Anime like DAICON III Opening Animation

Otaku no Video

Also known as Otaku no Video.

Studio: Gainax , Youmex , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Somewhat based on the real story of how Gainax was founded, Otaku no Video addresses all aspects of an otaku lifestyle. Ken Kubo is a young man living an average life until he is dragged into a group of otaku. Slowly, he becomes more like them until he decides to abandon his former life to become king of otaku —the otaking!

Mixed in are live-action interviews with real otaku, addressing every aspect of hardcore otaku life. Not only are anime and manga fans included, but also sci-fi fans, military fans, and other groups of Japanese geeks.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Philosophy , Meta , Hikikomori , Parody , Historical , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Educational , Cosplay , Time Skip , Revenge , Tennis , Nudity , Magic

Project A-Ko

Also known as Project A-ko.

Studio: APPP , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

On a splendid morning, an effervescently cheerful teenaged schoolgirl named A-ko sets off for school with her delightfully ditzy friend, C-ko. The duo are students in a marvelous futuristic city, but A-ko is about to run afoul of the wealthy and powerful B-ko, a young lady used to getting everything she wants—and what she wants is C-ko! Also, a vast and powerful alien fleet is about to touch down in Graviton City, and they're after something, too. Fortunately for us, A-ko’s no ordinary schoolgirl—she’s got super powers of her own!



Tags: Super Power , Female Protagonist , Meta , Aliens , Robots , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Ojou-sama , School , Revenge , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Nudity , Yuri

FLCL

Also known as FLCL.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G , Starchild Records , Funimation , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Naota is a detached sixth grader afflicted by the pangs of puberty. He's fooling around with his brother's ex-girlfriend when a crazed girl on a motor scooter runs him over, brains him with a bass guitar, and moves into his house. This pink-haired girl, Haruko - who claims she's an alien - hurls Naota into the middle of a mega-corporation's secret agenda. Oh, and now giant battling robots shoot from his skull. Mix in mind-bending animation and tunes that echo through your cerebellum to top off the trip that will have you falling hard for FLCL.



Tags: Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Meta , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , Robots , Slapstick , Denpa , Love Triangle , Aliens , Parody , Heterosexual , Mopeds , Vore , Amnesia , Urban , Kaiju , Guns , Gods , Super Robot , Real Robot , Nudity , Body Horror , Episodic , Baseball , CGI , Mixed Media

AWAKE

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The first episode served as the opening animation for 1984's SciFi convention named Uru Matsuri III (ウル祭Ⅲ) and it follows the style of the Daicon openings. The video consists of two primary fixations of the Japanese otaku culture in the 80s - scifi and lolis. The 2nd episode is only known to have been released in 1987.

Tags: Parody , Kaiju , Super Robot , Primarily Female Cast , Military , No Dialogue , Primarily Child Cast , Nudity , Space , Tanks

Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!

Also known as Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.

Studio: Science SARU , Crunchyroll , NHK Enterprises , Shogakukan , Warner Bros. Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

First year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. Though she draws a variety of ideas in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. The producer-type Sayaka Kanamori is the first to notice Asakusa's genius. Then, when it becomes clear that their classmate, charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki, really wants to be an animator, they create an animation club to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds.



Tags: Drawing , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Urban , Otaku Culture , Surreal Comedy , Coming of Age , Educational , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Filmmaking , Urban Fantasy , Tanned Skin , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Meta

URACON III Opening Animation

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Tags: Otaku Culture , No Dialogue

AZICON Opening Animation

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Opening animation for Azicon

Tags: Acting

URACON II Opening Animation

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Tags: Otaku Culture , No Dialogue

Kotowa Jiten: Hetana Teppou mo Kazu Ucha Ataru!

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Amateur animation by 20-year-old Hideaki Anno while he was studying at Osaka University of Arts. The short is an animated form of the idiom "even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots".

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Joubuna Tire!

Status: Finished
Genres:

Amateur animation by 20-year-old Hideaki Anno while he was studying at Osaka University of Arts. The short features a speeding car with physics-defying tires.

Tags: Achromatic , Cars , No Dialogue