Few anime define an era, but for the early 1990s generation Vampire Hunter D embodied what “anime” was. In a time before DVDs or general awareness of the word “Internet,” before most people even knew of words like “anime” or “otaku,” one look was all …Read more »
Ah, finally: an anime series made for us! By that, I mean the writers of Otaku USA specifically, which is probably why, of all the anime series of 2015, none may be more divisive than Ninja Slayer: From Animation . You will either love this …Read more »
Bored out of your mind? Well, hurry up and crawl back on in there; we've got an examination to do! It's time to explore the wonders, and occasional failings, of the human brain, with the assistance of the eager staff of Yuu Mental Clinic, in …Read more »
Junichiro Kagami is the Ultimate Otaku Teacher. It’s not really clear whether that’s a good or a bad thing, it just is! Junichiro Kagami is, quite surprisingly, a genius. He's nothing but a NEET (not in education, employment, or training), an otaku who'd like nothing …Read more »
Recent advances in technology have allowed humans the ability to monitor their health with ever-increasing detail, leading many to healthier and happier lifestyles. But as that health information begins to get uploaded to the cloud, tweeted and shared with health insurance companies, some are worried …Read more »
Horror isn’t one of the more common genres in anime, so it’s always a treat to see a new one come out. So far Kagewani is looking to be a great choice for a show to watch alone in the dark. In Kagewani , mysterious …Read more »
Garakowa -Restore the World- is a new anime film from A-1 Pictures and director Masashi Ishihama ( From the New World ) set to open in January. The film has an interesting production history: it started “D.Backup,” a story concept by independent game creators Physics …Read more »
This Halloween weekend FUNimation premiered the first episodes of the English dub of Danganronpa: The Animation at conventions across the country. The anime is an adaptation of the 2010 Playstation Portable visual novel, following a class of fifteen students held captive in a high school …Read more »
As a young child all Jun Naruse wanted was to realize her dream of attending a grand ball at the majestic castle on the hill. One day, when she saw her father escorting another woman from said castle, her heart swelled with excitement. He must …Read more »
© Gamon Sakurai, KODANSHA/AJIN Production Committee. All Rights Reserved. What does it mean to be human? That’s the big theme at the heart of Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel , the first in a trilogy of anime films out in Japan this November from Polygon Pictures …Read more »
Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon is a great example of a show with an interesting premise executed poorly. The anime adapts Tōki Yanagimi’s light novel of the same name, in which the government has a dedicated force of trained witch-hunters to combat magic running …Read more »
The month of October stirs strange desires in the breasts of every person who grew up enraptured by Halloween, so what better time is there than now to venture among the cotton cobwebs and the ten cent plastic spiders in the cinematic crypt known as …Read more »
As Attack on Titan fans are painfully aware, there was no season 2 of the anime series set from the get-go. Hard as it is to imagine now, there was no guarantee the show would be the monster success it was – the manga, reportedly, …Read more »
The December 2015 issue of Otaku USA magazine, on sale now, includes a feature on the Gangsta anime by Daryl Surat. Daryl wrote the feature, I mean, he didn't single-handedly create Gangsta from nothing. That honor goes to Kohske, whose manga serves as the basis …Read more »
Dragon Ball Z films are strange beasts. Taking place between the series’ all-important sagas, the films have traditionally been side stories rife with inconsistencies and canonical errors. As such, fans have relegated even the best of the DBZ films to the category “fun but inconsequential.” …Read more »
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