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VA and singer Shoko Nakagawa (who also goes by Shokotan) had a serious health scare but appears to be doing better now. Shokotan had been dealing with a fever (she assured everyone she tested negative for COVID) and took some medicine to try to feel …Read more »
Yesterday Otaku USA reported the sad news that 35-year-old actress and singer Sayaka Kanda died over the weekend. One of her many credits was voicing Mana Nagase in Idoly Pride, and the franchise has declared it will not replace her with a new voice actress. …Read more »
Shoko Nakagawa, who goes by Shokotan, is open about the fact that she experienced bullying at school and it really affected her. Unfortunately, she’s still being bullied, and this time it’s much worse. The new form of bullying comes not from kids mocking her, but …Read more »
So you’ve probably seen that My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission is coming to cinemas around the globe in October. This will make the third MHA film to get the big-screen treatment in the U.S., and the… Well, we don’t even know at this point how …Read more »
This past weekend a fire broke out at the home of mechanical designer Kazutaka Miyatake. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. Miyatake survived and was hospitalized, but his wife, 60-year-old Tomoko Watanabe, unfortunately died. Miyatake remains in the hospital as of the …Read more »
Funimation revealed more premiere dates for a slew of spring 2018 season SimulDub anime, with the next in line set to kick off on April 18. Here’s a rundown of what you can look forward to for the rest of the month and beyond, with …Read more »
This is part 2 of a feature originally run in the April 2009 issue of Otaku USA Magazine , showcasing a variety of (sometimes contrary) opinions on moe from our international contributors. The issue has been out of print and out of stock for years, …Read more »
Talk to a Star Trek fan and chances are almost 100% that they’ve at least seen the original series from 1966 (that was nearly 45 years ago!), even if they only just recently became interested in the property thanks to the 2009 movie. Similarly, newly-made …Read more »
This story hails way from way back in the December 2008 issue of Otaku USA Magazine . Since the issue is out of stock at our online store and basically impossible to obtain if you weren't a subscriber back then or didn't pick it up …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 »
With Mazinkaiser SKL residing at or near the top of my “absolute must-purchase anime of 2011” list, I thought now would be a good time to reflect upon the original Mazinkaiser anime from a decade ago. Wow, has it been THAT long already? Indeed it …Read more »
Tim and the 50-foot Yamato: pals Anyone who has followed my exploits at starblazers.com knows that I'm on the Space Battleship Yamato news beat pretty much all the time. Occasionally that means taking one for the team and going all the way to Japan to …Read more »
Yoshinobu Nishizaki in his early '80s prime. Note gold rope and watch you can't afford. “Galaxies collide ! An empire crumbles! An entire planet is flooded!” Sunday, I woke up to read the news online that Space Battle Yamato producer and co-creator Yoshinobu Nishizaki—a towering …Read more »
It really is about who you know. Through an amazing chain of unlikely events, I got to see the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie, fully subtitled in English, three and half weeks before my plane ticket says I’m flying to Japan for the December 1 …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -Gamera Goes 3D?! -The Lost Scripts of Akira Kurosawa, Found?! -And Keiji Inafune Leaves Capcom?! All that, and EVO goes online, in this week's Friday ACE! SHOW NOTES: Highlight Reel : Unproduced Akira …Read more »
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