Chow Yun Fat, decked out as the infamously cool Inspector Tequila, readies his double-fisted pistols. He then breaks into a full gallop, not stopping for an instant as he slides his ass across a marketplace table, shoots down two glowing neon signs that instantly crush …Read more »
I am standing in front of one disgusting sludge spill. The dump is oozing. Why is there a dump? I don't know. I am an environmentalist fruit. I notice something out of the corner of my eye. A blurp, a disturbance in the muck, and …Read more »
Rocket K Time Machine Rk Marguerite Music, 2007 If your ears are anything like mine, you enjoy music as it is for the most part, yet are you sometimes left with the nagging suspicion that nearly every song ever written could be vastly improved by …Read more »
Look for more yaoi reviews in the February issue of Otaku USA , on sale now! Dash! Publisher: DMP Story and Art: Isaku Natsume Rating: 16+ Akimoto, a middling judo wrestler, develops an ill-advised crush on judo champ Saitou after watching him perform at a …Read more »
What we have here, for those that don't have their Tivos already rigged to record it, is a Starz cable special that documents the rise of anime's popularity in the US, from its origins in Japan to the way that it pervades many facets of …Read more »
Stop me if you've heard this one: At the close of World War II, in a desperate attempt to create the ultimate super-soldier, a Nazi submarine absconds from Germany with the heart of Frankenstein's Monster in tow. The submarine transports the still-beating heart to Hiroshima, …Read more »
[Interview excerpted from the December 2007 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. William Tsutusi and David Cox are real smart guys. William is an associate professor of history at the University of Kansas. David teaches multimedia at San Francisco City College. Both are rabid Godzilla fans, …Read more »
[Interview excerpted from the December issue of Otaku USA magazine.] At the Anime Expo convention in 2007, J-rocker Gackt performed as part of the band S.K.I.N for the first time in the US. This super group, whose members are Gackt, Yoshiki, Miyavi, and Sugizo, seemed …Read more »
Those finding themselves late to the Burst Angel party are probably ready to skip past this OVA write-up in favor of something they're more familiar with; something that isn't already drenched in history. We all know how intimidating established worlds can be to new viewers, …Read more »
Kia Asamiya loves American superheroes; he even worked as an artist on Uncanny X-Men and Batman: Child of Dreams . If you're up to your eyeballs in regular manga, Asamiya's borrowing of American comic themes may seem like a breath of fresh air, but actually, …Read more »
[Excerpt from the current issue of Otaku USA magazine, on sale now!] A festival parade of marching appliances. Evil, laughing, building-sized dolls. Movies come to life, a 50-foot woman, a butterfly collection with a centerpiece human butterfly. If surrealist tea parties are your bag, baby, …Read more »
There are a handful of game legacies in the world that have been enjoying the most supreme form of milking over the last decade or two, and at this point it's kind of a tired joke to bring the Blue Bomber into discussion. Sure, he's …Read more »
Opening credits aren't always particularly telling when it comes to anime. It's not like an old corny sitcom where you see each member of the cast smiling as they turn toward the camera, winking slyly before gathering in the family room to wax sentimental. Sometimes …Read more »
For those of you unfamiliar with the premise of School Rumble, based on the original manga by Jin Kobayashi, think high school love, awkward moments and faces that pull and squish like silly putty. The series primarily focuses on Tenma Tsukamoto, a bubbly student looking …Read more »
If you've been following Vertical's deluxe releases of Osamu Tezuka's work, then you already know that there are many, many different sides to the prolific creator, most of which are far separated from the cutesy and fun trappings of titles like Astro Boy . Heck, …Read more »
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