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Otaku no Video

Otaku no Video

121991•49m•6.0/10
AnimationComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.0/10(6)

A mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.

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Production

GAINAX, Studio Fantasia

Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 27, 1991

Last Aired

December 20, 1991

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Otaku no Video (1982)
Air date: 1991-09-27
Otaku no Video stars a young man named Kubo, who starts off as an average citizen, engrossed in the school tennis club, and happy with his girlfriend. Un/fortunately for him, his life is entirely changed by a chance meeting with an old high school classmate by the name of Tanaka (their full names don't matter, as it's their feats as Otaku that earn them my admiration and respect). After being introduced to Tanaka's circle of pop culture aficionados, Kubo is slowly inoculated with the first seeds of Otakudom, transforming into the stereotypic fanboy that the fellows at Gainax mock, and yet can probably identify with. Kubo spends his time and money on anime, letting it take over his life, until even his girlfriend is fed up with his new self. Distraught and angered by her and society's misunderstanding of anime Otaku, he vows to dedicate his life to becoming the Otaking, expanding anime to such an extent that it can no longer be made fun of.
E2
More Otaku no Video (1985)
Air date: 1991-12-20
Otaku no Video stars a young man named Kubo, who starts off as an average citizen, engrossed in the school tennis club, and happy with his girlfriend. Un/fortunately for him, his life is entirely changed by a chance meeting with an old high school classmate by the name of Tanaka (their full names don't matter, as it's their feats as Otaku that earn them my admiration and respect). After being introduced to Tanaka's circle of pop culture aficionados, Kubo is slowly inoculated with the first seeds of Otakudom, transforming into the stereotypic fanboy that the fellows at Gainax mock, and yet can probably identify with. Kubo spends his time and money on anime, letting it take over his life, until even his girlfriend is fed up with his new self. Distraught and angered by her and society's misunderstanding of anime Otaku, he vows to dedicate his life to becoming the Otaking, expanding anime to such an extent that it can no longer be made fun of.

Cast

Koji Tsujitani

Koji Tsujitani

Kubo

Toshiharu Sakurai

Toshiharu Sakurai

Tanaka

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Bankman Kanda

Yuko Kobayashi

Yuko Kobayashi

Fukuhara Misuzu

Shigeru Nakahara

Shigeru Nakahara

Hino

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Iiyama

Masami Kikuchi

Masami Kikuchi

Miyoshi

Yuri Amano

Yuri Amano

Satou Yuri

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Ueno Yoshiko

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