Seeming to ever be on the forefront of digital distribution of anime in the US , FUNimation has just gone Youtube! Starting now, FUNimation is offering whole episodes of Blue Gender , Peach Girl , and Kiddy Grade to watch for free on Youtube, in …Read more »
A unique new SRPG from Atlus was just released yesterday; Spectral Force 3 . Having slipped under a lot of gamers' radars, this is the first game in the series to be released in the US, it's for Xbox 360, a system that doesn't get …Read more »
Even if you missed Anime Expo this year, you can still see highlights from Otaku USA 's panel on Youtube, thanks to the efforts of one avid otaku with a camcorder. While the Otaku USA coverage does not start till almost 5 minutes into the video, you …Read more »
Gurren Laagan premiered last night on the Sci-Fi Channel's Ani-Monday block, as well as the series Now and Then, Here and There . As of yesterday, you can now catch these two shows every monday night at 11pm EST! If you missed last night's episode of Gurren …Read more »
Japanese website Nikkei Waga Maga recently posted several interview segments with Studio Ghibli president Kouji Hoshino. After talking at length about how director Hayao Miyazaki's near life-threatening devotion to his work, Hoshino mentions that Goro Miyazaki is also working on a new Ghibli animation, as …Read more »
Ending July 20th (that's 4 days from now) Right Stuff is currently having a 40% off sale on Bandai Entertainment DVD's and 33% off CD's and merchandise from Bandai Entertainment. Now granted, Right Stuff always seems to be a having some special sale on something, but …Read more »
This just in... As of today, complete seasons of Viz Media's most popular series are now available for download through Itunes. US Fans now have a legit method of digital distrobution to get Naruto , Bleach , and Death Note episodes in high quality, viewable …Read more »
Yunmao Ayakawa of Otaku USA's Cosplay Cafe column has just launched her US website ! Managed by Tenbu Productions, you can check out the new website to find out all about Yunmao, events she will be apearing in, articles she's writing, and even what she's …Read more »
Tatsunoko Productions has just debuted the new TV series Mach Girl in Japan. Based in the universe of Mach: Go Go Go (the original Japanese title for Speed Racer ), the series is drawn in the extremely unique "retro" style of character designer Suzuka Yoshida, and focuses on …Read more »
Lately at every convention Otaku USA attends, we've been holding an informal cosplay photo contest at our booth. Cosplayers passing by can sign up, get their pictures taken immediately, and continue on their way around the convention halls, and then the entries are posted online …Read more »
A fully animated teaser for the game Street Figher IV was posted to Capcom's website last Friday. Said by producer Yoshinori Ono to be created by a "famous anime studio" and running several minutes in length, with smooth animation and character designs very faithful to …Read more »
During Anime Expo '08, free samples of this mysterious substance were delivered to the Otaku USA booth. It bears the distinctive appearance of a JRPG curative item, and while contained in a tiny shot-sized bottle, was promised to contain the power of two redbulls. They weren't …Read more »
As return visitors will no doubt have noticed by the time they read this, the Otaku USA website has just relaunched with a totally new design! We are still in the process of squashing a few remaining bugs, so please bear with us, but we …Read more »
Hopefully if you've been keeping up with Otaku USA then director Leiji Matsumoto, who created such classic series' as Starblazers , Galaxy Express 999 , Captain Harlock , et all and was covered extensively in our February 2008 issue, needs no introduction. Oops, I guess …Read more »
What's always amazed me about Fullmetal Alchemist is its ability to engage viewers even if they only catch a single episode in the middle of the series with no prior idea of what the hell is going on. It weaves a long and complicated plot …Read more »
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