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You can read my formal review of Right Stuf's Gasaraki re-release in the January 2012 issue of Otaku USA magazine, but I had a few more things to say on the topic that wouldn't fit into a 650 word review. In case you haven't read …Read more »
We have some sad news to report today, as anime director Tatsufumi Ito has passed away. According to the announcement his wife Mariko Ito made on his official Twitter account, the director passed away on May 23 due to a brainstem hemorrhage at just 55 …Read more »
Let’s be clear: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 isn’t a very good show in a lot of ways. At the same time, it’s also a wonderful show in ways that are intimately tied together with its flaws. Like a lot of anime series from the late-1990s—like …Read more »
From now until the end of the year, Otaku USA e-News presents 98 Degrees: a deep dive straight into the anime of 1998. Which greats of ’98 would you like to see covered? Comment below or drop our editor a line. “Why? Why won’t you …Read more »
The used anime section is a cultural wasteland. Younger anime fans may not remember the days when anime on American home video didn’t generally come in full-season or half-season chunks. In the late Nineties and early Aughts, a typical twenty-six episode television series would run …Read more »
If it's not 197x and you're animating something created by Leiji Matsumoto ( Galaxy Express 999 , Captain Harlock ), you have your work cut out for you. This is no fault of Matsumoto's, but his art is just something that doesn't tend to mesh …Read more »
Heads up: contains some Eden of the East spoilers As we know from grade school in the U.S., a democracy is rule by the people. So how about a gerontocracy? Is that a state ruled by the old (the geriatric)? This fancy-pants term comes up …Read more »
Nabari No Ou proves relatively dense for a ninja manga. As mentioned in my review of volume one, it stands out from other shonen ninja series in its reversal of protagonist archetypes. Miharu's withdrawn, indifferent attitude has been seen before in mecha series, but in …Read more »
In U.S. anime fandom, many point to Mobile Suit Gundam (whichever incarnation may be currently available) as the premiere series combining politics and mecha combat. However, for nearly as long, though not quite as popular, there has been a franchise in Japan that is very …Read more »
February 2009 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of legendary storyteller Osamu Tezuka, who was known in Japan as the God of Manga and the Father of Anime, due to the fact that in each medium, he revolutionized the production process for efficiency and …Read more »
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