Gainax Founder Teaches Otaku How To Lose Weight
Thursday 23 July 2009 @ 9:25 pm | By Ivan 'Nahu' Lozano 9 Comments
Toshio Okada, founder of Gainax, a prominent figure behind some of the most important shows and movies in the anime world. He even calls himself the Otaking. He’s lectured on universities worldwide about japanese pop culture and written many books for and about the otaku. The otaku community is very much indebted to this man, but that’s not enough for good ol’ Toshio, he had to do more. So he went ahead and wrote a weight-loss book for the otaku.
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!: A Geek’s Diet Memoir is precisely that, a chronicle of Mr. Okada’s own struggle with his weight and the very geeky way he found to beat it. The book just recently went on sale in english, so if you are struggling with your weight and the tips from all those jocks on late-night infomercials aren’t cutting it’; why not turn to the Otaking himself for some advice?
He found a way to make every otaku feel like an intellectual with Evangelion’s crammed symbolism, I’m pretty sure he can at least make you feel skinny.
[Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! At Amazon / Via Tokyomango][
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Genius! I wonder just how influential for otakus he is. Was he actually fat at some point?
Yep! Says so on the article.
i… want… that… book… o_o
not that I’m morbidly obese… but I’m starting to develop a potbelly while still having the arms of a 5 year old girl.
i don’t fancy the extra weight xD
You need Heavy Weapons Guy’s training videos so you can STOP BEING BABY AND BE STRONG LIKE BEAR.
How to lose weight for Otaku? Go to anime conventions each week and join in the rave. Play DDR every day. Use Wii Fit. Eat more than pizza, and don’t eat a ton.
See, this is how you lose a ton of money. You first have to write each point down, add 10 pages of fluff to each one, get it published AND THEN you tell the people.
Oh… I should have thought of that.
I’m really debating purchasing this book. Just to read the things he’s went through.
Having lost about 15-20 pounds myself recently, it’s always good to see other peoples methods of what they’re doing.
I need a book on gaining weight and BEING AS STRONG AS A BEAR!!