
On Tuesday, the North American publisher Vertical
released Sayonara, Mr. Fatty: A Geek's Diet Memoir, a diet book written by
Gainax co-founder and former president
Toshio Okada. Okada earned the nickname "Otaking" for his deep roots in the Japanese science-fiction and anime geek circles and for even lecturing on "
Otaku culture" at the
University of Tokyo. Okada fought a well-publicized battle to lose weight in the past decade, and he
details his struggle in this book.