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The New York Times has released its latest monthly list of Graphic Novel and Manga bestsellers, and two thirds of the fifteen titles are manga. The number one spot goes to a graphic novel, Perspectives by Dav Pilkey. (Pilkey also nabs the thirteenth spot with …Read more »
On March 7, Japanese Domino’s Pizza franchises began a collaboration with Vocaloid sensation Hatsune Miku, packaging medium and large pizzas in Miku-themed boxes, and delivering them in Miku-themed motor scooters with Miku-themed delivery persons (sources inform us these are colloquially known as “cosplayers”). Then tragedy …Read more »
With so many Shonen Jump manga on the outs, we can expect to see several new debuts. Following hot on the heels of Embers and Jump+’s The Marshal King is Star of Beethoven. The classically-charged series is the latest from Morihiro Hayashi. And while it has an exciting and …Read more »
This week, after years of speculation, we finally get to see Cowboy Bebop in live action. Headed up by the guy who brought us The Mandalorian and rolling out via Netflix, it’s premiering to a wide variety of opinions and expectations. And, just before, the streaming service hit …Read more »
In 1971, Monkey Punch’s action manga Lupin III got a TV anime adaptation. The manga was only meant to run for a few months… but as we can see, the series has gone on for decades. It’s been a long time since that first Green Jacket …Read more »
Space is the place to be in ID-0, a 2017 3DCG TV anime with direction by Goro Taniguchi (Planetes, Maria the Virgin Witch) and animation by Sanzigen. Set in the distant future, in ID-0 humanity has begun exploring and colonizing deep space thanks to two …Read more »
Eiichiro Oda has built himself one hell of a playground. It's like those old toy commercials that featured the luckiest kids in the world slammin' their G.I. Joes or Turtles in elaborate, craggy playsets that didn't exist and would take way too much effort and …Read more »
As someone who suffers the odd Bloody Mary nightmare, Corpse Party ’s opening scene holds an immediate resonance. A chanting ritual deposits a group of fun loving high school students in a collapsing school created by the psychic suffering of four murdered children. There is …Read more »
While a healthy portion of our contributors have been using Twitter for some time now, Otaku USA finally has its own official account, which you can follow for all of the up-to-date anime, manga, game and j-pop coverage you desire. Never worry about missing anything …Read more »
Stop me if you've heard this one before; It's the 90's. A guy walks into a video store and goes to the anime section. After looking through and not seeing a certain title, he goes up to the register and the following exchange takes place: …Read more »
Two types of people will rent or buy Gunbuster vs. Diebuster Aim for the Top! The Gattai!! Movie : hardcore American completist Gunbuster otaku who wish to own every possible release of Gunbuster , and newbies who don't realize the set consists of the theatrical …Read more »
The game Palworld, which some people quickly dubbed “Pokémon with guns,” is currently going through litigation after Nintendo and The Pokémon Company accused it of infringement of intellectual property. Palworld persists in denying any wrongdoing, and it just launched its Patch v0.5.5. Fans quickly noticed …Read more »
A Publishers Weekly article by Shaenon K. Garrity brings attention to how manga’s large segment of female readers is changing the publishing landscape in America. Many girls who grew up reading manga are now women reading manga, and this is leading to more titles being …Read more »
Vagabond is a beautifully illustrated and fictionalized biography about Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary swordsman and writer of The Five Rings. This manga is an adaptation done by Slam Dunk mangaka Takehiko Inoue and is based on the novel Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. It opens in …Read more »
Anime and manga tourism are big businesses in Japan. But according to a new report, sex tourism is also seeing an increased presence in the country. According to the French news organization Agence France-Presse (AFP), there is no official data on these numbers, though their …Read more »
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