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We recently posted about Macross mechanical designer Kazutaka Miyatake, who suffered a house fire tragedy in which he lost his wife, Tomoko Watanabe, and ended up in the hospital due to smoke inhalation. While the story remains a sad one, the good news is that …Read more »
The qualifications for getting into a Super Smash Bros game, at least these days, consist of “be a video game character.” That’s why you can throw Mario, Mr. Game and Watch, and your Wii yoga instructor into the same fight. Even Sans Undertale makes an appearance …Read more »
It’s time once again to open your mailbox or venture out to your go-to bookstore and pick up the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine! The April 2020 issue is now on sale, and it has the usual bounty of amazing content, with Luffy leading …Read more »
The Iorph are a unique people who live far away from humanity in their own idyllic space. With hair so blonde it’s practically platinum and lives that span hundreds of years, they have come to be known as The Clan of the Separated. The Iorph …Read more »
With the release of the final episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin May 5, the anime industry will say sayonara to one of its greatest directors. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who is helming Gundam: The Origin, and who created the manga on which it is based, announced …Read more »
As I’m writing this, we are mere months away from the premiere of the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell . But before we get to the, ahem, Johansson-ization of Ghost in the Shell , let’s take a look at the anime and …Read more »
In the first chapter of Buichi Terasawa’s manga, Cobra , there’s a thing known as Trip Movie. In it, a user gets a tailored dream-like fantasy that brings out their inner heart’s desire. Whether its money and fame, beautiful women, or a life of gun-slinging …Read more »
Koji Morimoto. If you don’t know the name, well, you probably should. One of Japan’s premier animators, Morimoto is the director of shorts like The Animatrix ’s “Beyond,” Memories ’ “Magnetic Rose” and Noiseman Sound Insect , and key animator on dozens of brilliantly-animated films …Read more »
The hype surrounding the recent Sailor Moon remake is yet another reminder that the Japanese animation industry is an unrelenting, ouroborosian machine that consumes itself just as fast as it reinvents itself. Sailor Moon ’s staggering popularity in Japan was matched in the U.S. by …Read more »
If you pay attention to social media, you may have noticed that people have been talking non-stop about the World Cup for what feels like forever. If you keep up with current anime, you may have noticed that one of last season’s most interesting titles …Read more »
Close your eyes for a minute and make a mental picture of Tokyo. Does it involve a crowded crosswalk flanked on all sides by tall buildings, giant screens and colorful ads? That's Shibuya, the quintessential bustling Tokyo neighborhood, a youth culture mecca that's served as …Read more »
Anime Expo is always something of a spectacle. By its very nature of being the biggest anime convention in the United States, held in one of the world’s greatest cities, it creates an environment rarely seen in such fannish gatherings. Approaching the Los Angeles Convention …Read more »
A tsunami of recent nostalgia releases is wreaking havoc with my Vault of Error. I planned to review Demon City Shinjuku , but that title is once again readily available courtesy of Discotek Media. I considered examining Dominion: Tank Police and Black Magic M-66 , …Read more »
I frequently bemoan the fact that Studio Ghibli, despite its status as the single most prestigious anime studio of all, has trouble cultivating new creative talent beyond its principal founding members. But I kind of understand why they became that way. It’s because of I …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 »
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