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Otaku Unite!

Otaku Unite!

2004•1h 10m•5.0/10
Documentary

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5.0/10(4)

Otaku Unite! is a feature-length documentary on the history of Japanese animation fandom in the United States: from the importation of anime in the early 60s to the current boom in both the visibility and accessibility of its accompanying fandom.

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Production

U.S. Manga Corps, Central Park Media

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jonathan David Cook

Jonathan David Cook

Himself

Peter Fernandez

Peter Fernandez

Jan Scott-Frazier

Carl Gustav Horn

Trish Ledoux

Carl Macek

Helen McCarthy

Matt K. Miller

Matt K. Miller

Corinne Orr

Corinne Orr

Frederick Patten

Robert J. Woodhead

Daniel Taraschke

Himself

Doug Smith

Gilles Poitras

Himself

Frederik L. Schodt

Himself

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