Want some Otaku USA goods? Missing some back issues of the magazine? Look no further than our fully revamped online store! The store now boasts a smoother interface, improved security, and an inventory of every issue printed from 2007 to now. The product descriptions list …Read more »
Yozo Oba has been living a lie his entire life, and he's damn good at it. Far from your average teenager with easily defined emotional issues, Oba plays off everything he feels on the inside to his advantage. He is the class clown. He is …Read more »
The 8th OVA of Hellsing Ultimate , a much more entertaining take on Kouta Hirano's manga, is finally coming to North America, along with the OVAs that precede it. FUNimation announced the US home video rights to OVA 8 on Friday—having announced 5-7 back at …Read more »
Like an abandoned kitten in a cardboard box, the DVD sat unopened for thirteen years on various retail shelves until it was finally relegated to the five-dollar rack in a little booth at the Oldsmar Flea Market. And then I saw it standing there, neglected …Read more »
You can say Dark Souls is “hard,” the whole Internet has, but let’s not stop there. Let’s call Dark Souls particular. Let’s call it fussy. It requires patience. Sometimes it requires too much patience: it’s ponderous. Sometimes calling it ponderous is giving it too much …Read more »
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva , the first anime adaptation of Level-5's Professor Layton mystery game series, now has an official US trailer thanks to Viz Media. The film itself is set for a North American DVD and digital release next Tuesday. Check out …Read more »
Happy (albeit slightly-belated) Halloween! Looks like it was a white one for many people along the East Coast. I hope everyone fared the storm well and that you had some tasty candy and good books to keep you company over the holiday weekend, whatever coast …Read more »
Just days after we finished gushing over hi-res stills from Studio 4ºC's upcoming Berserk film , Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler , a new trailer has hit Yahoo! Japan. Check out the gorgeous visuals in motion below, and let us …Read more »
Rika may or may not be the reincarnation of the deity Oyashiro-sama, but if she is, it doesn’t save her from a gruesome murder. At the beginning, she asks us, the reader, who will kill her. In a continuation from the story started in the …Read more »
The Studio 4ºC ( Tekkonkinkreet , MindGame ) animated take on Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga— Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler —is set to open in Japan on February 4, 2012. To ease the wait, a slew of hi-res images were …Read more »
Just the fact that Takashi Miike is directing the live-action Phoenix Wright film is enough to get our heads turning, but seeing actor Hiroki Narimiya ( Drop , Nana ) in the titular role really seals the deal. So what do you think of Narimiya's …Read more »
We originally reviewed the Madhouse-animated feature, Trigun: Badlands Rumble after its showing at Anime Expo last year. Now FUNimation has finally unleashed Vash the Stampede's latest adventure on Blu-ray and DVD, and it's a release that's certainly worthy of your hard-earned double dollars. The …Read more »
If you prefer your Gundam with a little "alternate universe" flavor, look no further than Mobile Fighter G Gundam , the all-out brawl between national Gundam units. What? You never got a chance to see this 1994 action gem? Good news, Bandai is now streaming …Read more »
Looks like I spoke too soon about NYCC being the news-ending event of 2011. Yaoi Con was held this past weekend and, whether you enjoy BL or not, the news they announced is pretty exciting. While I stick to print releases myself, I love seeing …Read more »
Still waiting to watch the Madhouse-animated and Takeshi Koike-directed film Redline ? So are a lot of people, and Manga UK aims to titillate us in advance of its home video release via a fresh English-dubbed racing clip. Hit the gas below: Redline can finally …Read more »
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