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Plenty of announcements are bubbling up at this weekend's Anime Expo in Los Angeles, and Viz Media had a couple of new series to add to its anime lineup. Chief among them is Blood Lad , which is set to stream on Viz's website and …Read more »
A tsunami of recent nostalgia releases is wreaking havoc with my Vault of Error. I planned to review Demon City Shinjuku , but that title is once again readily available courtesy of Discotek Media. I considered examining Dominion: Tank Police and Black Magic M-66 , …Read more »
What a busy week! Free Comic Book Day this past Saturday was as fun as always, and this weekend coming up I’ll be attending the Toronto Comics Art Festival to spend days upon days swooning over how much talent you can fit into one building. …Read more »
An old man sits writing in his home, built from the ruins of a crashed space rocket. He is interrupted by a young boy, who shouts excitedly that a shark is attacking the fish, before snatching a spear and running off. He climbs over the …Read more »
I decided to wait until at least episode three to gather my thoughts on the Flowers of Evil anime adaptation for a few reasons. The primary factor is pacing. While I've read all five volumes of Shuzo Oshimi's manga (you can read the latest review …Read more »
When we last reported on new anime streaming site Daisuki , details were hard to come by. We knew it was a concerted effort on the part of Japan’s major studios to gain a streaming foothold in the US, offering hits like One Piece and …Read more »
The season is still young, but Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ( Suisei no Gargantia ) has about as effective an opening episode as one could ask for. The spring series comes from Production I.G, with Kazuya Murata ( Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of …Read more »
Ken Akamatsu ( Love Hina , A.I. Love You ) has a couple of very popular series under his belt, the most recent of which, Negima! Magister Negi Magi , came to an end about a year ago. Now the author is gearing up for …Read more »
After a few years of largely uncontested reign over (legal) anime streaming sites, Crunchyroll now faces competition from the Japanese themselves. The new streaming site Daisuki! is a collaboration of heavy hitters like Aniplex, Toei, TMS, and Sunrise, along with quite a few production and …Read more »
Square Enix’s mobile gaming division has been the subject of much scorn from press and players alike, primarily for their absurd pricing schemes. It’s hard to justify spending $20-ish for arguably inferior ports of DS titles like Final Fantasy III or The World Ends with …Read more »
Having spawned from a passionately loved TV series that was nevertheless cancelled due to low ratings (the original Mobile Suit Gundam ), the giant robot anime franchise has a tendency to keep its projects alive. For example, Gundam AGE – the kid-targeted project spearheaded by …Read more »
The Fate/Extra CCC dungeon-crawling RPG is set to make its PSP debut in Japan on March 28, and folks who dig in will be treated to an animated opening by anime studio Shaft. Akiyuki Shinbo ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica , Bakemonogatari , Sasami-san@Ganaranai ) …Read more »
It's not easy to assess an entire year after the fact, but we do what we can here at Otaku USA. We presented a handful of our contributors with a hefty challenge: Pick ONE standout anime from the entire year, whether it be theatrical, televised, …Read more »
Sentai's latest announcement is Sasami-san@Ganbaranai , a 12-episode anime based on the light novels by Akira. Plans currently have the series set to hit up digital outlets soon, with a home video release to follow later this year. Sasami-san is directed by Madoka Magica 's …Read more »
Anime Expo 2012 was a very unusual year for the con as attendees had to deal with ESPN's X Games taking place in the exact same area as the con would normally. As a result, much of the roads and walkways around the LA Convention …Read more »
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