Otaku, like most groups, have their good people and their not so good people. And it seems that one group of Otaku are making the real-life Gridman’s life very difficult right now.

Recently, the Japanese anime, SSSS.Gridman, finished its twelve episode run. But some folks don’t know that back in 1993 there was a live-action series called Gridman the Hyper Agent, which spawned last year’s anime.

Well, the actor that played Gridman, Masaya Obi, runs a small restaurant in Japan. Pretty cool, right? Well, recently his store’s phone number was spread through the Otaku world, and now he is getting 50-100 harassing prank calls each day! See his complaints here:

最後に一つだけ言わせて下さい

先日店の電話番号が拡散された事によって毎日50〜100件近くイタズラ電話がかかってきています

店の電話線は抜きました

食べログ、FB等の公式の電話番号は非公開にしました

一般の予約も受付が出来なくなりました

ネガティヴでもなんでもない

営業妨害だし死活問題だ — 小尾昌也 (@masaya_obi) January 3, 2019

He notes that if things continue like this, he will be forced to close down his store. We really don’t want to see that, so let’s give the guy a break.

俺がツイッターを辞めてファンの人を出禁にするのは簡単な事だよ

でもそんな事はしたくない

みんなの協力が必要なんだ

この状況が改善しなければ俺は店を畳むしかなくなる

前にやってた店の二の舞なんだよ

これは自衛対策です

もうこれ以上は何も言いません

それではご機嫌よう — 小尾昌也 (@masaya_obi) January 3, 2019

C’mon Gridman! Power-up and defeat these bad guys! You can do it!