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Otaku no Video (OAV)

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©2001 by Gainax • Toshiba EMI.


Alternative title:
おたくのビデオ (Japanese)
오타쿠의 비디오 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A normal man who slowly slips in to the life of being an otaku and never returns.
User Ratings: 647 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 44 votes (sub:39, dub:3, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 123 votes (sub:101, dub:11, raw:2, ?:1, others:8
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 163 votes (sub:142, dub:6, ?:2, raw:2, others:11
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 159 votes (sub:135, dub:10, ?:2, raw:1, others:11
5 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 85 votes (sub:75, dub:7, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:35, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1176 users, rank: #1043 (of 10089)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.360 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7024, rank: #2448 (of 10272)
Weighted mean: 7.336 (Good+), rank: #2347 (of 10272) (seen all: 7.40 / seen some: 6.23 / won't finish: 4.11)
Bayesian estimate: 7.339 (Good+), rank: #2069 (of 7753)
Running time: 50 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage:
1991
1991-09-27 to 1991-12-20
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Tatakae! Otaking" (戦え!おたキング) by Kōji Tsujitani
Ending Theme:
"Otaku no Mayoimichi" (おたくの迷い道) by Toshiharu Sakurai and Kikuko Inoue
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 2
Reviews:
Otaku no Video Anime Blu-ray Review (Nov 8, 2024)
Otaku no Video (Jan 20, 2002)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Otaku no Video (Blu-ray) 2024-10-08 (from $15.65)
    Otaku no Video - Otaking Edition [Kickstarter Exclusive] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-06-16
    Otaku no Video - Otaking Premium Edition [Kickstarter Exclusive] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-06-16
    Otaku no Video [MediaOCD Exclusive Slipcover] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-10-08
DVD (Region 1)
    Otaku no Video (Sub.DVD) 2002-03-29 (from $76.50)
VHS
    Otaku no Video (Sub.VHS) 2000-03-28 (from $156.40)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeshi Mori
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Yamaga (uncredited)
Toshio Okada
Storyboard: Shinji Higuchi
Unit Director: Yoshimi Kanda (live-action footage)
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Character Design: Kenichi Sonoda
Art Director: Hitoshi Nagao
Animation Director:
Hidenori Matsubara (ep 2)
Takeshi Honda (ep 1)
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Director of Photography: Sadafumi Sano
Producer:
Kazuhiko Inomata
Yoshimi Kanda

