If you’ve ever wondered how your anime-watching friends live and think, or if you yourself are part of anime-fandom, you need to see this.
Video:
The video aspect ratio is 1.33:1 (full-screen on 4:3 monitors). There are a few artifacts in the video, but nothing you´ll see unless you´re looking for them. The animation quality is pretty decent. The many different anime series referenced in the DVD are so well done that you can recognize them even if you aren´t completely familiar with the series. The colors in the DVD transfer came through bright and clear.
Audio:
You can watch the show in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Japanese. There is an option for English subtitles and/or captions. I watched it in Japanese with English subtitles and captions. I didn´t hear any problems with the audio. The voice acting was good to me too.
Extras:
There are two extras. The first is "Images", which consists of random shots from the feature as well as some character design sheets. The slide show is rather novel because, as rather than a monotone background, AnimEigo put in a theatre with an audience.
The second extra, "Movie Trailer", is a trailer for "Otaku no Video 1985".
Overall, the extras seem a little sparse, but according to the liner notes it was difficult to track people down who were involved in the original production.
--Miscellaneous--
While there isn´t a chapter list sheet, AnimEigo has included their exhaustive liner notes. This is one of the reasons why AnimEigo is just about my favorite anime distribution company—they really do their homework on the cultural and in references.
There are so many references to different anime series and films in "Otaku no Video" that even AnimEigo´s exhaustive liner notes cannot list them all, but they sure tried. I´ve been an anime fan for quite a while now, and I haven´t seen more than about half of the shows they listed.
The liner notes also contain lyrics for all the songs in Otaku no Video, along with an explanation as to what they parody.
Film Value:
While this disc entertained me, it also frightened me a little. Kubo´s induction into anime practically mirrored my own. When I was a freshman in college, I started hanging out in Robert Lee´s dorm room, a guy that I had not known well in high school. I started out with "Macross Plus", saw some of "Neon Genesis Evangelion", and before I knew it, I was staying up all night watching "Fushigi Yuugi" while everyone else I knew was out on the party scene. And as for the anime fans they portrayed in both the animated sections and the scripted interviews, I´ve met them all in real life. That´s the beauty of "Otaku no Video": it manages to faithfully yet humorously portray otaku culture.
The video aspect ratio is 1.33:1 (full-screen on 4:3 monitors). There are a few artifacts in the video, but nothing you´ll see unless you´re looking for them. The animation quality is pretty decent. The many different anime series referenced in the DVD are so well done that you can recognize them even if you aren´t completely familiar with the series. The colors in the DVD transfer came through bright and clear.
Audio:
You can watch the show in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Japanese. There is an option for English subtitles and/or captions. I watched it in Japanese with English subtitles and captions. I didn´t hear any problems with the audio. The voice acting was good to me too.
Extras:
There are two extras. The first is "Images", which consists of random shots from the feature as well as some character design sheets. The slide show is rather novel because, as rather than a monotone background, AnimEigo put in a theatre with an audience.
The second extra, "Movie Trailer", is a trailer for "Otaku no Video 1985".
Overall, the extras seem a little sparse, but according to the liner notes it was difficult to track people down who were involved in the original production.
--Miscellaneous--
While there isn´t a chapter list sheet, AnimEigo has included their exhaustive liner notes. This is one of the reasons why AnimEigo is just about my favorite anime distribution company—they really do their homework on the cultural and in references.
There are so many references to different anime series and films in "Otaku no Video" that even AnimEigo´s exhaustive liner notes cannot list them all, but they sure tried. I´ve been an anime fan for quite a while now, and I haven´t seen more than about half of the shows they listed.
The liner notes also contain lyrics for all the songs in Otaku no Video, along with an explanation as to what they parody.
Film Value:
While this disc entertained me, it also frightened me a little. Kubo´s induction into anime practically mirrored my own. When I was a freshman in college, I started hanging out in Robert Lee´s dorm room, a guy that I had not known well in high school. I started out with "Macross Plus", saw some of "Neon Genesis Evangelion", and before I knew it, I was staying up all night watching "Fushigi Yuugi" while everyone else I knew was out on the party scene. And as for the anime fans they portrayed in both the animated sections and the scripted interviews, I´ve met them all in real life. That´s the beauty of "Otaku no Video": it manages to faithfully yet humorously portray otaku culture.
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