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Once there was a guy named Kubo. He attends college. He's got a girlfriend. He's an average sort of guy. That changes one day when he meets his old friend Tanaka who he hasn't seen in years. What's strange about Tanaka is that he's a nerd. And not just any nerd, he's one of those anime nerds known as "otaku". And so Kubo sort of ended up exposed to anime and manga over time and found he actually enjoyed it. That's when Kubo's life started to change. He's not doing so well with college, and his girlfriend leaves him... that's when he realizes that he too has become otaku.

But with a pure love of anime planted deep within his heart, Kubo is determined to make something of himself AND keep his love of anime. For a true anime fan nothing is impossible where anime is the fire of life that cannot be extinguished. However that stuff doesn't go very far in reality, so Kubo really does have his work cut out for him.

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Otaku no anime translates into "An anime fans anime". It's half "documentary", and half an anime about an anime fan. At first I didn't like the documentary parts, but actually when I payed attention to them, some of them I found pretty interesting. The sad thing is that I didn't understand that the documentary parts were in fact a parody. That's not so strange when you consider how weird the Japanese often are - much of it is still believable. If it came down to just a documentary about anime fans I certainly wouldn't watch the show. As such I tend to regard about half of this anime as "filler".

The other half is about a guy named Kubo. Basically Kubo is this average guy who ends up becoming a rabid anime fan. Some find this story to be rather dull, but if there were such a thing as "the Hallmark channel" for anime fans, then Kubo's story is like "It's a Wonderful Life" in the anime world. And the story really is touching to many anime fans such as myself. I mean you have this ordinary guy, who just gets into anime... but then gets into it way too deep. But he feels the rush of watching anime and the love that drives him to keep going. And then he hits bottom when he is double crossed. Now I won't ruin the story here, but I really do like this story because it's kind of like the sort of toils you see in regular movies, but applied to an anime fan under an anime fan's reality. As such it's the sort of story that should readily strike a chord with any anime fan.

Now is Otaku no Anime good enough to watch? Most certainly yes. It's the sort of anime that you'd probably watch just because you're an anime fan. Would I own it? I'm not sure. It's certainly worth renting, but I'm not sure I'd put it in the must see even if I have to buy it category.