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Greed1914
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It has been a long time since I watched this, but the memories of the live-action interviews is still pretty vivid. It's done in a way that makes it hard to tell if they were fictionalized, or by how much. People might do something for their hobby that seems a bit extreme, but not to such a degree that it isn't believable.
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Rowri8
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This anime was (and still is) a love for my generation back in the day
 It captured our gen x/millennial youth in Japan when it comes to the hobby. Will always hold a special place in my heart
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ZelosZoidberg
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I highly recommend you read the (25 pages long!) extras bit. It goes a bit in more in depth about the whole history of it both before, during and after. The American Otaku was actually a business partner(staff?) for the very short lived General Products American division.
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RupanSansei
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i years ago remember owning an English dubbed version but alas I've been unable to find a photo of a physical release anywhere but I distinctly remember getting on VHS for my 10th birthday from one of my cousins & loved it to bits but alas i lost the tape many years ago however it looked near identical to the subbed VHS release but it said English Dubbed instead of English Subtitled. I can't even find a digital archive of even a single second of the dub's audio anywhere.
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vanfanel
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I've come back to it at different points in my life and found it a different film every time. When you're new to the hobby, it may be Kubo's discovery of all these crazy, exciting things you remember. Making friends with other geeks, hanging out, going to events, planning to build an "empire" to otakunize the world. But come back in 10 years...come back in 20...if you didn't much feel the conflict and melancholy before, it'll come into focus as the years go by.
Toshio Okada -- then-Gainax president and inspiration for the Tanaka character -- now does a show on YouTube where he comments on pop culture. He seems like a happy guy, still doing what he loves; I hope he is. He's lived the dream in a way that very few of us ever can. |
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RupanSansei
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could you please provide a link? i am unable to find it |
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shosakukan
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The channel which vanfanel has mentioned is probably this. Okada Toshio's old channel on YouTube is this. @vanfanel-san Sorry about chiming in. If I have posted wrong channels, please correct me. |
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RupanSansei
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thanks mate
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