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What’s Michael? is an endearing and funny manga about cats that was originally published in Japan in the 80s. Though it was previously published in America, it went out of print for years, much to the chagrin of fans. Now Dark Horse is re-releasing it …Read more »
Saya and Yuto were friends in middle school. Saya was relatively popular, but Yuto was a shaggy, bespectacled nerd ignored by other students. The two of them like playing video games together and he suggests they date. Why not? But when high school starts, Yuto …Read more »
Asahi is one of the dumb kids at her school. The school—and the smart students—look down on people like her. The smart kids even wear a slightly different uniform from the kids deemed dumb, so everyone can know who takes school seriously and who doesn’t. …Read more »
Shortly after the news that Dragon Ball Z Abridged ended, Team Four Star began releasing videos on how exactly they made this fan-favorite fan series. They first released a 14-minute video about their work on the Saiyan Saga, with DBZA co-creators Lanipator and KaiserNeko explaining …Read more »
After 12 years of Ghost Nappa, the Krillin Owned count, and Goku’s muffin button, the fan-made parody series Dragon Ball Z Abridged is coming to an end as of Episode 60. Team Four Star members KaiserNeko and Lanipator uploaded a 14-minute video explaining the situation. …Read more »
Volume 3 of Dark Horse’s Elfen Lied omnibus opens with a flashback as Kurama starts his job at the lab that is experimenting on Diclonii. At the same time, his wife is pregnant, and she and Kurama have been trying to become parents for years. …Read more »
Roger Smith is a negotiator for Paradigm City, a metropolis in a made up version of America. No one remembers what happened forty years ago, so this place is called “The City of Amnesia.” Roger takes the jobs that come his way and deals with …Read more »
Kaoru Fukazawa is a manga creator who just wrapped up a series he’s been working on for eight years. He looks at new bestselling manga by young hacks. He looks at criticism of his work on social media. He looks at his dropping sales numbers. …Read more »
A Star Wars manga, you say? It’s really not that surprising. There’s the fact that George Lucas was influenced by Akira Kurosawa and Japanese culture — look no farther than Darth Vader’s helmet, which resembles a type of samurai helmet. And Japan has a big …Read more »
In 2008, American businessman and journalist Michael Howard moved to Japan to become a salaryman. Here he experienced culture shock, made more than a few faux pas, and kept a journal of everything so he could turn it into a “painfully funny” book. A decade …Read more »
This article originally appeared in the April 2020 issue of Otaku USA magazine, on stands now and available online. This is the extended version of the interview, enjoy! Ed Chavez knows manga like no one else. Starting out as a podcaster and blogger (@mangacast on …Read more »
In the second volume of the Elfen Lied omnibus, Nyu is missing and Kouta doesn’t know where he can find her. At the same time, Director Kurama has been ordered by his boss to kill the Diclonius Nana, even though Kurama has become close to …Read more »
There was once an infamous member of the yakuza (the Japanese mafia) who took down ten rival gangs during one night, and all without using a weapon. This got him the nickname “The Immortal Dragon.” But all that’s behind him. He’s left the yakuza to …Read more »
Levius is a young man who’s been through some pretty hard things. His world is full of war, his father was killed, and his mother went into a coma trying to rescue him. Thanks to his mother he survived, but his one human arm was …Read more »
It feels like quite a year for fan favorite Elfen Lied. First Dark Horse is bringing out the manga after many years of demand, and now Sentai Filmworks is releasing the anime series on Blu-ray with some great extras. The story follows Lucy, a mutant kept locked away …Read more »
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