Toshio Okada
| Born | Okada Toshio 岡田 斗司夫 July 1, 1958 Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
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| Occupation | Writer industrialist essayist visiting scholar producer scriptwriter |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Genre | Biography Essay Assessment |
| Subject | Science Fiction Anime Manga |
| Notable works | Introduction to Otakuology Japan Otaku Award Don't Think You Have To Be Fat Forever |
| Spouse | Kazumi Okada (1989–1999) |
| Children | Shizuka Okada |
| Website | |
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Toshio Okada (岡田 斗司夫 Okada Toshio?, born July 1, 1958) is an anime producer, author, and lecturer. He is a co-founder and former president of the production company Gainax. He is portrayed by actor Gaku Hamada in the 2014 TV Drama Aoi Honō based on the autobiographical manga by his fellow Kazuhiko Shimamoto.
Okada was born on July 1, 1958 in Osaka, Japan.
He has written several Japanese-language books on otaku culture, and lectured on the topic as an adjunct instructor at University of Tokyo from 1996 to 1997. He is considered the foremost authority on otaku and in addition, in a tribute to his own otaku-ness has been crowned "OtaKing" amongst his colleagues and fellow otaku.
Okada was admitted to Osaka Electro-Communication University to learn to use computer in 1978, but he could not obtain any credits in the first year because he had forgotten to hand in his course registration form. For this reason, he stopped completing all the courses necessary for a university degree, and he joined a group of SF fans and went into its activity. He lived on a monthly allowance from his parents who did not know of his dropping out. In the same year, he saw Star Wars while dressed as Darth Vader.
In 1981, his group promoted 20th Japanese SF convention (aka Daicon III), and he put "DAICON III Opening Animation" on the screen. Okada and Yasuhiro Takeda and their group established "Daicon Film" as an anime producing team and commissioned undergraduates of Osaka University of Arts to produce DAICON III and IV Opening Animations for the SF convention. Hideaki Anno, Takami Akai, and Hiroyuki Yamaga who were undergraduates of that university worked on those animations.
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