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ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced its next theatrical anime film this week. The distributor plans to release sci-fi coming-of-age film Penguin Highway in theaters throughout the United States and Canada, with both English subtitled and dubbed showings kicking off on April 12. Directed by Hiroyasu …Read more »
I still can’t get over how one of the most popular and beloved anime titles of 2018 is one from Masaaki Yuasa of all people. For those wowed by the aesthetic of DEVILMAN Crybaby who are curious to see how much further their mind can …Read more »
Westworld : the HBO series about cowboys and robots is the biggest thing among TV geeks since, well, HBO’s last geek-centric series, Game of Thrones . And just like that series, the break between seasons already feels interminable. Enter our handy solution: a rundown of …Read more »
BONES hasn’t been around as long as some anime studios, but the company—founded by Sunrise staffers Toshihiro Kawamoto, Masahiko Minami, and the late Hiroshi Osaka (animation director on Escaflowne , Cowboy Bebop , and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie—Conqueror of Shamballa ), who sadly passed in …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (actually, ex-producer, as he made sure to point out in his apology) kicked up a ruckus last month when he declared that women are “realistic” as compared to “idealistic” men, making the former unsuitable for directing Ghibli films. Never mind …Read more »
If there’s one thing that anime sorely lacks, it is weirdness. And I’m not talking about the kind of weirdness that is the hallmark of spectacularly crazy anime like M.D. Geist or Crystal Triangle (weird only because of the haphazard approach to plot construction), or …Read more »
The editors and contributors at Otaku USA magazine picked their brains for a while to come up with the shows, movies, and OVAs they consider to be among the greatest. The result of all that work is available in the form of The Very Best …Read more »
To understand why production studios like TRIGGER, which featured in the previous all-anime issue, and MAPPA, which I have the distinct honor and pleasure to write about right now, matter in the grand scheme of anime production, it is imperative to understand the circumstances behind …Read more »
There’s an old maxim in screenwriting that goes “write what you know.” The idea is that if you write about situations in which you have some personal experience, your stories will carry a certain sense of reality. And what do anime creators know more than …Read more »
For a limited time, Otaku USA is having a sale on digital versions of our three special issues. Get Cosplay USA , Otaku USA Anime! , and Anime USA, each for 50% off ! To get these issues specialized for your iPad, iPhone, Android device, …Read more »
In July of last year, world-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto was diagnosed with mesopharyngeal carcinoma . He had to cancel all of his ongoing work to undergo cancer treatment, including a position as both director and performer at the 2014 Sapporo International Arts Festival. Sakamoto's fame …Read more »
It's been a while since we had a new work from acclaimed horror mangaka Junji Ito in English. It's been a while for Ito, too, apparently, as even he says he was shocked to learn it had been eight years since his last collection of …Read more »
Hi, everyone! First off, we here at Otaku USA would love to thank everyone for sticking with us over the years. It's been a blast, and we've got so much to look forward to both online and in future issues. While hitting the shops for …Read more »
It was bound to happen. After having as much fun as we did with the previous all-anime bonus issue of Otaku USA magazine, we're back with a new one, appropriately titled Anime USA . The issue is in stores now, and can also be ordered …Read more »
Not too long ago we were remarking how more anime is moving off the America-based Kickstarter and onto Japan-based crowdfunding platforms. Well, here to prove us wrong is Coluboccoro , a new fantasy anime project from Kenji Studio. The good old “if it ain’t broke, …Read more »
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