 1980s. What made his case significant is that it brought the term “otaku” into being a familiar term in Japanese culture. As one can imagine, it also associated a stigma to the term that it’s only recently been able to overcome.
When I first started reading about this case, my heart went out to the families of the victims. In fact I’m a bit miffed that the fact the case’s connection to a pop culture term was headlined over the case itself. This guy was a monster and I’m glad he’s gone.
But as always, I do find a sliver of humor in any tragedy… I noticed that the bastard had a collection of nearly 6,000 graphic porn anime videos. I had to ask myself, “There exists 6,000 porn anime videos…? Even in the late 1980s?” Then I remembered. Oh yeah, this is Japan.
