An hilarious mocumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (anime fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.... (Full plot summary below)
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An hilarious mocumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (anime fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.
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| User ReviewAlex WGrandest movie Enjoy anime/manga to the fullest good or bad sad or funny they get plus stars in my book |
| User ReviewJonah GI love this video! A sort of mockumentary about the history of Gainax and its founders, complete with funny interviews with the creepy subculture fans while they toil away on garage kits, model guns, mosaic AV, and obsessively collecting... well.... everything otaku. Ahem. |
| User ReviewMochizuki Sawesome this is the only documentary on these type of shows I know of and best off its about Gainax. Not a really documentary more like a farce made by Gainax themselves. |
| User ReviewJohn Tnot strictly a film but i love this. a great semi-documentary/anime insight into the otaku |
| User ReviewGuarasi RHilarante, guia para saber si eres un otaku, o de palo ya no tienes salvación, del mismo equipo que trajo evangelion |
| User ReviewTom FGreat movie if you realize it's a farce and making fun of the company's own origins. |
| User ReviewLauren CBy far, the best part is the live-action interviews with otaku. Total classic; hearkens to the day when anime was still unknown and you couldn't find it in Hot Topic or Suncoast. Newer fans may not get some of the references, but there are a ton. |
| User ReviewSelene PAs expected for Gainax, it was something else. The real-otaku interviews were great, because they question the otaku's sub-world. The animated story was great too. Lots of GAR moments from the main character. It was like watching Simon from TTGL in an 90's film. |
| User ReviewC Ckinda slow, but the anime is kinda sweet and the interviews are hilarious |
| User Reviewrafael gA sentimental journey to the heart of what it means to be an otaku and a mini-bio on the start of Studio Gainax. |
