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I’m just a guy who writes nice fluffy articles about cartoons. In talking about cartoons, you don’t expect to be involved in hard news like historical natural disasters. Oh sure, certain sites in town are labeled with bilingual notices clearly stating where the evacuation zones …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! For the penultimate episode of Friday ACE, Mike resurrects the J-Indies Spotlight! SHOW NOTES: This week's Opening Theme: "You Bet" by Kaela Kimura Highlight Reel: Kodansha USA Republishes SAILOR MOON, CODENAME: SAILOR V …Read more »
Toys! Toys! Toys! They’re all I really care about and probably what got me interested in Japan in the first place, so this week’s episode of OTAKU-VERSE ZERO is especially close to whatever black and shriveled thing there is that resembles my heart. For in …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -Friday ACE, under siege?! -Kamen Rider W gets a sequel?! -And Christmas is next Saturday?! All that, and the epic final showdown, in this week's Friday ACE! SHOW NOTES: Mike here. How'd …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -The Next Stage of Initial D?! -Sarah Palin, the next successor of the Fist of the North Star?! -And The Return Of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight ?! All that, and AKB48 taking on …Read more »
Now that's what I call ART: Nirasawa's creepy creatures! Document Four: “Mysterious Thief - Electromagnetic Transmission Burglar” *Spoilers* Being sick on your own in Japan can be a drag. I know the hard way because that was me a few weeks back, suffering the slings …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! -A New Unico Series!? -Optimus Prime in China?!! -And Hiroshi Fujioka takes you to tea?! All that, and a glimmer of hope in this week's Friday ACE! SHOW NOTES: Mike here. I'm not …Read more »
We can all identify with the existence of those otherworldly masked wonders in one way or another, but who is that familiar man with the windblown hair dressed up as Kikaida's Jiro below!? Why, it's none other than our fearless Editor-in-Chief, Patrick Macias, pictured once …Read more »
I already considered Hawaiians a bunch of lucky ducks due to their wise reverence for classic tokusatsu television shows like Kikaida and Kamen Rider . Now there's another reason to be mildly to very envious of them, because One Piece Film Strong World , the …Read more »
Mention the word “Cosplay” in the US, and the image tends to be one of perky teens in various states of dress (and undress) crowding up already-congested convention center halls as geeks of various shapes and sizes snap their little cameras away. Sometimes they even …Read more »
Download it here! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! ◦ Danny Choo has a thing for Firefighters? ◦ Gaiking is brought to life?! ◦ Shinken Red VS Kamen Rider Decade?! All that and companies giving in... on this week's Friday ACE! SHOW NOTES: Mike here. Another episode …Read more »
For two years, yours truly had the honor of gracing the Tokyoscope section of Otaku USA with my column, "R5 Central"--named after the podcast that I host and produce. (Now currently on college-induced hiatus!) This last year saw the ending of said column, due to …Read more »
On January 2nd, 2010, the Saturday morning ABC Kids line-up debuted the first episode of what fans have called Power Rangers: Remastered . Boasting improved picture and sound, these re-runs of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are taking the place of the usual yearly Super Sentai …Read more »
3-D movies are all the rage right now. You can pretty much sell anyone on something—yes, even a movie featuring Tracy Morgan as a talking guinea pig—so long as it's offered up in some form of 3-D. You know what can sell me on 3-D, …Read more »
This past weekend was WonderCon in San Francisco, and in case you hadn't heard, part of the Otaku USA crew made it down there to panel it up and, of course, spread the goodness of manga wherever we go. Not every second of …Read more »
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