It's real: in order to commemorate both the 40th anniversary of Japan's Sanyo railway line, and the 20th anniversary of Neon Genesis Evangelion 's original broadcast date, West Japan Railway Company (JR West) is developing a Unit 01-themed version of their series 500 Shinkansen (bullet …Read more »
The real life giant robot duel announced last week has evidently inspired other manufacturers to join in the arms race. Taguchi Industrial Co. Ltd. is developing a manned tanker robot called the Super Guzzila. While the Karatas and Megabot were decidedly lacking in any sort …Read more »
The latest Gundam series was teased on Twitter last week , with a promise that images and information would be released in an announcement event July 14th translated to multiple languages. Well, the 14th was yesterday, so the cat is out of the bag, with …Read more »
You may remember the 2012 announcement of a real, functioning giant robot prototype called Karatas, by Suidobashi Heavy Industries of Japan. A human pilot can actually sit inside the cockpit, drive it down the streets, manipulate its arms, and deploy its weapons. Intended as an …Read more »
Videogame creators and their fans have ceased being surprised when big publishers no longer want to make new games in the classic franchises they own. Capcom won't stop canceling Mega Man games? Konami won't make anymore Igavanias? No problem, make a kickstarter! With the release …Read more »
News program Focus Today , on government-run China Central Television, ran a segment yesterday alleging that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks war with China. The news caster mentions all the weapons Japan's acquired from the United States, as well as weapons Japan is keeping …Read more »
Plans for a new Vampire Hunter D animated TV series will be unveiled this Thursday at Anime Expo, according to an exclusive story at Anime News Network . Japanese animation studio Digital Frontier (behind the CG productions Resident Evil: Degeneration , Tekken: Blood Vengeance , …Read more »
The mainstream success of Final Fantasy VII in 1997 introduced many gamers to the JRPG genre, and the gap leading up to Final Fantasy VIII left many scouring desperately for the next PS1 quest to devour. In this time of need, Star Ocean: Second Story …Read more »
Comments from Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura in interviews with Famitsu and Dengeki Online suggest that the PS4 remake of Final Fantasy VII announced earlier this week at E3 will go beyond a mere cosmetic update. “I can’t get go into details, but this is not …Read more »
For the uninitiated, NEET is an acronym in Japanese culture which stands for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training" and refers to hermits who refuse to get a "real job" and instead devote themselves instead to various reclusive amateur hobbies. The NEET concept is somewhat …Read more »
It's hard to believe that Team Ico's Shadow of the Colossus is almost 10 years old now, but in 2006, it was one of the most critically acclaimed games of the year and remains one of the most fondly-remembered games of the entire PS2 era. …Read more »
Just a few weeks ago we were praising Otaku no Video for being the first "anime about making anime" meta show, predating Shirobako by a couple decades (its 25th anniversary is coming up, actually). Evidently AnimEigo has noticed these parallels as well, as it's decided …Read more »
This girl clearly needed help tying her shoes. Previously only available on Playstation systems, Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed caused some controversy last year with a transgender slur used in the English version's dialog. Oddly enough, no one seemed to take issue with the fact …Read more »
There were countless memorable JRPG's on the Super Nintendo, but from the multiplayer-focused perspective of modern gaming, the best was undoubtedly 1993's Secret of Mana ( Seiken Densetsu 2 in Japan), which allowed up to three players to join together in Zelda -esque hack-and-slash co-op …Read more »
Yes, there are actually that many live-action adaptations being announced this year that we at Otaku USA completely missed it when Takashi Miike's version of Terra Formars was announced in February. That's right: in case you missed it too, the director of Ichi the Killer …Read more »
Julian Gnam
