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Here’s a fun survey from the folks at Futabanet Manga Plus. The site asked its readers to rank the strongest, scariest bad guys in the history of Shonen Jump. That’s the manga magazine that’s brought us titles like Dragon Ball, Demon Slayer, One Piece and …Read more »
It’s not uncommon for a famous manga to get multiple anime adaptations, especially with the passing of time. Just look at Hunter x Hunter, which has had two separate TV shows, or Berserk, whose early chapters were adapted for TV back in the ‘90s and …Read more »
Having a Shonen Jump hero as your boyfriend sounds great at first, right? They’re generally a strong, loyal, and handsome bunch, after all. But Japanese ranking site Goo has asked its readers to take another ponder in their latest poll, entitled “if he were my …Read more »
Who packs the most muscle? Japanese poll site Goo recently asked their readers “what’s the most macho manga of all time?” Aside from alliterating nicely, this is an extremely important question. Gruh! 16. Tough (aka High School Iron Fist Legend Tough ) 15. Shingurui 14. …Read more »
Let’s face it: there’s a time for everything to come to an end, and that includes manga series. For all the shock and angst about Naruto coming to a finish after 15 years, for example, there was a definitely also a sense of relief. Japanese …Read more »
It’s rare a show experiences a renaissance quite like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure . The long-running manga and anime franchise has become a fan favorite on both sides of the Pacific in recent years, thanks in large part to the TV anime series from David Production, …Read more »
Children dream of wielding his power. Grown men pose screaming in their mirrors on Youtube, hoping to one day transcend humanity and unlock his Super Saiyan power. Son Goku is an icon. And what better use for an icon than to shill some product, …Read more »
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Fist of the North Star manga, a new version of the super-deformed DD Hokuto no Ken anime is preparing to air in Japan this spring. The series adapts the Comic Zenon gag manga by Kajio, …Read more »
The "premiere" of animated Toriko was technically the crossover movie with One Piece , but now that the official series has begun, we can dig into the adaptation proper and see just how it compares to Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's Weekly Shonen Jump manga (reviewed here and …Read more »
Toys! Toys! Toys! They’re all I really care about and probably what got me interested in Japan in the first place, so this week’s episode of OTAKU-VERSE ZERO is especially close to whatever black and shriveled thing there is that resembles my heart. For in …Read more »
Ok, Patrick here to deliver the skinny on how we did it. The triumph. The tragedy. The tonkatsu. How did Yuu Asakawa and myself manage to pull ourselves together long enough to deliver yet another episode of our humble little web show: OTAKU-VERSE ZERO?!?! This …Read more »
For two years, yours truly had the honor of gracing the Tokyoscope section of Otaku USA with my column, "R5 Central"--named after the podcast that I host and produce. (Now currently on college-induced hiatus!) This last year saw the ending of said column, due to …Read more »
The world lost one of the gruffest and most memorable voices on Sunday, as Daisuke Gouri was found dead on the streets of Tokyo's Nakano ward. A passerby discovered the voice actor—real name Yoshio Nagahori—face down on the street, and further reports point to an …Read more »
Raoh punches through a building just because it's in his way and he doesn't feel like walking around it. Then he has a heartfelt conversation/intense staredown with a horse. Then he punches a boulder from out of a catapult so that he can instead launch …Read more »
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