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The Weeaboo is an upcoming 2017 documentary film by Jacob Lacuesta that analyzes weeaboo culture.

Summary
The film follows self-proclaimed ex-weeaboo Jacob Lacuesta as he ventures out to various anime conventions, universities and Japan to analyze what weeaboo culture really is from various standpoints including a sociological, psychological, philosophical, and political.

Production
The film was originally planned to be a small 45-minute documentary following trips to Kraken Con, FanimeCon, and SacAnime. The film was expanded to 100 minutes following an expansion of the thesis to cover more topics. Production of the film was also expanded to Japan. Filming began in April 2016 with the attendance of San Francisco's Sakura Festival in Japan Town. Filming at events ended with Kraken Con in November 2016. Editing and additional filming began in December 2016.

The film was funded via Indiegogo, personal donations from the friends and family of Jacob Lacuesta, and personal income of the director.