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Otaku no video

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1991
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
679
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Otaku no video (1991)
Adult AnimationAnimeSatireAnimationComedyDrama

A half animated/half live-action mockumentary about the world of Japanese geekdom.A half animated/half live-action mockumentary about the world of Japanese geekdom.A half animated/half live-action mockumentary about the world of Japanese geekdom.

  • Stars
    • Yuri Amano
    • Toshiharu Sakurai
    • Kôji Tsujitani
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    679
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Yuri Amano
      • Toshiharu Sakurai
      • Kôji Tsujitani
    • 10User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Yuri Amano
    Yuri Amano
    • Yuri Satô
    Toshiharu Sakurai
    • Tanaka
    Kôji Tsujitani
    • Kubo
    Shôji Murahama
    • Interviwer (Portrait of an Otaku segment) (1991)
    Hiroki Sato
    • Interviwer (Portrait of an Otaku segment) (1991)
    Jun Tamaya
    • Interviwer (Portrait of an Otaku segment) (1991)
    Craig York
    • Interviwer (Portrait of an Otaku segment) (1991)
    Akio Ôtsuka
    Akio Ôtsuka
    • Banker Kanda…
    Toshiyuki Morikawa
    Toshiyuki Morikawa
    • Iiyama
    Kikuko Inoue
    Kikuko Inoue
    • Yoshiko Ueno
    Wataru Takagi
    Wataru Takagi
    • Kitajima
    Jun'ichi Kanemaru
    Jun'ichi Kanemaru
    • Inoue
    Kiyoyuki Yanada
    • Murata
    Hideyuki Umezu
    • Shao Bai Lung
    Yûko Kobayashi
    • Misuzu Fukuhara
    Masami Kikuchi
    Masami Kikuchi
    • Miyoshi
    Shigeru Nakahara
    Shigeru Nakahara
    • Hino
    Rena Kurihara
    • Yôko Nakamaru
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The book 'Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know' by Gilles Poitras has the box art from the VHS/DVD as the cover.
    • Connections
      Featured in Otaku Unite! (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Tatakae! Otaking
      (Fight! Otaking)
      Lyrics by Kanda Yoshimi
      Music by Tanaka Koohei
      Arrangement by Fujiwara Ikuroo
      Performed by Tsujiya Kooji

    User reviews10

    Featured review

    Scathing parody of "Otaku" or anime fans.

    I loved this anime! It's so hilarous and dead on in its presentation of anime fans and nerds in general. The anime is basically about this tennis jock who gives up his beautiful girlfriend and jock's life to be an anime nerd. The presentation of the "Otaku" in the film was very eeriely similar to how nerds behave here. I laughed hysterically...
    • davidmccollum
    • May 5, 2003
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    • Release date
      • March 17, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Animeigo's official Liner Notes for Otaku no Video
      • Gainax's Official Otaku no Video page
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Otaku no bideo
    • Production companies
      • Gainax
      • Studio Fantasia
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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