Despite the conveniences New York City does offer its otaku – Japantown groceries, fresh imports at Kinokuniya, cheap manga and old games at Book-Off, a wide selection of quality ramen – we have longed for an anime convention. Though there are a lot of us, …Read more »
Listen, anime is all well and good, but it’s also good to widen our horizons extremely slightly. If you like anime with flashy battles that fly in the face of common sense, with power-ups, special moves, weird personalities and drama... Do I need to keep …Read more »
I bought Etrian Mystery Dungeon on release, having seen nothing about the game but a fairly vague trailer. These were two tastes I already knew I liked: the massive Wizardry-style Etrian Odyssey dungeon-crawler RPG combined with the smaller-scale-- but far less forgiving-- roguelike Mystery Dungeon. …Read more »
Shirobako has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the anime season: a delightful office comedy about the work of actually putting together anime. This is a very meta premise, with more than its share of industry in-jokes and not one but multiple shows-within-the-show. …Read more »
As I write this, the massive figure show known as Wonder Festival is going on in Japan. We couldn't make it to the show here at OUSA, but via the hashtag #wf2015 the whole Internet is living Wonfes by way of delicious and often prohibited …Read more »
Preorders are up for the official Kill Me Baby! army parka , the early contender for Realest Anime Merchandise of the Year. Based on the US Army's M-51 fishtail parka , used during the Korean War, this fine piece of outerwear displays the title “Kill …Read more »
Last time on LoveLive!! ...the school idol series, Sunrise's take on The Idolm@ster , has eclipsed its inspiration in popularity, taken over Japanese otaku culture, and built a strong and growing cult following around the world with a lovable cast, pretty good songs, and kind …Read more »
In the spirit of the season, Kotobukiya has just released a gorgeous PVC figure of Friday the 13th 's slasher Jason Voorhees -- except scary has been traded for sexy. This Jason-chan (let's call her Jason-chan) has the signature hockey mask up on top of …Read more »
Guys have had a monopoly on otaku underwear for too long now! The Sonico s, the Lucky Star set, even Excalibur for the bold: this is a dude-with-his-anime-wife-printed-on-an-intimate-location-dominated market. Enterprising merchandiser GATE has realized that girls might perhaps wear their anime husbands underneath their clothes …Read more »
Via a tweet from Sega, it appears that the first Valkyria Chronicles game, a strategy-RPG with decidedly anime-style graphics, will be coming to PC. This is particularly unexpected because the game was first released back in 2008, exclusively to the Playstation 3. Games like this …Read more »
The people making the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure TV series have to do a lot of condensing to get through the original manga's sheer amount of content. The first part, Phantom Blood , was sped through in just nine TV episodes. The rest of the 26-episode …Read more »
The live-action superhero series Garo has had a major (likely pachinko-fueled) revival in the last few years. Garo's a Makai Knight, a Kamen Rider-like superhero. The show borrows the structure of a kids' hero show, but the contents are a little darker, the hero not …Read more »
You know what's sweet about robots? Docking. Docking definitely rules. Admit it, it's totally satisfying when two giant mechanical pieces lock into place like Legos. When two fire engines dock? That's pretty cool. When a man flies his little hovercraft into the head of a …Read more »
If you're not aware, a long-overdue child pornography law was passed in Japan this week which finally bans the possession (production and sales were already outlawed) of pornographic depictions of children. The exception is, notably, comics and cartoons, rationale being that children aren't abused in …Read more »
Humanity's collective quest to become super fighting robots may end with the world in ashes, but at least we'll make fun stops along the way like the Kuratas , and the adult-sized toy Megaman arm. Thinkgeek is showing off this prototype. As fictional dreams go, …Read more »
David Cabrera
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