This is the Animation Store Manager!! Anime Tenchou is a CM character for Animate, one of Japan's biggest retailer of anime, games, and manga. The character series was created by Shimamoto Kazuhiko for publicity purposes. Later adapted into a manga, a weekly radio drama and this OVA animated by GAINAX and directed by Anno Hideaki. Anizawa Meito is the blazing store manager. He is a fireball who loves animation merchandise at heart. He takes over the dying wish of the former store manager, though still alive, who was attacked by the rival store and becomes a “store manager” of newly opened animation goods specialty store, Animate. The scarlet, “store manager visor” is his trademark.
| Original Title | アニメ店長 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Animation |
| Director | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Runtime | 3 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 4.2/10 (6 votes) |
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The OVA constructs a grotesque monument to otaku consumer culture, relying on hyperbolized stereotypes and meta-humor from Gainax. It explores the recognizable realities of Animate stores, transforming retail routine into a farce with action elements.
What lingers after viewing is a cascade of rapid-fire jokes, cameos, and references where style outweighs substance, yet genuine affection for the anime industry pulses beneath the absurdity. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
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