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Otaku no Video

Otaku no Video

19915.51h 37m

Overview

A hilarious 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.

Directed by Takeshi Mori
Written by Hiroyuki Yamaga, Toshio Okada, Shinji Higuchi
Produced by Kazuhiko Inomata, Yoshimi Kanda
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Top Cast

Koji Tsujitani

Koji Tsujitani

Ken Kubo (voice)

Toshiharu Sakurai

Toshiharu Sakurai

Sueo Tanaka (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Misty May (voice) / Yoshiko Ueno (voice)

Yuko Kobayashi

Yuko Kobayashi

Misuzu Fukuhara (voice)

Yuri Amano

Yuri Amano

Yuri Sato (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Banker Kanda (voice) / Narrator

Shigeru Nakahara

Shigeru Nakahara

Hino (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Iiyama (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Wataru Takagi

Kitajima (voice)

Masami Kikuchi

Masami Kikuchi

Miyoshi (voice)

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mockumentaryanime

About Otaku no Video

Otaku no Video is a animation, comedy, drama film released in 1991 exploring themes of mockumentary, anime. Directed by Takeshi Mori, it stars Koji Tsujitani, Toshiharu Sakurai, Kikuko Inoue. A hilarious 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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