Love Live! Sunshine!!‘s nine-member VA unit Aqours is about to go live-action with their next video. The official YouTube channel shared a teaser for the “We Are Challengers Project” theme song, which will mark the group’s first live-action promo when it debuts. The full version …Read more »
Tatsuhiko Takimoto’s Welcome to the N.H.K. novel was first published in Japan back in January of 2002. Now, nearly 20 full years later, the novel is getting a new sequel short story, with a Japanese release planned for May 16. The news came from the …Read more »
Kaiju fans in Japan—specifically those who dig Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse—will have to wait a little longer to see Godzilla vs. Kong in theaters. The official website updated on Friday to announce that the May 14 opening has been pushed back as a result of the …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki recently appeared on Fuji TV’s Bokura no Jidai talk show, and the subject of a potential live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind came up during the discussion. While there are some high profile professionals who would love to …Read more »
Kahadio from the band ALI seems to be in more legal hot water. The drummer was arrested in early April over what was eventually revealed as fraud charges. This scandal caused the entire band to lose having their song as the opening theme song for …Read more »
Singer Ichiro Mizuki has a long history of hot-blooded themes across anime and tokusatsu to his name, including the likes of Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Kamen Rider Stronger, Voltron, Voltes V, Godannar, Kamen Rider Black RX, a ton from the Mazinger Z series, and many …Read more »
There’s nothing quite as endearing as one professional artist showing love for another series, and that’s precisely what Kiyotaka Haimura has been up to lately. Known for providing illustrations for light novels like A Certain Magical Index and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick …Read more »
We Got This Covered recently interviewed writer Greg Russo, mostly covering his Mortal Kombat work, but also his involvement with Netflix’s Death Note 2. Netflix’s live-action Death Note was not a hit with otaku, to say the least. Russo distanced himself from the first movie, …Read more »
Earlier this month we posted about singer Masayoshi Oishi, who needed to have vocal cord surgery to remove polyps. The surgery was planned for April 21, and the 41-year-old singer took to his official Twitter account shortly after to report that the surgery was a …Read more »
Here at Otaku USA, we cover Japanese pop culture from an American point of view. We’re fans of otaku-related content, including light novels, and some fans have taken it upon themselves to write their own books. These stories are called original English light novels, or …Read more »
2005’s Tetsuya Nomura directed Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children movie is about to make a comeback, this time in the form of a 4K UHD release. Based on the 2009 director’s cut, the new version will support HDR10 resolution, Dolby panoramic sound, and 5.1 DTS-HD …Read more »
The Mobile Suit Gundam series has been around since 1979, so it deserves some true solid gold recognition. You can get in on the latest celebration of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s hit if you have a loooot of spare money in the bank, because hardcore fans will …Read more »
Japanese police recently arrested 38-year-old Shigeru Okada, alleging that he set fire to a building while an idol concert was going on inside in March. About 70 people were in the vicinity, and while there were some burn injuries, there are thankfully no reports of …Read more »
If you’re in the market for the ultimate Demon Slayer Nezuko figure, Furyu Corporation has one on the way in Japan that will have no problem breaking the bank. The 44-centimeter Nezuko figure comes with a box just like Tanjiro’s, and she’s big enough to …Read more »
Another delay has been announced for the Sailor Moon Prism on Ice show, which features pro figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva in the lead as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon. Originally set for a June 2020 opening, COVID-19 precautions caused it to be pushed to June 2021, and …Read more »
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