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Many kids grew up with the first Dragon Ball Z opening theme song, “Cha-La Head Cha-La,” performed by Hironobu Kageyama. And you know what? Hironobu Kageyama is still singing and still happy to sing “Cha-La Head Cha-La.” In fact, he just performed it as part …Read more »
It's come to my attention that there's a few of you ne'er-do-wells out there who take objection to the fact that "Rock the Dragon" was soundly defeated by "CHA LA, HEAD CHA-LA" in Issue 6 of Otaku USA. I can think of only one explanation …Read more »
If your day is incomplete without the soulful crooning of Hironobu Kageyama and his merry bandmates—Masaaki Endou, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui, and Yoshiki Fukuyama—then today truly is a lucky one. The legendary JAM Project now has a selection of songs culled from various anime and …Read more »
There are lots of polls in Japan asking people about their favorite things in regards to anime, like favorite characters or theme songs. TV Asahi decided to do something a little different, and asked 1,740 individuals outside of Japan what their favorite anime theme songs …Read more »
How appropriate… Scott Pilgrim will be getting an anime! The upcoming series will have a massive roster of people from the film adaptation attached. It will also be joining a proud—or at least interesting—tradition of other Western comics getting the anime treatment. While we wait …Read more »
Just a week ago, I was talking excitedly to friends about how Ichiro Mizuki was back on his game. He was scheduled to give a mini-concert for the Mazinger Z 50th anniversary broadcast. Which makes sense—the singer and the show are pretty much inseparable in the …Read more »
It is with a heavy heart that we report on the passing of a true legend in the anime world and beyond. Ichiro Mizuki, known as the Emperor of Anime Songs to all and as “Aniking” and “Aniki” (big bro) to those in the industry, …Read more »
These days, it seems like anime is creeping into the animation styles of countries the world over. Granted, it’s nothing new — animation is all about cross-pollination, and anime has been with us for decades. But with the jump in accessibility has come even more …Read more »
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the original Dragon Ball anime’s broadcast debut, as well as the 7th anniversary of HMV record shop Shibuya’s opening, the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime theme songs are being reissued on vinyl. The trio of records …Read more »
Anime and game song supergroup JAM Project has had a busy few months. Lockdown hasn’t slowed them up, with an anniversary film out and a theme for the upcoming Getter Robo finale on the way. The talented team has been making songs together for two decades, …Read more »
The final installment of creator Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa’s Getter Robo manga, Getter Robo Arc, is coming to TV in an anime adaptation this July. A second promo arrived to reveal the timing along with more info on the main voice cast, which includes …Read more »
Here's an Otaku Confession of the Past: Dead Zone was my first introduction to anything remotely related to Akira Toriyama's sprawling world of superhuman fisticuffs. There I was at a Kentucky flea market when I saw illicit VHS tapes of what would, in a year …Read more »
The first of these tightly related Dragon Ball Z flicks begins with the sobering realization that "the Southern Galaxy has fallen under Super Saiyan attack,•bCrLf and is followed by the plump King Kai dreading that the same dark fate will befall his Northern Galaxy, and …Read more »
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