Osamu Tezuka’s Record of the Glass Castle is a dark and epic science fiction single-volume manga. It takes place in 1992 — which was in the future when Tezuka was writing this in the 70s — and cryosleep has been banned. A swindler named Reizou …Read more »
Beth Kawasaki, who was formerly a senior editorial director at VIZ Media and brand executive director at Funimation, has just become executive director of content and marketing for Media Do International, Inc. Otaku USA caught up with Kawasaki to learn more about what she’ll be …Read more »
The anime Fena: Pirate Princess made its debut in America, becoming available on August 14 on Crunchyroll (subtitled) and Adult Swim (dubbed). But the anime won’t come out in Japan until October, and a Japanese-language version of the trailer has been released by the official …Read more »
The 20-day-long Fantasia International Film Festival just wrapped up in Montreal, Canada, and it had a number of exciting moments for anime. A Special Mention for the “Axis: The Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation” went to Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Gyokō no Nikuko-chan …Read more »
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: The Great Full Blossom Arc (or Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru Dai-Mankai no Sho in the original Japanese) is coming to TV in Japan on October 1. This is the franchise’s third main TV series or season, and a …Read more »
The BL movie Gekijō-ban Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. Spain-Hen (translated as DAKAICHI -I’m being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- the Movie in Spain) is hitting Japanese theaters on October 9. Ahead of this the new DAKAICHI trailer lets us hear …Read more »
Yesterday Kodansha revealed five manga series that will receive digital debuts for Americans in September. Kodansha wrote, “As a reminder, these new digital debuts as well as returning favorites will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Apple …Read more »
The 25th anniversary of Pokémon means there are many celebrations going on, but even this huge franchise is facing negative impacts from COVID. A number of Pokémon stores and centers in Japan are shutting down — some temporarily, some permanently. Recently an employee at the …Read more »
One Piece began in 1997, and its one hundredth volume will go out on September 3. Japan is in the mood to celebrate, and One Piece is getting all sorts of ways to enjoy the milestone, including having 100 One Piece taxis in Tokyo. Japan’s …Read more »
Takashi Watanabe, director of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, is concerned by the way he’s seeing anime studios handling COVID. He said he’s aware of an anime studio that has had to go into lockdown because of a COVID outbreak. Apparently there’s a …Read more »
Keiji Nakazawa survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and this experienced forever colored his work. He’s most famous for the manga series Barefoot Gen, a fictionalized story borrowing from what happened to him. And now Last Gasp Publishing has revealed on Twitter that it’s licensed …Read more »
Sensor, Junji Ito’s creepy new manga, is a mix of horror and science fiction, kind of like his previous work Remina. Kyoko is walking near Mount Sengoku for reasons that are never explained when the air becomes filled with what she thinks is volcanic hair. …Read more »
Yesterday Netflix shared multiple images of its live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, which will begin streaming on November 19. American fans, including Otaku USA readers, have begun sharing their reactions, whatever they may be. But how are people responding over in Japan? SoraNews24 took a …Read more »
Looking over at Japan, anime home video sales for general audiences (meaning not just for kids) went up 57.5% since 2020. Much of the credit for this impressive hike goes to (no surprise) Demon Slayer. During the first half of the year, these sales made …Read more »
Otaku love getting great merchandise from their favorite franchises, but there is an issue of scalpers buying out rare items and then charging ridiculous prices to fans. Some stores in Japan are turning to unique ways to make sure the fans get their merchandise and …Read more »
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