I recently hit up my last convention of the year (unless that Doctor Who event in Chicago announces Paul McGann as a guest). Sure it wasn't the great note to end the year on but there was one thing that kept popping up over the …Read more »
Claymores are ranked by skill within the organization, but since this is OtakuUSA, we thought it would be more democratic if you were given the opportunity to vote for the best Claymore. We have only included major characters on our ballot and attempted to avoid …Read more »
As I noted in the pages of Otaku USA, the trouble with Ergo Proxy is that Re-l Mayer isn't the main character. Contrary to the advertising, the series is not actually about a young girl blasting robots to smithereens throughout the war-torn, post-apocalyptic future. Post-apocalyptic …Read more »
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ABOUT THE FIRST FOUR EPISODES OF GUNDAM 00 SEASON 2. DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED ALL OF SEASON 1. Recently, as Gundam 00 nears airing on US television, the second season of Gundam 00 has started in Japan. Luckily, so …Read more »
The quickest way to describe the concepts behind the Siren series is that it's a little like Metal Gear Solid set in a Silent Hill world. That might be overselling it just a bit, and it also misses out on a few things that make …Read more »
I remember the disdain among the hardcore Gundam fans after the first glimpse of the mustached Turn A Gundam. "What the f*** was Syd Mead smoking when he came up with that!?" was a conversation topic that would pop up from time to time with …Read more »
Being on a console that's still trying to gain ground is a guarantee that some people are jumping into Hideo Kojima's wild world of Metal Gear Solid for the first time, an event that can be more intimidating than any other entry-level game experience out …Read more »
What do you get when you place the destructive power of a tactical nuclear missile in the hands of a capricious fifteen year-old girl? If your name is Hajime Kanzaka, you get over fifty light novels, three complete television series (with a fourth being released …Read more »
I don't have to remind OtakuUSA readers of how in business, even within the confines of the wild and unpredictable world of manga publishing, there is one precept that can be applied to practically every form of marketin— sex sells. Adult content can be found …Read more »
The first one is usually free. You like it, and for a while you limit yourself to partaking of just that - but then your supply runs out and you start thinking "got anything else I can try, man?" One thing leads to another, and …Read more »
To celebrate the release of the straight to DVD animated film Batman: Gotham Knight as well as the live action theatrical film The Dark Knight , we thought it'd be a good idea to recommend other works featuring Bruce Wayne's war against some of the …Read more »
Anime has always been dominated by trends. If a show comes out and hits it big, you can be assured that several more shows that are awfully similar to it are going to follow in the hopes of recapturing that lightning in a bottle. The …Read more »
Ah, doujinshi. Novels, manga, video games, custom tabletop RPG modules, music... amateurs and professionals create massive amounts of work, both original and fan based. And while you can buy them mail-order from the artist or at a consignment shop like Toranoana or Mandarake, the real …Read more »
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but does that apply to manga? There is a belief among Western manga readers and critics that there is a specific look and design to Japanese comics. If there is a standard it comes from the layout …Read more »
You'd be hard pressed to find a spin-off more confused than Crystal Chronicles . The franchise, a cutesy interpretation of traditional Final Fantasy , has had its first game hamstrung by pricey and unwieldy peripherals, and its second neutered into a shadow of what made …Read more »
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