Our cover story in the latest issue of Anime USA is none other than Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga , which recently wrapped its 12-episode return to directly adapting Kazue Kato's manga. At the time the article was written the series wasn't quite finished yet, …Read more »
Kodansha’s deluxe reissue of Masamune Shirow’s seminal Ghost in the Shell (scheduled, no doubt, to capitalize on the live-action film’s release) fixes many of the concerns fans had with earlier editions. No longer is it flopped, nor have the original sound effects—their presence an essential …Read more »
At this point you've probably heard a lot about your name. ( Kimi no Na wa. ), the latest anime film from director Makoto Shinkai ( 5 Centimeters per Second , The Garden of Words ). I won't spend too much time breaking down …Read more »
The live-action Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell finally arrives at the end of this month, so Paramount Pictures has a new teaser featuring lead actress Scarlett Johansson. Watch as the Major wakes up in her new body in the video below. Paramount's description: …Read more »
From teasers to the recent Super Bowl TV spot, we've seen plenty of snippets of the upcoming live-action Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell . Now it's time to soak in another proper full trailer, showing Scarlett Johansson and the rest of the cast …Read more »
The upcoming Hollywood Ghost in the Shell movie previously had a few tribute manga published in Japan, including a one-shot from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex manga creator Yu Kinutani. Other tributes followed from Nobuaki Tadano, Yu Imai, and Masayuki Yamamoto, and according …Read more »
Before we get into the review, which appears in the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, we have some bonus content! As promised, here's some hands-on Attack on Titan action from the OTAKU USA PLAYS series! When you have a series that already has its …Read more »
We’ve seen average-person-transported-to-a-fantasy world stories play out in so many ways that we pretty much take them for granted now. Despite starting out in a pretty standard manner, however, none have gone the route of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, contrary to whatever the …Read more »
Little Witch Academia , the little anime short that launched studio Trigger, is all grown up. Luna Nova Magical Academy is making its way to TV, and we’ve got your latest peek at the series via a brand-new trailer courtesy Toho Animation. The series is …Read more »
Say “Hiroshima” to someone from the west and someone from Japan, and you’re likely to conjure up two very different mental images. For most people in America, Hiroshima is synonymous with a single moment: 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the world’s first use of a …Read more »
A few days ago we posted about the Little Witch Academia anime being set for a January 2017 debut, and now we have our first official promo. See what Trigger is cooking up for the anime's transition to a TV series in the video below. …Read more »
Due out in Japan on October 27—followed by a PS4, PS Vita, and PC release in the west in February— Berserk and the Band of the Hawk looks like a fitting tribute to the series. If you haven't seen enough of Omega Force's violent Musou …Read more »
At its core, A Silent Voice ( Koe no Katachi ), the new film from Kyoto Animation and director Naoko Yamada, is about a group of young people desperately trying, often failing, but occasionally briefly, brilliantly succeeding at following that basic but intensely difficult rule …Read more »
Ever since it was first announced, most of us have just been referring to Omega Force's Berserk action game as Berserk Musou or Berserk Warriors . The full title is, thankfully, less generic than that. Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is coming to …Read more »
© Nisio Isin/Kodansha Aniplex/Shaft It’s been a long eight months, but Kizumonogatari is back. It’s impossible to review Kizumonogatari Part II: Nekketsu without delving into a primer on its production history: it’s the second of three films, collectively an adaptation of Nisio Isin’s Kizumonogatari , …Read more »
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