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Region：Japan
Type：OVA
English name：Otaku no Video
Official name：おたくのビデオ
Chinese name：OTAKU的录像带
Other names：御宅族的录影带 / 宅的录像带
Premiered：September 27, 1991
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Funny / Science fiction / Robot war / Historical / R(L)
Original author：ガイナックス
Director：もりたけし
Scenario：岡田斗司夫(山賀博之)
Storyboard：増尾昭一 / 樋口真嗣
Co-director：増尾昭一
Character design：園田健一
Music：田中公平 / 藤山房伸 / 佐々木純一
Studios：GAINAX
Production cooperation：スタジオ・ファンタジア
Producers：東芝映像ソフト株式会社
Family：Otaku no Video
Rating：16+

Otaku no Video

Somewhat based on the real story of how Gainax was founded, Otaku no Video addresses all aspects of an otaku lifestyle.

Takeshi Kubo is a young man living an average life until he is dragged into a group of otaku.

Slowly, he becomes more like them until he decides to abandon his former life to become king of otaku—the otaking!

Mixed in are live-action interviews with real otaku, addressing every aspect of hardcore otaku life.

Not only are anime and manga fans included, but also sci-fi fans, military fans, and other groups of Japanese geeks.

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Sep 27, 1991

EP1 - Otaku no Video (1982)

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.
Dec 20, 1991

EP2 - More Otaku no Video (1985)

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.