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Hey, guys, what would happen if we got Takashi Miike—Japan's all-purpose director of respectable genre masterworks like 13 Assassins and bizarre cult fare like Ichi the Killer —to do a kids' movie? Well, we already found that out last year with his painstakingly faithful and …Read more »
I saw crazier movies at New York Asian Film Festival than Karate-Robo Zaborgar , like The Story of Ricky/Riki-Oh . I saw better movies at NYAFF, like Milocrorze: A Love Story. However, I did not see any movie that felt more specifically made for me. …Read more »
Yoshimasa Ishibashi said during his Q&A after the New York Asian Film Fest showing of Milocrorze: A Love Story that the film was a statement for Japanese boys (who aren't culturally encouraged to act very romantically); an encouragement to surrender themselves to a passionate romance …Read more »
Tak Sakaguchi described Yakuza Weapon with the words “punch and kick”, and the film delivers on this promise early, often, and repeatedly. Co-directors Sakaguchi and Yudai Yamaguchi (who starred in and wrote the cult hit Versus ) have created an all-punching, all-kicking, and, above all …Read more »
The New York Asian Film Festival is always a big event, and this year's 10th anniversary celebration looks like it will stay true to that tradition in every way. Among a lineup loaded with must-see flicks are the two live-action adaptations of Hiroya Oku's Gantz …Read more »
Yes, that's right, the original Mobile Suit Gundam series gets the real headline spotlight here because, well, it's OG Gundam ! That's not all it is, though, as the company detailed at their New York Anime Fest panel this past weekend. To be specific, Bandai …Read more »
Fans of pop twosome Hangry & Angry will be at least partially pleased to know that one half of the duo will be making an appearance at this year's New York Anime Festival on October 9. Rika Ishikawa—the Angry to Hitomi Yoshizawa's Hangry—is scheduled to …Read more »
Puffy AmiYumi are perhaps among the most recognizable Japanese artists to break through the American barrier, at least to those not deeply entrenched in everything J-pop. Sure, Utada's released a couple English albums, but has she ever had her own cartoon series like Hi Hi …Read more »
One of many announcements at this year's New York Anime Festival, held this past weekend at the Javits Center in New York City, FUNimation's acquisition of Initial D covers the first through fourth stages of the mega-popular racing series, based on Shuichi Shigeno's original manga. …Read more »
Can you smell the hot-blooded odor of a combination attack on the horizon? The smell lingers heavily if you're anywhere near the vicinity of New York City's Javits Center, the annual host of both the New York Anime Festival and New York Comic Con. While …Read more »
Cencoroll is an impressive effort from a man named Atsuya Uki; and when I say "from," I really mean it. Uki purportedly wrote, directed, designed and animated the 30-minute film, which is based on his and Anime Innovation Tokyo's 2007 short of the same name. …Read more »
So you missed out on the New York Asian Film Festival's premiere of the first two 20th Century Boys films. It's okay, a lot of people did, I'm sure. Heck, I missed out on them myself, but I have to admit it's mostly because I …Read more »
We know a lot of you were unable to attend this year's New York Anime Festival for various reasons, but now you can close your eyes and pretend you're there by virtually attending the Otaku USA panel! Thanks to Erin Finnegan, there's now a recording …Read more »
Linda Thai has been interviewing tons of people in the anime and manga industry lately at her blog . Recently she caught up with us to ask a few questions about our involvement at the New York Anime Festival and what it's like to work …Read more »
Behold pictures from our cosplay contest at New York Anime Festival 2008. Unfortunately, we didn't have room to include pictures of every single contestant, but we tried to include as many as possible. Winners will be announced in the February 2008 issue of Otaku USA magazine …Read more »
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