Animation:
Akiko Moro
Akiko Teshima (Studio Fantasia)
Hidenori Matsubara
Keiji Ishihara
Makoto Yamada (Studio Fantasia)
Noriyuki Nakajima (Studio Fantasia)
Shōichi Masuo
Takehiro Nakayama
Takeshi Honda
Tetsuhito Saitō
Yasuko Hino
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi
Animation Check:
Hajime Yoshida
Yoshiko Kurihambara
Apparatus: Takeshi Sawamura (live-action footage)
Assistant Animator:
Chieko Shiobara
Daihachi Okajima
Emiko Nakayama
Heiko Hino
Kaori Miyagawa
Keji Ishihara
Kotomi Ikeda
Makoto Imai
Masami Takebuchi
Midori Tashiro
Miyao Suzuki
Norio Yamazaki
Shjinji Saitoo
Takeo Uchiyama
Tomohiro Miyashita
Tomoko Takei
Yōji Niizuma
Yoshiaki Wakaki
Yūichi Tanaka
Assistant Unit Director: Makoto Tada (live-action footage)
Audio Coordination: Tōru Nakano
Audio Supervisor: Junichi Sasaki
Background Art:
Chiyoko Ito (eps 1-2)
Maho Takahashi (eps 1-2)
Mayumi Nagao (eps 1-2)
Yukiko Maeda (eps 1-2)
Camera: Shinji Higuchi (live-action footage)
Cel Painting:
Akiko Satō
Etsuko Komatsuzaki
Harumi Satō
Hideko Tezuka
Maki Ide
Sachiko Nakayama
Shūko Itō
Yoshiko Nakanishi
Yukie Fukuyama
Co-Producer: Yoshimi Kanda ((1& 2))
Color Establishment: Maki Nakazawa
Commentary:
Hiroki Satō (Blu-ray)
Hiroyuki Yamaga (Blu-ray)
Kikuko Inoue (Blu-ray)
Shōji Murahama (Blu-ray)
Toru Sano (Blu-ray)
Cutting: Akio Satsukawa
Key Animation:
Akiko Moro (ep 2)
Akiko Teshima (ep 2)
Akira Takeuchi (ep 1)
Hajime Yoshida (eps 1-2)
Hidenori Matsubara (ep 2)
Isamu Imakake (eps 1-2)
Kazuya Kuroda (eps 1-2)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (eps 1-2)
Keisuke Fukuda (ep 1)
Makoto Yamada (eps 1-2)
Noriyuki Nakajima (eps 1-2)
Shōichi Masuo (ep 2)
Tadashi Abiru (ep 1)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 2)
Takeshi Honda (ep 2)
Tetsuhito Saitō (ep 2)
Yasuhito Kikuchi (eps 1-2)
Yoshihiro Fukuda
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (ep 2)
Negative Editing: Kazuaki Nakata
Ornament: Hideaki Anno (live-action footage)
Photography:
Eiichi Okita (eps 1-2)
Takao Satō (eps 1-2)
Teruo Satō (eps 1-2)
Yoshiaki Ōkuma (eps 1-2)
Planning: Toshio Okada
Recording:
Nobuhira Hirano
Yasuo Kosuge
Yūko Awano
Recording Supervisor: Toshiaki Hoshino
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Special Effects: Rumiko Nagai
Technical Director: Shōichi Masuo
Theme Song Lyrics: Yoshimi Kanda
Theme Song Performance:
Kikuko Inoue (ED)
Kōji Tsujitani (OP)
Toshiharu Sakurai (ED)
Tinting Establishment: Tomohisa Iizuka
Kōji Tsujitani as Ken Kubo
Toshiharu Sakurai as Sueo Tanaka

Kikuko Inoue as Yoshiko Ueno
Yūko Kobayashi as Misuzu Fukuhara
Yuri Amano as Yuri Sato

Akio Ōtsuka as
Banker Kanda
Narrator
Craig York as Shon Hernandez (live-action footage)
Hidehiko Kuroda as Hidehiko Kamisaka
Hideyuki Umezu as
Shao Bai Lung
Yoshida
Hiroki Satō as Hiroshi Sato (live-action footage)
Jun Tamatani as Junichi Tamatani (live-action footage)
Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Inoue
Kazuya Shioiri as Harold Shioda (live-action footage)
Kikuko Inoue as Misty May
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Murata
Masami Kikuchi as Miyoshi
Nobuo Tobita as Yamaguchi
Osamu Akahagi as Osamu Akabori (live-action footage)
Rena Kurihara as Nakamaru Yooko
Shigeru Nakahara as Hino
Shōji Murahama as Shō Murayama (live-action footage)
Shuichi Miyagawa as Kenji Mamiya (live-action footage)
Takako Kikuchi as Girl
Takayuki Masuda as A (升田貴之; live-action footage)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Iiyama
Wataru Takagi as Kitajima
Yudai Ikuta as Himself (live-action footage)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: GAINAX
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Distributor: Toshiba Eizo Soft
Finish Animation:
Studio CATS
Studio Marine
In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro (ep 1)
D.A.S.T Corporation (ep 1)
Dragon Production (eps 1-2)
Studio Fantasia (eps 1-2)
Studio Ghibli (ep 2)
Studio Mu (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 1)
Studio Fantasia (eps 1-2)
Negative Editing: Inoue Edit Room
Photography: Studio Coral Reef
Production: GAINAX
Production Cooperation: Studio Fantasia
Recording Studio: Central Recording
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production:
Central Recording
HALF H·P STUDIO
Title Design: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Director: Michael House
Art Director:
Luray Carroll
Scott Carlson
Translation:
Dañiel L. Garcia (Blu-ray)
David Rowe-Caplan (Blu-ray)
Natsumi Ueki (Blu-ray)
Shin Kurokawa
Toshifumi Yoshida (Otaku No Video 1985)
Trish Ledoux (Otaku No Video 1982)
Executive producer:
Janice Hindle (Blu-ray & DVD)
Justin Sevakis (2024 Blu-ray)
Natsumi Ueki (Blu-ray & DVD)
Robert J. Woodhead
Producer:
David Miranda (2024 Blu-ray)
Michael Morton
Robert J. Woodhead (VHS & Blu-ray)

