“Comiket vs. Comic-Con International: both have “comic/k” in the name, one is still all [about] them.” - Lea Hernandez, comic artist and former Vice President General Products USA It’s telling that San Diego Comic-Con is almost always framed in the context of a celebration. A …Read more »
On Saturday, July 3 during this year’s Anime Expo, attendees filled a very large screening room for Funimation’s premiere of Trigun: Badlands Rumble . Although it debuted at Seattle’s Sakura Con even before its theatrical run in Japan, this was the first time anyone had …Read more »
Mario is as synonymous with gaming as, well, there aren't many other contenders out there aside from the likes of Pac-Man, or maybe Tetris for the sheer "my mom still plays this" factor. Thanks to Shigeru Miyamoto and the fine folks at Nintendo, we've come …Read more »
Crunchyroll CEO, Kun Gao, appeared as a guest on the latest ANNCast, where he made an announcement regarding his company's latest endeavor: DVDs. Primarily known for streaming, Crunchyroll is branching out with their first DVD release, 5 Centimeters Per Second , the 2007 film by …Read more »
Mike Dent, Otaku USA contributor and audio mastermind behind our podcast, Friday ACE, has really done it this time. With the help of a fine cast and his production know-how, he's whipped up a spicy little radio drama for the Internet starring none other than …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -A Rumor of Live-Action Lupin -A New 2D Fighter ready to take on all challengers -And A Warning that the Red Comet is coming To Japan?! All that, and the first ever 2010 …Read more »
This weekend is already pretty entertainment loaded, especially with the theatrical releases of both Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and the ultra-mantastic beast that is Stallone's The Expendables . However, that doesn't mean those looking for a pure anime fix are doomed to be left …Read more »
These were my personal goals for Otakon 2010: • Give a panel – Failed! (I was wait listed.) • Record a group podcast – Accomplished! (I'll have it online eventually.) • Interview Felipe Smith for my podcast and/or this website – Failed! • Interview Michael …Read more »
Writer and artist duo Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata have an especially tough act to follow, a trap set by their past selves to cast a shadow on all subsequent endeavors. Death Note 's presence still looms menacingly, but their latest series, Bakuman , takes …Read more »
It's not often that I simply point to an article elsewhere with pure enthusiasm, but this one—from the content to the layout—is really something special. Over at Boing Boing, they've got a unique look at Sega's Yakuza 3 through the careful eyes of real yakuza. …Read more »
Not to say it’s exactly all the rage with the kids these days ( Hetalia’s over that way), but in the last couple years Japanese (or riichi, or reach) mahjong has become a very small trend in the Western otaku culture. If you’ve watched Nobuyuki …Read more »
At the start of the Otakon showing of Welcome to the Space Show , the Aniplex representative told us to come to the panel after the movie and tell the staff how much we loved it. Normally I’d call this hubris, but after watching the …Read more »
Could Mazinkaiser SKL be to Mazinkaiser what that was to Go Nagai's original Mazinger Z series (read: relatively guano crazy with obscene amounts of style)? Whatever treasures the final product may hold, consider the latest promotional video your weekly dose of killer robot action. If …Read more »
It may not hit Japanese home video until next year, but Supernatural: The Animation is most definitely well on its way, as illustrated by the recently released teaser. The 30+ seconds of teasing may not tell us anything we don't already know, but it should …Read more »
Not long ago, an article on the small town of Washimiya and its shrine was featured on this fair site. As fate would have it, the recent Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival in Kawaguchi was holding a screening of Washimiya Monogatari ( Washimiya Story …Read more »
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