Obatarian
1990, Japanese. Directed by Tetsuro Amino.
The pejorative word obatalian is a pun between the Japanese word obaasan (old lady) and the English word battalion. Obatalian are known to always enter a train running as fast as they can, bumping others people in order to catch a free seat before the others. They haggle things that aren't normally haggled like grocery store produce. They are fearless and pitiless, just like a battalion of barbarians. This anime is follows 6 stories of one such Obatalian and her wake of destruction.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 3 April 1990
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shōji Tonoike, Toshiki Inoue, Shunichi Yukimuro
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Obatarian runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Obatarian isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 April 1990. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Obatarian?
Obatarian (1990) was directed by Tetsuro Amino and stars Kazuyo Aoki, Ryo Horikawa, Saburo Kamei.