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To say that Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia manga is successful is an understatement, and the series’ accomplishments have been outlined further in NPD BookScan’s latest Top 20 adult graphic novels list. The December rankings have My Hero Academia at #1… as well as 3, …Read more »
Move over, Captain Crunch. See you later, Toucan Sam. Cereal makers Kellogg’s have confirmed they’ll be releasing a Super Mario cereal in the U.S., the first such product in 28 years. The confirmation from Kellogg’s came after a cereal blog called Cerealously (yes, this exists) reported …Read more »
Nintendo popped everyone's tops yesterday with the official reveal of the Super NES Classic Edition, the obvious successor to the now-discontinued NES Classic. This one stokes the '90s nostalgia with 21 games, including the unreleased Star Fox 2 , which will finally see the light …Read more »
Last night Nintendo took to the stage to reveal long-awaited details about its new console, Nintendo Switch. There's a lot to dig through in the presentation, but the meat of it is that the system will launch on March 3, and will run you $299.99. …Read more »
Hello, Otaku USA readers! This is Yunamo Ayakawa. How is your otaku life? My otaku life is getting messy…. I have too many cosplay costumes and they pile up and overflow in the closet. Well, here is a special report on the 2015 World Cosplay …Read more »
This week the Tokyo International Film Festival teamed up with the World Cosplay Summit for a live show featuring some of the world’s best cosplayers. The World Cosplay Summit, a yearly cosplay contest held in Nagoya, attracts contestants from 22 participating countries. 44 of the …Read more »
Nintendo had a pretty big showing with this morning's Nintendo Direct presentation. While a lot of what president Satoru Iwata mentioned will have us waiting until E3 for actual footage—from the new Super Smash Bros. to new Mario and Zelda games—they did manage to drop …Read more »
Nintendo's weekly downloads have once again been pretty sparse of late as far as interesting titles go, but they're jumping back into the spotlight this week with another very special "3D Classics" release of a beloved Nintendo game. This time it's Kirby's Adventure , originally …Read more »
Halloween was just a couple weeks ago and already we're surrounded by Christmas advertisements. Every year feels like it's happening earlier and earlier. I suppose that's all part of the seasonal change shock, isn't it? Publishers are making gift pondering easy this year at least. …Read more »
While the last couple of weeks have been somewhat dire on the download front, Nintendo's Thursday update this time around has a double dose of oh so sweet treats in store. Chief among them is the appearance of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins …Read more »
What could possibly spur Nintendo, masters of profit, to suddenly drop the price of its Nintendo 3DS handheld from $249.99 to $169.99? How about the fact that it has only sold 830,000 units of the system since it launched in March? That's far below expectations, …Read more »
If you've ever looked at Arabic-speaking facebook groups and forums about anime, you know the truth: anime and manga are crazy popular in the Middle East. The graphic novel series Gold Ring , the story of a boy named Sultan, a falcon named Majd, their …Read more »
It's the new year, which means the Internet is abuzz with lists of every conceivable kind. From exhaustive movie countdowns to "Top 15 soft drinks experiences 2010," if you want a list, I'm sure you can find it. Even we cannot resist such wild temptations, …Read more »
Northern California's Bay Area was once a hot bed of anime fandom drama and in-fighting; the financial failure of AnimeCon in 1991 (the first large scale anime convention in the United States) caused the local community to splinter, leading to the creation of two new …Read more »
Playing Bayonetta is sure to elicit a variety of reactions from fans of virtual fisticuffs. There's titillation, naturally; frustration, as enemies continue to upstage your various forms of witchery; and pontification, which starts as early as the opening credits. To wit: who is that bold …Read more »
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