Comments on: Otaku Metaculture: Otaku no Video

By: bhajans

bhajans — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:24:42 +0000

I really appreciate your Hard Effort in gathering so much for us.OVA series is one of my fav!!
Anyways thanks

By: blacklotus

blacklotus — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:32:37 +0000

DOH! Thanks, DocWatson.

My timeline for various significant events seemed out of sorts lately…guess I’m getting old. 8p

Yeah. Gunbuster does precede Otaku by a few years.

Yeah. Gunbuster. My introduction to big bouncy anime.

By: ferri

ferri — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:19:04 +0000

I really like this OVA series…

By: Wachat Credit

Wachat Credit — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:33:01 +0000

OVA rules, although it wasn’t until recently I really learned to appreciate it. Guess you have to see it a few times to really, really start liking it.

By: Bunga Citra Lestari

Bunga Citra Lestari — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:06:39 +0000

Good, OVA series is one of my fav. 1st time I watched it in the mid 90′s

By: The Hottest IT

The Hottest IT — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:04:13 +0000

I really love OVA series :)

By: DocWatson

DocWatson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:22:37 +0000

blacklotus:

> I believe Misty May from this anime is the one that introduces the term
> Gainax-Bounce to the world. 8D

Actually, it was Noriko in episode 1 of _Gunbuster_.

:::

Note that the bishoujo game featured in the live action segment is _Dennou Gakuen_:

http://www.koyagi.com/ACPages/acd.html#anchorDennoGakuen

By: rishidan

rishidan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:02:34 +0000

Good god, I ran across this VHS tape earlier this week when I was cleaning my office. I don’t think I’ve watched it let alone seen it since 1992, either.

By: surgeon

surgeon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:28:36 +0000

Otaku is something with which you can become fan only after viewing many anime.I loved the review.

By: Sydney2K

Sydney2K — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:51 +0000

This is the anime that made me cringe for being an anime fan. I literally yelled at the screen, “Don’t go there! You have a cute girlfriend and a life! Don’t go there!”

By: PL

PL — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:51:34 +0000

I loved these OVA’s when I first saw them in the mid 90′s – then when first I saw Genshiken I thought, that looks familiar!

By: blacklotus

blacklotus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:41:50 +0000

I believe Misty May from this anime is the one that introduces the term Gainax-Bounce to the world. 8D

By: zalas

zalas — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:15:45 +0000

Yeah, this two-part OVA series is definitely a classic, and the theme song was quite catchy as well. Tatakae OTAKING!

By: wildarmsheero

wildarmsheero — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:21:30 +0000

>>there’s something about seeing actual cel animation at OVA-level quality which always warms the heart.

Amen bro.

When I first watched Otaku no Video a lot of it went over my head. However, upon subsequent viewings, I started to like it a lot more. Watching lots of 80s anime really helps!

It certainly is an interesting look back into the fandom of the times. I’d be interesting to see a modern production take on a similar subject matter.