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The fall anime season is here… and with it have come lots of anime openings that are to die for! (Literally, in the case of one protagonist.) And it’s not just the tunes themselves that have us watching every week. The aesthetics themselves are astounding, …Read more »
The new season of the fan-favorite SPY x FAMILY anime will be here on October 7, and ahead of this the clean, credit-less opening animation sequence has been released. The new opening theme song is titled “Kurakura” and performed by Ado. On top of that, …Read more »
Sad news for fans of Hell’s Paradise, the surreal gore-fest taking the spring anime season by storm: no new episode this weekend. Those of us who are all in on the anime adaptation have a week to wait until we get to see what’s next in …Read more »
Soon, the sprawling world of Elden Ring will grow again. With the announcement of the incoming Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, fans are excited for some massive lore drops. We’re also excited for a return to the dark, atmospheric fantasy of the blockbuster game. So in the …Read more »
The nominees for the 2023 Oscars were just revealed, and in a move that surprises no one, zero anime were nominated. Several anime did meet the requirements that would have allowed them to be nominated: INU-OH from Masaaki Yuasa and Science SARU, Drifting Home from …Read more »
The 80th Golden Globe Awards were held on Tuesday, bringing plenty of accolades along with the potential for a big anime win. Masaaki Yuasa’s INU-OH anime film was one of the features up for the Best Motion Picture — Animated category, but the award ended …Read more »
One of the best features of the Chainsaw Man TV anime was the fact that each episode had its own ending theme and fresh animation to go along with it. One of the contributors was four-member Japanese rock band QUEEN BEE, who lit up the …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki’s early work Shuna’s Journey finally received an English release, thanks to graphic novel publisher First Second Books. Alex Dudok de Wit, who has written a book about Grave of the Fireflies published by the British Film Institute, worked as the translator. He spoke …Read more »
We just learned from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which anime are qualified to be nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. All of these anime movies had to have played in a major U.S. metropolitan area sometime this year. So which films …Read more »
Plans have slightly changed for the U.S. streams of the Tatami Time Machine Blues, which were recently announced as streaming on Disney+ starting today, November 9. Now those listings are no longer on Disney+ in the U.S., as Hulu has revealed that it will be …Read more »
NOISEMAN SOUNDINSECT, an anime short from 1997 that brought together some of the industry’s top talent, is streaming for free on YouTube until November 18. That’s thanks to Studio 4°C, the studio which originally produced the short. NOISEMAN SOUNDINSECT, which runs 15 minutes, was directed …Read more »
Disney+ premiered the Tatami Time Machine Blues anime in Japan on September 14, but we’re still waiting for it in the United States. That wait is almost over, thankfully, because the streaming service has revealed plans to add the TV anime for U.S. subscribers on …Read more »
INU-OH, the surreal and musically-inspired new anime movie by Masaaki Yuasa, mixes a historical setting with sometimes-modern music. After speaking with singer and lead voice-over actor Avu-chan, Otaku USA was able to speak with the film’s composer, Otomo Yoshihide. Yoshihide talked about using classical instruments, …Read more »
Tomorrow marks the premiere of the first episode of the Tatami Time Machine Blues anime on Disney+ in Japan, making now a fantastic time to see how it all begins. The official channels came through with a peek at the super stylish opening movie, so …Read more »
Avu-chan, the star of Masaaki Yuasa’s musical anime movie INU-OH, is a musician associated with the bands Queen Bee and Gokumontō Ikka. With INU-OH hitting American theaters on August 12, Otaku USA interviewed Avu-chan about playing the lead, how music can help lives, and what …Read more »
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