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Serinuma Kae doesn’t like stories with a prince and a princess—she likes stories with two princes. The unabashed fujoshi regularly spends her time imagining how she’d pair up boys in her school, even if they’re not gay, and then she’ll squeal about the pairings with …Read more »
Did you know years before the Robotech adaptation was in the works, there were plans for a live-action Hollywood version of Macross ? Nor did I. Until a few days ago, that is, when Macross World announced they’d uncovered the long-lost treatment for the project, …Read more »
Shusei is the most popular boy in school, but Aoi still thinks he’s scum. That’s because he coldly rejected Aoi’s best friend Moe when she tried to ask him out. Aoi is so close to Moe that she lives in an apartment on her own …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 »
Often when reading a story, one particular element may stick out. Kill la Kill , however, has so much resplendent insanity it’s hard to know where to start. For one, it has a school that’s so strict it casually kills its own students as a …Read more »
Hououin Kyouma is not just a regular scientist: he likes to tell people he’s a mad scientist. And the world around him is about to go mad. It starts with him taking an interest in teen genius Kurisu Makise, who not only has already graduated …Read more »
When it comes to books, VIZ Media is best-known for its manga, but it will also sometimes publish prose. Viz previously released the prose anthologies The Future Is Japanese and Phantasm Japan , and now there's the recently-released Hanzai Japan . Hanzai means “crime,” and …Read more »
One of the best things about Detroit’s Youmacon is that it coincides with Halloween, so there’s double the reason to dress up. The temperatures may be low (and they were definitely low on October 31 in Michigan), but you wouldn’t guess it from these costumes. …Read more »
Ken Pontac is a man who’s worn many career hats in his life (art director on Gumby , creator of Bump in the Night , writer for cartoons), but his work in Japanese video games would probably be in the area of most interest for …Read more »
When it was announced that he would be playing Tuxedo Mask in the new VIZ dub, voice actor Robbie Daymond had just nabbed one of the most iconic figures in anime. He spoke to Otaku USA at the time , and a year later, he …Read more »
Yaoi fans probably never thought they’d see the day their favorite genre was openly discussed and lovingly spoofed on American television, but last night’s new South Park proved them wrong. South Park has previously tapped into otaku interests (everything from a spoof on Pokémon to …Read more »
After the terrible 2011 earthquake in Japan, VIZ Media and Autodesk released the digital art anthology Art for Hope with all of VIZ’s proceeds going to disaster relief. Now, several months after the approximately 8 magnitude April earthquake in Nepal, VIZ and Autodesk have teamed …Read more »
Ryosuke meets a fragile looking girl who’s getting soaked in the rain. He offers her his umbrella, wanting to help, talking to himself about how he views women as treasures. What he doesn’t know is that she’s a dangerous Grim Reaper who’s visiting the human …Read more »
A few years ago, we had the opportunity to speak with Taliesin Jaffe, a veteran of anime and video game voice acting with countless acting, direction and script adaptation credits to his name: Hellsing Ultimate, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, R.O.D. the TV, and many …Read more »
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