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As a purveyor of shonen and seinen-style anime, it’s obvious when you stumble upon a series that is top notch. While these series are made for boys and young men, the mark of an exceptional shonen anime rests in the studios’ ability to draw an …Read more »
If Kekkaishi —based on Yellow Tanabe's manga, still ongoing in Japan at 27 volumes—has been stuck on your "to watch" list, or even if this is the first you've heard of the series, Viz is now presenting a convenient way to give it a gander. …Read more »
We briefly dug into the Fairy Tail anime—an adaptation of Hiro Mashima's ongoing shonen wizard saga—in the latest issue of Otaku USA, but the tides of time roll on, and a handful of episodes have streamed since the time of the article's writing. So, we …Read more »
Fall of 2009 was host to a special series of events in Japan known as the Jump Super Anime Tour, and among all of the excitement were two new anime shorts for Weekly Shonen Jump series Naruto and Toriko . Actually, for the latter—an animal-hunting …Read more »
Ah, there goes that ageless, fey creature again—known by some as legendary mangaka Kazuo Umezu, or even just Umezz to those "in the know"—zipping quietly through the streets in an effort to return to his striped abode unseen; a portent of good fortune. It would …Read more »
Nabari No Ou proves relatively dense for a ninja manga. As mentioned in my review of volume one, it stands out from other shonen ninja series in its reversal of protagonist archetypes. Miharu's withdrawn, indifferent attitude has been seen before in mecha series, but in …Read more »
I talked a bit before about the filler of the last season two collection, mostly making points about how well it all manages to fit into the ongoing arc, thanks in no small part to mangaka Eichiro Oda's process of personally approving these little side …Read more »
It's true what they say about not being able to keep a good dog down (hyuk hyuk). Such is the case with Inuyasha , the final act of which will be debuting across Asia on October 10th, 2009. This comes just one week after the …Read more »
In the world of anime fandom, there’s a term used to define what other “normal” people might call gratuitously placed bouncing breasts and asses, and it’s known simply as “fan service.” Out of the dozens of anime features that go about including fan service in …Read more »
This year was actually my first time attending Otakon in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s a massive convention, so in addition to the big name guests and awesome concerts, I was on the lookout for a bigger BL and yaoi presence at the convention. Overall, Otakon proved …Read more »
With fansubbing long a part of anime fan culture and the internet enabling near instant sharing of information and files, anime and manga fans have been steadily pushing for faster and faster turn-around on domestic releases. Traditional DVD releases have gotten a lot faster than …Read more »
All cynicism and jaded otaku tendencies aside (I really don't have many), stop me if you've heard this one before: the protagonist of this manga can see things that no one else can. That right there is the surefire way to dip one's toes into …Read more »
Viz Media is preparing for their simultaneous debut of the new manga by Rumiko Takahashi ( Ranma 1/2 , Inuyasha ), which will be posted to a new site the publisher just launched on the same day the chapter is published in Japan. Viz's updates …Read more »
Viz Media is throwing a limited-time offer out there through the May issue of Shonen Jump. Readers of the monthly manga anthology can use a special invitational code to check out a 120-page preview of Naruto volume 45, and the offer is only available from …Read more »
Sometimes eviscerating monsters is the best way get over a rough day. I mean honestly, any grief that the school bully may have given you or any relationship issues you may have faced quickly pales in comparison to the twelve-foot tall lizard creature standing in …Read more »
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