Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

Name: Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Released: 1994-12-01
Duration: 169 min
Rating: 4.4
Cast: Sion Sono, Kyoko Nakamura, Kato Noriko, Miri Uchida, Akio Nakamori

4.4

December 1, 1994

2h 49m

Documentary

"A look at the obsessive urban male Japanese society."

Overview

A documentary that explores the life styles of various otakus in Japan. Various interviews are given to selected otakus who express how interesting it is to be an otaku as oppose to not being one at all. Along with various shots of various Japanese city landscapes and the inside of an average otaku home from rooms filled with videos, models, and the latest in technology.