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Japanese polling site Goo, which often asks its readers anime and manga-related questions, just released the results of a recent poll asking, “which celebrities are you most surprised to learn have otaku hobbies?” Depending on how much attention you pay to Japanese pop culture, your …Read more »
Did you like the new Mamoru Hosoda film Wolf Children ? We sure did . One of the most interesting things about the film was its setting. Early on in Wolf Children, the main characters move out of the city and into the countryside, which …Read more »
Anaheim’s AX. Atlanta’s AWA. Baltimore’s Otakon. Tokyo’s Comiket. Ho Chi Minh City’s Manga Festival. Wait, what? Vietnam is an unlikely (but not altogether surprising) hotbed of anime fandom and even production. Despite the Vietnamese economy’s rapid growth of the past decade leveling off compared to …Read more »
In the offices of Otaku USA we’re in the middle of a mad feeding frenzy of cake and ice cream, along with a side helping of noise-makers and festive conical hats. THAT’S BECAUSE THE NEW ISSUE MARKS OUR SIXTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION! That’s right! Otaku …Read more »
Last week, we brought you a transcript of Mamoru Hosoda's public Q&A session on Wolf Children at the New York International Children's Film Festival. We were also able to get some one-on-one time with the famous anime director to discuss things in further detail. Q: …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2010), and the first two Digimon movie shorts (1999-2000), appeared at the New York International Children’s Film Festival on March 9, 2013 to present his newest animated feature, Wolf Children , and …Read more »
With several otaku-related films in Japanese theaters right now, here’s a rundown of how they’re doing. Rurouni Kenshin, a live-action adaptation of the manga/anime series of the same name (sometimes known as Samurai X in the States) debuted the weekend of August 25th at number …Read more »
A young college student falls for a quiet, mysterious boy in class. They spend time together, growing closer, until one day he reveals his secret: he’s half-wolf, able to transform at will. Instead of being afraid, the girl, Hana, embraces his difference, and soon they …Read more »
Ocean Waves ( Umi ga Kikoeru , aka I Can Hear the Ocean ) is a made-for-TV animated movie from Studio Ghibli that was first shown on TV in Japan on May 5, 1993. It’s long been considered the “lost” Studio Ghibli film because it …Read more »
Another con, another lot of scintillating acquisition announcements from reigning champeen Funimation. Seriously, there are some really good ones in this batch, as detailed below. Let's get what I would consider the "major whammies" out of the way first. As was expected but never quite …Read more »
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