Otaku


52m 1994

Brief Synopsis

A look at the techno-cocooning, gizmo-worshipping and obsessive doll-collecting of a substantial slice of urban male Japanese society which suggests that nerds and dweebs -- who are in the vanguard of "virtual relationships" -- may inherit the Earth.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1994

Technical Specs

Duration
52m

Synopsis

A look at the techno-cocooning, gizmo-worshipping and obsessive doll-collecting of a substantial slice of urban male Japanese society which suggests that nerds and dweebs -- who are in the vanguard of "virtual relationships" -- may inherit the Earth.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1994

Technical Specs

Duration
52m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Shown at Vue sur les Docs Festival (Sunny Side of the Doc market) in Marseilles, France, June 1994.

color

English voiceover