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Anime is full of cool rides, from robots to spaceships. But for more down-to-earth types, there have been lots of super-cool anime cars over the years. Some are based on real models, while others are bespoke beauties made just for our heroes. Here are three …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 »
When Sony first revealed the PlayStation Classic last month, only five of the 20 games were announced. Now that the mini-console’s December 3 release is approaching, though, it’s time to take a closer look at what we can expect for our hard-earned 100 bucks. First …Read more »
Sailor Moon, the beloved Guardian of Love and Justice, returns to the big screen for a special theatrical event! In addition to the first two Sailor Moon movies, R and S, followed by the third movie, Sailor Moon SuperS, fans will get the chance to …Read more »
The Drifters anime, based on the manga by Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano, is set to premiere this fall, and Funimation recently announced the exclusive international rights to home video, VOD, and broadcast distribution. Prior to its debut, you can go ahead and check out the …Read more »
I feel as though I could write a book on all of the things that were done incorrectly with regard to the handling of Mobile Suit Gundam and its various sequels and spinoffs in the United States. Perhaps, between all I’ve said the past few …Read more »
Pioneering horror manga author Kazuo Umezu is taking a big step at age 77 and directing a horror movie, Mother , that’s set to come out in September. Shochiku, the film’s distributor, released a short teaser for the movie last week, and it looks… about …Read more »
Baka & Test is a show that only Japan could produce. In a country where students often attend cram schools to supplement their education and shoulder the pressure of critical entrance exams, what better premise than a school of academic warriors? At Fumizuki Academy, students …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave anime film may not have made waves of its own at the Japanese box office, but it’s more than making up for it in critical acclaim. The latest accolades to add to the list come from Canadian film festival Fantasia Fest, which gave the …Read more »
In America, SAG-AFTRA has been fighting for actors’ rights against generative AI, and now some well-known Japanese voice actors have launched their own group known as “No More Mudan Seisei AI” (translated as “No More Unauthorized Generative AI”). They dropped a short video, which starts …Read more »
Anime series like Solo Leveling are based on webtoons, or Korean digital comics. With webtoons getting more popular in America, and with them having more influence on anime, Otaku USA spoke with Regina Han, the Chief Webtoon Producer at Kakao Entertainment Corp., about the history …Read more »
Book censorship is up in America, and as we’ve been reporting at Otaku USA, sometimes it’s manga being pulled from the shelves. PEN America and the EveryLibrary Institute have been keeping tack of book bans, and have come out with a list of the most …Read more »
Last week we got to see some updated character art for key members of Class 1-A in the My Hero Academia anime. Now it’s time for more, this time with updated looks for a quartet of pro heroes and a few of the series’ villains. …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks revealed two more additions to its summer 2022 anime lineup, and the latest offerings have some particularly beefy titles. First up is the genre-bending fantasy My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!, then …Read more »
The sixth season of the My Hero Academia anime is on the way to adapt more of Kohei Horikoshi’s hit manga this fall, so it’s time for some updated designs. The lead students of Class 1-A are showing off their latest looks along with a …Read more »
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