"Shon" Decipherment: Logan Rebholz (Blu-ray)
Assistant Title Timer: Ai Kurokawa
Associate producer:
Caleb McPhee (2024 Blu-ray)
Shin Kurokawa (DVD)
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Casey Mershon (2016 release)
David Miranda (2024 release)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (2024 release)
Blu-Ray Menu Design:
Gary Swarer (2024 release)
Matt Baumgardner (2016 release)
Blu-ray Quality Assurance: Shawn Roetzer
Comic Cleanup/Lettering:
Dañiel L. Garcia (Blu-ray)
Logan Rebholz (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
Commentary:
Gilles Poitras (Blu-ray)
Robert J. Woodhead (Blu-ray)
Commentary Transcription: Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
Cultural & Literary Consultant:
Masae Watanabe
Yūji Watanabe
DVD Producer: Michael Morton
Editing: Roe R. Adams III
Graphic Design:
Matt Baumgardner (Blu-ray Menus)
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
Graphics Cleanup:
Dañiel L. Garcia (Blu-ray)
Dawn Huestis (Blu-ray)
Kristian Zdunek (Blu-ray)
Logan Rebholz (Blu-ray)
Marc Levy (Blu-ray)
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
Théo Nöel Severin (Blu-ray)
HD Art Reconstruction:
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
Théo Nöel Severin (Blu-ray)
International Coordination: Kei Yoshikawa (2024 Blu-ray)
Liner Notes: Sean O'Mara (Essay extra; 2024 Blu-ray release)
Liner Notes Preparer:
Michael House
Shin Kurokawa
Packaging Design: Gary Swarer (2024 Blu-ray)
Pedantic Grammarian: Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
Production Assistant:
Jon Almasy (DVD)
Nancy Powell
Paul Laughter (DVD)
Sara Rouse (DVD)
Susan Morris Bean (DVD)
Production Coordination: Natsumi Ueki
Production manager:
Janice Hindle
Peter R. Haswell
Scott Carlson (DVD)
Proofreading:
Casey Huff (Blu-ray)
Dañiel L. Garcia (Blu-ray)
Isaac Fischer (Blu-ray)
Logan Rebholz (Blu-ray)
Mike Ferreira (Blu-ray)
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
QC Manager: Marc Levy (2024 Blu-ray)
Research:
Kara Dennison (Blu-ray)
Lawrence Eng (Blu-ray)
Logan Rebholz (Blu-ray)
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
SDH Cues: Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (2024 Blu-ray)
Video Editing:
Dustin Kopplin (Blu-ray)
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Wiki Production:
Logan Rebholz (Blu-ray)
Mike Ferreira (Blu-ray)
Olavi Hokkanen (Blu-ray)
Sasha McGlynn (Blu-ray)
(none)
English companies
Distributor: MVD Visual (2024 release; United States and Canada)
DVD Authoring: Devlin Video International
Internet Streaming:
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Licensed by: AnimEigo
Producer: MediaOCD (2024 Blu-ray)
French staff
French companies
(none)
DVD Distribution: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
ACOG
Anime Sugoi (via AnimEigo; 2024 Blu-ray)
German cast
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Menu Design: Benjamin Cohen-Jonathan
Prepress: Laurent Bourdain
Press Officer: Philippe Christin
Production Assistant: Manu Roy
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Dybex

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