Otaku no Video
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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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Cast
14 people
Koji Tsujitani
Ken Kubo (voice)
Known for
InuYasha
Fighting Spirit
Toshiharu Sakurai
Sueo Tanaka (voice)
Known for
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Alderamin on the Sky
Kikuko Inoue
Misty May (voice) / Yoshiko Ueno (voice)
Known for
Fairy Tail
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Yuko Kobayashi
Misuzu Fukuhara (voice)
Known for
Dragon Ball Z
Pokémon
Yuri Amano
Yuri Sato (voice)
Known for
Yu Yu Hakusho
World's End Harem
Akio Otsuka
Banker Kanda (voice) / Narrator
Known for
Mob Psycho 100
BAKI
Shigeru Nakahara
Hino (voice)
Known for
Dragon Ball Z
Captain Tsubasa
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Iiyama (voice)
Known for
Naruto Shippūden
Black Clover
Wataru Takagi
Kitajima (voice)
Known for
Naruto Shippūden
Record of Ragnarok
Masami Kikuchi
Miyoshi (voice)
Known for
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Baki the Grappler
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Murata (voice)
Known for
Fighting Spirit
Slam Dunk
Rena Yukie
Youko Nakamaru (voice)
Also in
Coji-Coji
The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
Shoichi Masuo Director · Takeshi Mori Director Toshio Okada Screenplay
First release September 27, 1991 · Produced in Japan · Production Studio Fantasia
Production
GAINAX
Production
Studio Fantasia
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
おたくのビデオ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · September 27, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
September 27, 1991 · Physical · OVA
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