Game hype and advertising are great… but when a title hits, it hits. You can’t force that organic burst of excitement. That’s where Mediatonic’s Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout finds itself: the darling of gamers on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific, with a bold technicolor …Read more »
Dark fantasy action! When Code Vein was first announced, the latest project from the team behind the God Eater series was seen as somewhat of an “anime Dark Souls.” As development has progressed, though, it’s clear that was a limited way to look at what …Read more »
Fighting games in the 90s were often joked about for the gratuitous proportions of their female cast members, but SNK’s Mai Shiranui was arguably THE most notorious. Her hand-drawn bouncing cleavage in the King Of Fighters games and anime outings like Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture …Read more »
Roughly half of gamers are women, but you wouldn’t know it when asking the average person. Most people are still caught in the same antiquated mindset that women just aren’t interested in games. It’s an idea that’s certainly not true, as we all know (especially …Read more »
Hiroshi Matsuyama is the CEO of CyberConnect2, known for everything from the .hack series to Asura’s Wrath and a plethora of Naruto games. With the release of .hack//G.U. Last Recode putting these games back in the spotlight, we had the opportunity to speak with Matsuyama-san …Read more »
Going to Tokyo Game Show is the gamer’s equivalent of going to Disneyland. You arrive early in the hope you’ll beat the crowds, stand in line at the door well before you can actually enter, and study the floor plan planning the order you’re going …Read more »
Hitoshi Sakimoto is a well-known composer in the video game world, with a generations-spanning career that includes games like Final Fantasy Tactics , Final Fantasy XII , Valkyria Chronicles , and many more. We caught up with him at the Tokyo offices of BlazeGames, where …Read more »
Tokyo Game Show, one of the largest video game expos in the world, just wrapped up, and contributor Alexandria Hill has filed her impressions on the event with a healthy smattering of photos, including some awesome video game cosplay. This year I decided to treat …Read more »
And you thought the poll about the hunkiest Pokemon was weird. You have to give it up for ranking site Goo: they have left your standard top ten lists far, far behind. No “cutest girls” or “best anime of the year” for the sick, twisted …Read more »
Last week I got the chance to head over to Bandai Namco's new HQ in Santa Clara, CA to try out a bunch of upcoming games, including a nice helping of anime-based action. In addition to Gundam and SAO games— Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS. …Read more »
Game music is a powerful, multifaceted thing, capable of not just providing background accompaniment to our favorite games, but pushing us forward in our daily lives, and yes, even occasionally lulling us to sleep. Former Destructoid Music Editor and Scarlet Moon Productions founder Jayson Napolitano …Read more »
The collapse of the US print manga market in 2009-2010 took opportunities for manga-influenced Western comics down with it, but while printed manga died, other opportunities opened up. Japanese-influenced artists may not have a bookstore category anymore, but they kick ass in the world of web …Read more »
Never underestimate the power of the human voice. Throughout history, charismatic orators have influenced people on a widespread scale to do both tremendous good and monstrous evil. But what if an individual possessed a voice extraordinary in ways beyond imagination? What kind of power would …Read more »
In the February 2016 issue of Otaku USA magazine, on sale now, Brittany Vincent took a dive back into the world of Persona for her feature on Persona 4: The Golden Animation . Atlus has made good use of Persona 4 since it debuted on …Read more »
Ken Pontac is a man who’s worn many career hats in his life (art director on Gumby , creator of Bump in the Night , writer for cartoons), but his work in Japanese video games would probably be in the area of most interest for …Read more »
Kara Dennison
Joseph Luster
Julian Gnam
Brittany Vincent
Norbert Daniels Jr.
Lukas Stobie
Alexandria Hill
Matt Schley
![[Interview] Secret of Mana Gets Therapeutic With Prescription For Sleep: Lullabies of Mana](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mana01-202x202.jpg)
![[Interview] Secret of Mana Gets Therapeutic With Prescription For Sleep: Lullabies of Mana](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mana01.jpg)
Jason Moses
Jason Bradley Thompson
Kristina Potts
Danica Davidson