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If you fancy yourself a massive fan of Koshi Tachibana’s sci-fi romantic comedy light novel series Date A Live and its anime adaptation, you might be in the market for some life-size heroines. The KADOKAWA STORE is now accepting pre-orders for a pair of products …Read more »
With the caveat that the word “otaku” means different things to different generations, subcultures and nationalities, this is still some pretty interesting news. A survey of 400 Japanese women from 15 to 24 around Japan has revealed that almost 70% of those women identified as …Read more »
It’s almost 20 years since manga author Karuho Shiina launched Kimi no Todoke – From Me to You, which debuted in the pages of Bessatsu Margaret in 2005 and ran until 2017 for a total of 30 volumes. Now the author is getting ready to …Read more »
One Piece debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 19, 1997, and look where it is now! The world’s bestselling manga now has more than 490 million copies in circulation, both physically and digitally. A bit more than 400 million comes from Japan itself, and …Read more »
There’s something special about the atmosphere rain creates, and it’s on full display in a beautiful new anime short by Toho, CG anime studio Orange (Land of the Lustrous), and Marui Group, a company that owns fashion buildings throughout Japan. Their collaborative efforts can be …Read more »
The opening sequence is on full display for the Kitaro Tanjo: Gegege no Nazo anime film, which opened in Japan on November 17. While it doesn’t have subtitles, the video from the official website and the Toei Movie Channel on YouTube offers a nice look …Read more »
Many anime fans are interested in learning to speak Japanese, whether it’s just a few phrases or they want to be full-on fluent. In fact, right now the most requested languages to learn in America are Spanish, French and Japanese, in that order. Crunchyroll and …Read more »
After the last couple years, it would be really nice if we could predict what 2022 has in store. But there’s good news: thanks to our favorite anime, we can! … okay, so I’ve just been told that legally I cannot make this claim. The …Read more »
The first Pokémon movie—appropriately titled Pokémon: The First Movie—premiered back in 1998. Nearly 20 years later, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! made its way to theaters in 2017, and the 20th film in the series bridged that gap with a unique spin on nostalgia. …Read more »
Nearly 30 years ago, Gainax released Otaku no Video as a love letter to anime fandom and a story (somewhat) about themselves. It’s the story of an “average” guy’s fall into fandom and rise into anime stardom. But it’s also a tongue-in-cheek look at fandom life, …Read more »
The Elfen Lied anime from Sentai Filmworks is a cult classic, infamous for its brutality and sexuality, while also loved for its strong plot, engaging characters and tragic, riveting storyline. Now Dark Horse is stepping in and giving us the long overdue Elfen Lied manga, years after many of …Read more »
Nearly 30 years later, Record of Lodoss War remains the best tabletop session anime has to offer. It’s a pretty amazing time to be into tabletop gaming, especially storied mainstay Dungeons & Dragons. Even if you don’t have a regular crew to play with, there …Read more »
This story originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls is a simultaneously adorable and lewd series with plenty of interesting situations revolving around, well… monster girls. Following one Japanese student, Kimihito Kurusu, who’s suddenly …Read more »
In a mythical age before the separation of the material world and the spirit world, the realm of Britannia is a place fraught with peril. Not only do monsters stalk the dark places where no civilized being would dare to tread, but the Seven Deadly …Read more »
One of this season's hotly anticipated series is Terra Formars , based on the manga written by Yu Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. Crunchyroll announced plans to stream the fall anime, with the action set to kick off on September 26 at 9:30am Pacific …Read more »
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