As a whole, VTubing has made great strides in the last year, especially outside of Japan. After announcing its overseas subsidiary COVER USA expansion, COVER has curated opportunities to engage North American audiences with its Hololive VTubers talent pool, including the popular Los Angeles Dodgers …Read more »
When Yuu Toyota started Cherry Magic: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! as a short webcomic, she had no idea how successful it would be. Now it’s a whole manga series (with ten volumes currently out in English), a live-action show and …Read more »
Let’s face it. Traveling to Japan can get pretty expensive, especially if you’re planning to check out the latest anime exhibits, spending all your 100 yen coins to play crane games, and shopping. If you’re looking for free activities around Tokyo, check out the following …Read more »
If you only have Akihabara on your anime shopping bucket list, you’re missing out on the many shopping areas that are filled to the brim with every type of anime merchandise you can imagine. Gachapon? Check. Hello Kitty collab toys? Check. Themed makeup products? You …Read more »
Tech goods brand CASETiFY is known for its stylish collaborations with Disney, BTS, and—pertinent to our interests—lots of anime. Previous co-labs have brought Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, and more to our daily carry. Now, their new collaboration with Neon Genesis Evangelion is making a massive impact… quite …Read more »
Media Do International, Clover Press and Shueisha are all working together on a Kickstarter for the English translation and publication of romance novel Love Like the Falling Petals, which has been a bestseller in Japan and received a live-action Netflix adaptation. The Kickstarter is currently …Read more »
You cannot escape Hatsune Miku. Ever feel like you see Hatsune Miku everywhere? Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Miku is, in fact, just about everywhere. Besides the countless collabs the virtual sweetheart has under her belt, Miku’s 2023 is off to a busy start. …Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted to go back to 1999, you can . . . in virtual reality. Nostalgia1999, which showcases what an otaku teen’s room may have looked like in July 1999, is now available on VRChat thanks to Toei Animation’s ONN’ON STUDIOS, with help …Read more »
Japanese companies pixiv, Media Do International, Inc. and Clover Press have all come together to put their art books ARTISTS IN TAIWAN and ARTISTS IN KOREA on Kickstarter. pixiv is exclusively offering Otaku USA readers a first look at some of the artwork featured in …Read more »
As I’m writing this, I’m just under three hours away from the new year of 2023. The last few years have felt surprisingly long… probably for reasons we can all relate to. For many of us, this year marked the first time we got to …Read more »
Our favorite Vocaloid is celebrating 15 years since being released into the world. Whether you’re a huge fan of Hatsune Miku or not, you have seen her around the internet at one time or another. And now, she is infiltrating the anime realm. To celebrate, …Read more »
Netflix has shown a stronger interest in foreign shows year after year, including reality TV. While the roster is short — a total of 8 (not including seasons) —Japanese Reality TV shows have proven to be hot with online audiences. Most recently one about toddlers …Read more »
If you still haven’t seen Spider-Man: No Way Home and have managed to avoid the actual top-tier spoilers… well, I’m sure not ruining that for you. Good for you. Movies shouldn’t live or die by whether you know what happens, but you deserve to have these …Read more »
Fan conventions have found themselves in a conundrum ever since March 11, 2020: the day the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease 2019 aka COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Hospital capacities were exceeded as nations sealed borders, schools closed, sporting events were canceled, and offices …Read more »
Back in the late 50s, young female textile workers in Osaka became a volleyball team so good that they had a winning streak of 258 games and took the gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The foreign press gave them the pejorative title “Witches of …Read more »
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