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I've stumbled upon many posts on G+ and FB
([example](https://plus.google.com/113953983820887855729/posts/ZtCQePzcgFV))
that state that December 15th is some sort of official Otaku Day.  
I've also found [this
page](http://denyroseclamp.deviantart.com/journal/December-15-Otaku-s-
day-343046900) which is from 2012, which means this was celebrated, at least,
in 2012 too.  
However, I found no reliable pages that say that this is a thing, much like
the person who posted the first post on [this
forum](http://forum.icotaku.com/sujet/1147.html).

I found [this ANN article](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-
release/2013-08-06/3rd-annual-international-otaku-day) that puts this year's
Otaku Day on August 17th ([2012's was on the
18th](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-08-15/2nd-annual-
international-otaku-day)). Furthermore, the second link provided there links
to a [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/InternationalOtakuDay), in which
it is stated that this event takes place on the third Saturday of August every
year.

The event announced on the first paragraph is, apparently, called "World Otaku
Day". The one announced on the second is the "(Annual) International Otaku
Day". However, I find no reference of any of these two, nor of any "official"
Otaku day on Wikipedia.

So, is there a day that is really (official, or something of the sort)
regarded as Otaku Day? Are there any more reliable sources that have a fixed
date for this event?  
Or are these two events relatively official and both recognised as two
different Otaku days?


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Is there an official Otaku day?


I've been searching for official answers, as you said, this is probably new,
started on 2012 (or at most, 2011). All what I could find are some personal
posts.

I have searched Google for similar images of the one below (the one below is
used to advertise for OtakuDay):

![otaku day](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IROGH.jpg)

And so, I found the original drawing
[here](http://delishbooru.com/post/show/6616/coffee-kizoku-shibuya_rin-
the_idolm-ster-the_idolm) with title "coffee-kizoku-shibuya_rin-the_idolm-
ster-the_idolm", which is a fan-art of an anime/manga character, but it has
nothing to do with the OtakuDay.

I've searched twitter for
[#OtakuDay](https://twitter.com/search?q=#OtakuDay&src=hash), there is really
nothing official even on that hash tag, all I found is personal posts again
(and it is probably started on 2011).

So far, the only official (non-personal) thing is actually what you posted
from the AnimeNewsNetwork.com:

[2nd Annual International Otaku Day](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-
release/2012-08-15/2nd-annual-international-otaku-day) = 3rd Saturday of
August = "August 18, 2012"

[3rd Annual International Otaku Day](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-
release/2013-08-06/3rd-annual-international-otaku-day) = 3rd Saturday of
August = "August 17, 2013"

So, the **1st Annual International Otaku Day** = 3rd Saturday of August =
"August 20, 2011"

As for the **Dec 15** it's made up in **2010** and it has been spreading since
then. I finally could find the source, the oldest and very first one is this:
[**here**](http://kagene.tumblr.com/post/13628693735/all-otakus-listen-up) in
tumblr posted on **14th Jul 2010**

**EDIT:**

So, the **1st Annual International Otaku Day - 3rd Saturday of August =
"August 20, 2011"** is by the ANN. And the **December 15th is World Day of
Otaku** is made by anime/manga fans.


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