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“Gainax-inspired mockumentary follows Kubo's transformation into "Otaking" with real otaku interviews.”
Otaku no Video
おたくのビデオ
7.13
4,085 rank · 35,879 viewers · 122 favorites
Comedy
Drama
Sci-Fi
Historical
Mecha
Otaku Culture
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Synopsis
Gainax-inspired mockumentary follows Kubo's transformation into "Otaking" with real otaku interviews.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 25 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 25 viewers settled on.
95%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 1.66
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.66 · some divergence
The polarity gap
6.1 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.28
Running avg · Jul 2007 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Otaku No Video glorifies and celebrates (even as it lovingly skewers) the lives of people into anime, manga, model kits, replica guns, and science fiction. Supposedly an over-the-top, exaggerated...”
- 7 “In good fun, making fun of ourself. It's so interesting looking at this time capsule of otaku world, that no longer existing. And the scenes of them taking the piss out of them, so with portrait of...”
- 10 “So I just watched the two episodes yesterday at Anime NYC online. I usually do not like older anime as much, but this one changed my mind. I really liked how it made fun of otaku stereotypes, and...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 48%
Long · 32%
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- Format 2 × 48′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 36m all episodes
- Aired Sep 1991 – Dec 1991
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0715 catalog