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Whoa. You read that right: our little biweekly e-mail newsletter just turned one year old. I’d give myself a pat on the back here in Tokyo, readers, but it’s the middle of August and that’d just cause my shirt to stick. Seriously, the weather here …Read more »
Though he's worked for years in visual novels with Nitroplus, Gen Urobuchi has very suddenly risen to mega-star status in the anime business after writing major hit Madoka Magica . At Otakon last year, Butch said he'd do a few more projects in anime and …Read more »
When machines of peace are used as weapons of war, does the creator bear responsibility? That’s the question underpinning The Wind Rises , the first film from master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki since 2008’s Ponyo . Unlike Ponyo, this is definitely not a kids’ film. The …Read more »
San Francisco's 5th annual J-Pop Summit Festival is getting ready to take place July 27-28 across Japantown, and the lineup that's been trickling out over the past months is full of live music, films, and more. Now that the programming has been detailed, it's time …Read more »
If there’s one thing around we write about as much as Evangelion , it’s gotta be Kickstarter. Since about this time last year, the crowd-funding site became the hot new thing when it comes to anime. Just to recap, on Kickstarter itself, we’ve seen the …Read more »
The 2013 Japanese Film Festival of San Francisco runs from Saturday, July 27 through Sunday, August 4, and it's bringing with it a very special premiere event. The fest is partnering with FUNimation to host the US premiere of Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo …Read more »
We at the Otaku USA News Dome love nothing more than a good collaboration between a well-known Japanese pop-culture property and pizza. You may recall a time earlier this year when Hatsune Miku teamed up with Domino’s Pizza in Japan, selling mountains of cardboard pizza …Read more »
Presented by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo and Gundam studio Sunrise, Short Peace is an upcoming anthology of shorts by renowned anime talent that's set to open in Japan on July 20. Shorts include A Farewell to arms from Hiroaki Ando ( Freedom ), Combustible from …Read more »
I consider myself a casual Gundam fan at best. I've seen enough series and movies to satisfy myself, but I'm definitely not a maniac for the work of Yoshiyuki Tomino and those who followed. Some of it is pretty good, a few pieces are really …Read more »
The official website for the upcoming Persona 3 anime movie recently updated with a healthy chunk of new information, including a premiere date and details on the production's staff and cast. Titled Persona 3 the Movie #1: Spring of Birth , the movie is set …Read more »
It's not such a bad time to be a Patlabor fan, is it? Not only did Maiden Japan announce the license of the Mobile Police Patlabor OVAs back in January, but they also recently added the entire 47-episode TV series, with plans to release it …Read more »
On March 4, the American anime and manga communities lost a legend with the passing of Toren Smith. He was 52 years old. Even if you don’t recognize his name, Smith’s influence is still felt by anyone who reads manga in the United States. He …Read more »
Dark Horse has been making it really hard to conserve shelf space with their re-releases of CLAMP’s back catalog. Even if, like me, you already own all the previous releases from Tokyopop, it’s almost impossible to pass by these brand new, retranslated, cleaned up, full-color …Read more »
Toonami held a panel at this weekend's MomoCon, and they had a doozy of an announcement to make regarding new additions. The biggest reveal was the confirmation of One Piece joining the anime block's lineup, with FUNimation's dub of the Straw Hats' adventures set to debut …Read more »
Daylights Saving Time kicks in this week for us here in the North East, so we’re about to lose an hour. Yay for Spring but boo for lost time. Still, do you know what that means? It means I need to do at least an …Read more »
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