Shokotan searches for the ultimate Otaku in Akihabara
In the following clip from Japanese TV, actress, otaku and gravure idol Shoko Nakagawa 中川翔子 searches Akihabara for the “ultimate” otaku. She finds several candidates including a man playing “Taiko no Tatsujin” blindfolded, while several “otagei” performers dance behind him. She also finds a street performer cosplaying as Haruhi Suzumiya which she finds very fun and decides to join in.
Next Shokotan cosplays as Rei Ayanami and poses as a life-size figure in a figurine shop and although many people pass by and look, no one can recognize her. Finally, one otaku does a double take and Shokotan reveals herself. The otaku is wearing a special outfit of a self-invented character called A-Hero (Akiba Hero), protector of the otaku “holy land” (Akihabara) who has his own name tag, slogans and sequence of poses.
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November 13th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
A-Hero has successfully amused me. Poses and lines and everything. Nice.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
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November 15th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Who’s the girl in the kimono towards the end of the video (not Becky), WOW!!!