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Anime Expo offered up some new details on Toonami’s long-awaited Uzumaki anime mini-series adaptation. Specifically, the main cast of the English dub has been announced! Let’s take a look. Abby Trott plays Kirie Goshima, Robbie Daymond plays Shuichi Saito, Cristina Vee plays Azami Kurotani, Doug …Read more »
Stitches by Hirokatsu Kihara and Junji Ito is a collection of short horror stories and urban legends that are allegedly based on real happenings. It consists of nine prose stories with illustrations from Ito, then you turn the book the opposite way and read a …Read more »
The holidays may be over, but the new year is right around the corner, and you can usher it in with some bonus style thanks to VIZ Media's 2023 holiday sales for manga and anime. Some of the biggest VIZ Media titles are available digitally …Read more »
Mimi’s Tales of Terror is an adaptation of Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama’s work adapted into a manga by horror legend Junji Ito. It consists of nine stories with Mimi — “On the Utility Pole,” “The Woman Next Door,” “Rustling in the Grass,” “Grave Placement,” …Read more »
The Halloweekend is coming to an end—soon, it will officially be Halloween. If you’re in need of some scary anime to get in the spirit, we’ve got a great place to start! This mix of classic and new series includes titles from horror legends and …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 »
In an exclusive reveal at Otaku USA, Oni Press is sharing its upcoming Rick and Morty manga parody covers! First up is Rick and Morty Meeseeks P.I. #1 Cover B, drawn by Marc Ellerby and parodying Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Z. The writer and main …Read more »
San Diego Comic-Con occurred over the weekend, and that means that the winners of the 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. In the category Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, the award went to Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki. The other nominees were …Read more »
Toonami has some big new titles in the works, and three were previewed over the San Diego Comic-Con weekend. The first we get a look at is Uzumaki, the adaptation of the Junji Ito manga of the same name, which was supposed to premiere in …Read more »
Horror mangaka Junji Ito and a majority of Japanese entertainers have recently expressed their concern about AI, and the upcoming anime The Genes of AI imagines what a future would be like when one tenth of humans are actually artificial intelligence. The series, which is …Read more »
If you’re looking for easy access to even more manga than Shonen Jump offers, you’re in luck. VIZ Manga has opened up its vaults for a similarly low monthly fee, meaning that a subscription to both services will let you access more than 25,000 chapters of …Read more »
The Arts Workers Japan, an association in Tokyo, sent an appeal to the country’s Agency for Cultural Affairs about protecting entertainers from losing their jobs or copyrights due to AI. This includes entertainers who work as voice actors in anime. “The advancement of AI under …Read more »
We love dressing up for any reason—and no reason—but some of the most creative costumes we’ve ever seen are mundane by design. That’s right, Jimi Halloween is back, with even more low-key relatable cosplay. Low-key doesn’t necessarily mean low-effort, though. Whether it’s in terms of …Read more »
Let’s face it: we’ll never really be over PT. But with new Silent Hill games on the horizon, we at least have something new to talk about. Most interesting of all, one of those games has a familiar name attached to it: Ryukishi07, the mind behind the …Read more »
It’s October—a.k.a. Halloween month—which means it’s time to pre-game for the big day! Lots of us are spending the month watching our favorite creepy films, TV shows, and anime. If you’re in need of some big scares, we’ve got series for you! Some are super-fresh, …Read more »
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