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Animation Store Manager

2002 · 3 min Animation
4.2 / 10 · TMDB

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.

📋 Film Details

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

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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