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Grab your book bags and clear off some shelf space, this week's On The Shelf is going to be a long one because this week's shipping list is a thing of bookaholic beauty. Over 25 volumes of new manga courtesy of Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas, …Read more »
It's a bit strange to say considering the varied style of shows on Fuji TV's late-night noitaminA anime block, but the second I saw images and trailers for Natsuyuki Rendezvous , I knew where and when it would be airing. Thankfully, the subject matter also …Read more »
It's a two publisher week with Gen Manga and Viz Media starting off our manga this month. And don't forget, once you've sated your manga desire with this week's releases, this upcoming Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! Viz Media and Yen Press each have …Read more »
One of the anime greats is no longer with us, as famed director Noboru Ishiguro has passed at the age of 73. The veteran director helmed many projects, from Space Battleship Yamato to the 1980 remake of Astro Boy . Ishiguro's list of works is …Read more »
Sometimes it’s fun seeing an old friend get a new look to appeal to a new crowd while retaining what made her special in the first place. Such is the case in the newest American release of the Dirty Pair OVA series. Some of my …Read more »
Much to my dismay, there was a lull in last week's manga schedule where no confirmed books popped up on my shipping list. They say having a break now and again is great, but I'm not sure I liked my empty shopping bag last Wednesday …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 »
FUNimation rolled out some big dog announcements today at its New York Comic Con panel, the major reveal involving a partnership with Nico Nico, Inc. To coincide with this announcement, FUNimation announced a handful of new simulcast titles, which will all stream at https://www.niconico.com/anime . …Read more »
Welcome to the first installment of Otaku USA’s new manga column, On The Shelf! Every week I’ll be letting you know what comes out at your local comic shop, bookstore or favourite online venue. There may be no such thing as a perfect list of …Read more »
As Right Stuf has just finished releasing the last anime in the Dirty Pair universe from the '80s needing R1 distribution (namely Dirty Pair TV Collection 2 ), we thought it was time to look back at its sister series, Crusher Joe , which has …Read more »
In case you were wondering when you might be able to get your hands on the final 13 episodes of Kei and Yuri's butt-kickin' animated adventures, Right Stuf has you covered. Through their Nozomi Entertainment division, Right Stuf will be wrapping up the pair's first …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -Yoshiyuki Tomino going post-modern? -Funimation catches the Sushi Typhoon -And June's Best In Tune Special, OMEGA!! All that, and the best fan-reaction ever in this week's Friday ACE! SHOW NOTES: Mike here. Let …Read more »
It's a shame that Dark Horse's release of the first two Dirty Pair novels by Haruka Takachiho went unnoticed upon their 2007 release in America. I myself didn't become aware of them until that year's Otakon when the first book, the Seiun Award-winning Great Adventure …Read more »
The 2010 New York International Children’s Film Festival offered U.S. premieres of three Japanese animated features from 2009— Summer Wars , Oblivion Island , and Mai Mai Miracle —all shown in subtitled 35mm prints to sold-out houses of parents and enthusiastic children of all ages. …Read more »
I shudder to think of what germaphobes would do if they got their hands on Masayuki Ishikawa's Moyasimon . I'm nothing of the sort, yet doing a little post-read refrigerator cleaning had microscopic organisms bouncing before my very eyes. So yes, more than a few …Read more »
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