Things are moving along for The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún OAD after its successful Kickstarter campaign. The OAD won’t be released until March, when it will be bundled with a volume of the spinoff manga in Japan, but in the meantime …Read more »
Serious news outlets that cover politics found themselves having to cover anime as well after Arizona’s Rep. Paul Gosar put out a tweaked and politicized Attack on Titan video. Rep. Gosar stands behind the video, saying it’s meant to be against illegal immigration, but the …Read more »
Japanese politicians sometimes use otaku references to please the crowds, but in America politics and anime typically don’t mix. That changed this month when Representative Paul Gosar, a Republican in Arizona, shared a video using Attack on Titan. According to Rep. Gosar, the video was meant …Read more »
It turns out Kanji Yamanouchi isn’t just the Ambassador and Consul General of Japan in New York – he’s also a rocker with knowledge of otaku culture. Ahead of Anime NYC, which starts tomorrow, he released a video of himself playing musical instruments for Demon …Read more »
It was just announced that My Hero Academia composer Yuki Hayashi will be at the Anime NYC event, and he’s getting a special (and free) concert. A rock band and orchestra will be working together on his My Hero Academia music for a concert this …Read more »
This year Sentai Filmworks both acquired fan-favorite anime NANA and made it available to stream on HIDIVE both dubbed and subbed. The home release is coming next, and it was just revealed that the series will come out on Blu-ray on February 22, 2022. According …Read more »
Back in December writer/director Kaichi Sato revealed to Otaku USA first that he was planning a sequel for his “Samurai & Shogun” Rick and Morty anime short. The time has come, as the sequel was released over the weekend. Adult Swim gave this description for …Read more »
Any popular anime is going to come with plenty of merchandise, but the production committee behind Attack on Titan recently pulled some of their new merchandise because of Nazi comparisons. Rather than your typical character plushies or specialty foods, this merchandise has parallels to very …Read more »
Earlier this month we reported that Japanese publisher Shueisha filed a legal application with Google, as well as with Hurricane Electric, in their attempts to fight piracy. In particular in this case, they are interested in going after the piracy site Manga Bank and people …Read more »
Fans of Ayumi Komura have a reason to be happy. The creator of the popular shojo series Mixed Vegetables just announced that she’ll be coming out with a new manga. Not a lot has been revealed about it yet, but we do know that it …Read more »
The other day we got a sneak peek of the upcoming Spirited Away stage play, in the form of two posters showing actresses Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi in costume. The two actresses will switch on and off for the play. A lot of fanfare …Read more »
The Comic Market event (also known as Comiket) in Japan is a major convention for otaku. In 2019, 750,000 people attended during the four days it took place, which was a new record. But if people thought the next Comiket would break records again, they …Read more »
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic is an autobiographical manga (also known as an essay manga) that is honest and sometimes gut-wrenching. Mariko details her father’s abuse of alcohol since she was a little girl. The book is told completely from her …Read more »
The manga Call of the Night by Kotoyama is getting an anime adaptation. The anime will debut in July, and meanwhile we’ve been given a teaser trailer with some information on the cast and crew. In it we can also hear the theme song “Yofukashi …Read more »
Cosplayers and fans of Violet Evergarden just received some useful information: how to braid your hair to look like Violet’s. This information comes to us from the production staff, and they revealed it through the official Violet Evergarden Twitter account. It turns out that when …Read more »
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