It just goes to prove: being an middle-aged otaku does not mean you stop being attractive to the opposite sex.
Toshio Okada, the famous anime producer and writer, and co-founder of Gainax (Evangelion), has been exposed as a mass philander.
The 56-year-old chubby otaku had his cat let out of the bag when a picture of a smooch with a younger lady was leaked online.
The 21-year-old girl posted the Purikura (photo booth) pic on Facebook on December 31st, along with screen captures of her exchanges with Okada on Line where he says he loves her.
The girl did it because she claimed to have been dumped by Okada the day before, despite him having given her a ring and told her in bed that she was the “cutest girl in the world”.
After he called the photo a fake in early January, Okada has since admitted it was him and posted an apology video on his Nico Nico Douga channel.
He claims at one point to have had up to “80 girlfriends” and currently is simultaneously dating “nine women”. This nine includes the lady in the picture (“A-san”), as well the lady who he was married to from 1981 to 1998.
Here is one of his regular online “seminars”. His “apology” is at the start where he even asks people to do an online survey asking if they “forgive” him or not. We would have preferred an option for whether we find the idea of his affairs unpleasant!
Okada seems to have a following akin to an idol, so much so that he has to explain and apologise for his private life ad nauseam (or at least, thinks that everyone is interested). He explains that he is frank with all his girlfriends and tells them that he has other partners. He then only dates women who “agree” to his set-up and then he “never” dumps women.
He says he broke his rule this time with this lady from Kyoto because of her actions.
Of course, the ladies are likely wannabe anime writers and artists, hoping to improve their lot through an affair with Okada (come on, let’s be honest — he’s no Ken Watanabe). They even call him “sensei”!
It has also come to light that he was once involved with the Sex Volunteer Circle, a network that helps women who are not satisfied sexually.
