Toshio Okada

is an anime producer, author, and lecturer. He is a co-founder and former president of the production company Gainax.

Okada was born in Osaka and attended Osaka University of Arts. He has written several Japanese-language books on otaku culture, and lectured on the topic as an adjunct instructor at Tokyo University from 1992 to 1997. [Takeda 2002.] He is considered the foremost authority on otaku and in addition, in a tribute to his own otaku-ness ["In those days, we didn't have the word "otaku" yet, but my first impression of Okada was, "Here's a geek if I've ever seen one."' With his girly long hair and his freakishly excited way of speaking, all I could think was, "This guy is exactly like me?" pg 31, Takeda 2005] has been crowned "OtaKing" amongst his colleagues and fellow otaku.

Works

Anime

* Daicon IV Opening Film (1983)
* (1987)
* Gunbuster (1988)
* Otaku no Video (1992)

Books

External links

*jp icon [http://www.netcity.or.jp/OTAKU/okada/index.html Otaking Space Port: Toshio Okada On The Web]
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* [http://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/already-dead.html A Review of "You Otaku Are Already Dead"]

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