It’s a wish fulfillment trope that’s made it into almost every anime genre, from romantic comedies to scif-fi and fantasy. Plot circumstances drop an ordinary average guy into a close living/working situation with a group of attractive women, and inexplicably they all fall for him …Read more »
Last month we ran a reader poll on the best mecha franchise, and Mobile Suit Gundam won so handily that we just had to find out which Gundam series or standalone film was most popular. Given Gundam‘s history spanning over 40 years as one of …Read more »
At the end of last week, we opened a poll asking our readers for their favorite mecha anime of all time. It was a tall order, given that mecha is one of anime’s oldest and most prolific genres, but readers came through with nearly 600 …Read more »
The Spring 2021 anime season is pretty much over, so it’s time to take a look at which ones people enjoyed most. We polled Otaku USA readers this week about their favorite Spring 2021 anime, gathering over 500 responses across over 45 titles. Now we’ve …Read more »
2020 may have been a rough time, but now that it’s been over for a bit, we can look back on the best anime to come out over the course of the year. Shortly after New Years, we opened a poll asking Otaku USA readers …Read more »
With 2020 behind us (good riddance) it’s a good time to look back on the anime that aired in the last year. What do you think was best? Voice your opinion below. It’s multiple choice, and we wanted to include as many conceivable answers as …Read more »
A few weeks back we opened a poll to find out what our readers think are the best magical girl series in anime and manga history. We filled with the possible answers with around 50 entries to minimize the chance that someone’s favorite pick was …Read more »
Anime mouse pads are a weird topic, but apparently a lot of people are googling for them. It’s a market filled with a lot of bootleg products shamelessly ripped from both official art and fan art. There are also so many T&A fanservice mouse pads …Read more »
After news that a pre-ordered shipment of limited edition Goku figures from Bandai may have been lost at sea en route to California earlier this month, we figured it’s a good time to count our blessings and take look at premium Goku memorabilia that doesn’t …Read more »
The magical girl genre is one of the longest-running in manga and anime, and spans a surprising range from the upbeat shojo fare which has been its trademark, to male-oriented fan service like Cutie Honey, and darker themes like Madoka Magica. While some magical girl …Read more »
Re:Zero’s Rem is so popular that she scored #2 in Anime Anime’s “what anime character would make the best wife” poll, and she’s been the subject of multiple unaffordable life-size figures (including one that fell apart on its owner a year after purchase). There’s bound …Read more »
Both the One Piece manga and anime have been running for over 20 years now, with only vague promises of an end in sight. Nami’s been in the Straw Hat Pirates since the beginning, and with so many arcs worth of different outfits, there are …Read more »
The popularity of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is constantly beating records in film, and manga, and even music sales, so there’s bound to be a lot of people hunting for Demon Slayer merchandise over the holidays. If you’re in the market for a Nezuko …Read more »
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