Kojima Calls Him an Otaku

About a year after Metal Gear Solid came out, I met with Kojima and discussed the idea of making a Metal Gear anime. I talked about how much I loved the games and what the anime might be like. He paused, looked at his producer, pointed at me and said "Otaku." and laughed.

A fake Twitter post describes meeting Hideo Kojima to discuss a Metal Gear anime, only for Kojima to point at the enthusiastic fan and call him an “Otaku.” The joke is that the fan’s intense love of the games and anime idea makes him look like an overly obsessed anime nerd; it is shared as a reaction to enthusiastic or embarrassing fandom. EN: A fake Twitter post describes meeting Hideo Kojima to discuss a Metal Gear anime, only for Kojima to point at the enthusiastic fan and call him an “Otaku.” The joke is that the fan’s intense love of the games and anime idea makes him look like an overly obsessed anime nerd; it is shared as a reaction to enthusiastic or embarrassing fandom.

• @itvbia / 20535 2022-02-04