At midnight on April 1, the X (Twitter) account for the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo manga unveiled an April Fools’ prank: that there would be a Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo stage play. Everyone could get a good laugh at the idea, but later in the day there was a …Read more »
This month the Oxford English Dictionary is adding 23 Japanese words, including isekai and tokusatsu! OED’s website explains: Isekai is a Japanese genre of science or fantasy fiction featuring a protagonist who is transported to or reincarnated in a different, strange, or unfamiliar world. The …Read more »
Kenichi Tachibana and Yu Sasuga’s Terra Formars manga is no stranger to hiatuses, mostly related to health issues. The latest has seen the manga on hold since December 2018, with Sasuga’s health issues cited as the reason, and it’s been on hiatus for the past …Read more »
The end has come for Masaaki Kiasa’s Combatants Will Be Dispatched! manga, which adapts the light novel series by Natsume Akatsuki. The final chapter made its debut in the May issue of Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine, which hit shelves in Japan this week. The …Read more »
Stitches by Hirokatsu Kihara and Junji Ito is a collection of short horror stories and urban legends that are allegedly based on real happenings. It consists of nine prose stories with illustrations from Ito, then you turn the book the opposite way and read a …Read more »
Many anime and manga fans take really good care of their items, but some Bleach artwork just got something extra special — blessings from a Buddhist temple. The Bleach art scrolls in question are part of The Millennium series, meant to keep the artwork in …Read more »
Get ready to say farewell to the Land of the Lustrous. Haruko Ichikawa’s manga, which kicked off back in 2012, will come to an end in the next issue of Afternoon magazine, which hits shelves April 25. There are currently 12 volumes of the manga …Read more »
If you’ve ever thought that Dragon Ball would make for a great theme park, you’re not the only one. The Qiddiya Investment Company revealed that it’s creating a huge Dragon Ball theme park for Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia. This is part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to …Read more »
mono, a four-panel manga by Afro, the creator of Laid-Back Camp, is getting a TV anime series. The manga is about a group of high schoolers in a cinephoto club, which combines their love of movie making and picture taking. That may explain why the …Read more »
How will manga creator Akira Toriyama’s unexpected death affect the projects he was working on or otherwise involved with? In the case of the Dragon Ball Super manga, V Jump magazine from SHUEISHA revealed that it is going on hiatus. Nothing was said about when …Read more »
The One Piece manga has really been hitting some high notes lately in the Egghead Arc, but fans will have a bit of a wait ahead after the next chapter. The series’ official account shared a note from author Eiichiro Oda announcing a three-week break, …Read more »
A lot of anime fans want to also buy anime merchandise, and where are the best places to do that? If you’re looking for a brick and mortar building as opposed to the internet, then the Ikebukuro neighborhood in Tokyo is bound to please, because …Read more »
Here at Otaku USA, we’re about all things anime and anime-adjacent. That includes indulging in the inspirations behind our favorite (and soon-to-be-favorite) anime series, be it manga, light novels or games. And with apps and ebooks at our fingertips, keeping up is easier than ever. …Read more »
The Gushing Over Magical Girls anime spiced up the winter 2024 season, but its source material is about to take an indefinite break. According to the accounts of Takeshobo’s Storia Dash manga website, Akihiro Ononaka’s Gushing Over Magical Girls manga will be going on hiatus …Read more »
With the winter anime season coming to a close, one of the most beloved anime of last year and this year appears to be ending, too. With 28 episodes planned, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End looks like it will run just long enough to wrap up the exam arc. …Read more »
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