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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Eric Bresler |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2006 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Central Park Media |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary, Japanese Animation Video, Japanimation, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 719987251427 |
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Customer Reviews of Otaku Unite!
Highly entertaining overview of anime fans Not certain what the negative reviewers were expecting, but I found OTAKU UNITE! to be a blast. Informative and a hell of a lot of fun, the film should be equally satisfying to both the layman and the longtime fan. Filled with the typical eccentrics (anyone who's ever been to a fan convention will smile in recognition upon seeing these folks), the film takes an amused yet not condescending view, the outcome of the Cos Play being an excellent -- and hilarious -- example. <
>The extras on the DVD are also great, with a goofy-but-fun piece on the film's premiere at the Philadelphia Film Festival, and a breezy but thorough audio commentary. Highly recommended.
Great Overview
The directorial debut of Eric Bresler (TLA Entertainment Group employee, Drexel University graduate and purveyor of Japanese pop culture through his website) is this affectionate tribute to international fans of Japanese animation. Rated "O" for Otaku, it gives us an encyclopedic nutshell of the history of anime and the growth of its viewers. We learn about aspects of anime conventions from fans and personnel with names like Thag and Ogre. We see fans dressed in their favorite anime characters wrestling it out in the ring to the enthusiastic cheering of the teeming throngs of fans. Starting with such revered names as Astro Boy, Robotech and Speed Racer, Bresler takes us on an intimate journey: a journey which began with a small number of fans struggling to get decent VHS 10th generation copies of their favorite anime. It progresses from talks with Carl Macek, credited with bringing anime to U.S. network television, to the first conventions in the mid-eighties, to the explosion of conventions and festivals in the 21st century. The documentary is an excellent mix of talking-head interviews and exciting montages of men, women and children dressed in imaginative and professional costumes, performing dance numbers on stage and intimate skits in conference halls. Debated in the beginning of the film, the definition of "otaku" is hard to locate. Is it a badge of honor? An obsessive geek? Otaku Unite! does an admirable job of not pigeonholing fans, allowing viewers to make up their own mind as to the meaning, and all the while having fun in the process.
The first anime convention documentary to be publish!
I'm going to talk from two point of views, the Otaku point of view, and the Outsider point of view.
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>From the Otaku point of view, I got to say it gave me great laughs seeing how cons used to be back in the early days. it's interesting seeing some old school people who watches anime, and how they get their anime before anime became mainstream.... Yeah, good old memories.... It's an anime con doc that I didn't skip any scenes for any reason... I watch from start to finish, and watch it again to listen to the director's commentary.... If you're a fan of Steve Benette. You'll be like "OH MY GOD!", when you watch his segment. It's worthy to have Otaku Unite! in your Anime Collection!
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>From the Outsider point of view, it may look like people in a trekkie convention... But it's not! But things will get interesting to watch as the video rolls on.