If you’re a manga fan who lives in New York City, or if it’s a place you’re able to visit, then you might want to check out the major (and limited time) pop-up Kodansha House: Where Manga Meets. It begins on October 4 and lasts …Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted to own your own motorcycle from Akira — a.k.a. the Kaneda Bike — now’s your chance. If you have the funds to buy it, anyway. There are some fan-built examples in the past, including one that cost more than $100,000. This …Read more »
Neo-Tokyo is about to EXPLODE… with Akira cels! If you’re in Tokyo in August, one event you can’t miss is the Akira Cel Exhibition, featuring actual cels from the 1988 classic directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. That exhibition, which ties in with the Otomo Complete Works …Read more »
For years there have been ongoing and abortive attempts to make a Hollywood live-action Akira. Jordan Peele was one of the people approached to possibly direct it, and he recently talked about the theoretical movie again. For background, in 2017 Peele revealed he’d been approached …Read more »
Jan Rabson is a voice actor who had a number of roles in the world of anime over the years, including Tetsuo in the Streamline Pictures English dub of Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark anime film Akira. According to fellow VA Bob Bergen, Rabson recently passed away …Read more »
The Twitter account for OTOMO The Complete Works recently held a Q&A session with Katsuhiro Otomo—the creator of the groundbreaking Akira and more—in which a fan asked about the future of his manga work. Otomo had something interesting to say in response to the question, …Read more »
We at Otaku USA tend not to cover American celebrity news, but sometimes American celebrities indulge in their own otaku interests. Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) and Kim Kardashian are in the news during their divorce for (among other reasons) an Instragram post …Read more »
Katsuhiro Otomo is famous for his work, especially Akira, and Kodansha is getting ready to release the manga Complete Works of Katsuhiro Otomo in Japan. They’re putting up some pretty serious advertising murals in crowded areas of Shinjuku and Shibuya, and Otomo himself had to …Read more »
Nowadays when we think of anime music in the mainstream, our minds go immediately to the worlds of rap and hip-hop. Artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Childish Gambino, and Open Mike Eagle — and many more — pour their fandom into their lyrics. Other genres aren’t always …Read more »
Unless you’ve been fully offline recently, you may have noticed that The Matrix is returning with a new film. Directed by Lana Wachowski, the new chapter of the cyber-action hit will be coming our way in December. Until then, we’re diving back into some of our favorite …Read more »
Is France’s President Emmanuel Macron an otaku? The world leader recently flew into Japan for the Olympics and to talk to the prime minister, but his trip has also included some real otakudom. In addition to getting an original illustration of One Piece from creator …Read more »
Things are really different at this year’s Olympics because of COVID, but it appears the Tokyo Olympics might have been even more different if the pandemic hadn’t begun. And by that I mean different in a good way and very exciting for otaku. Anime News …Read more »
Have you ever wanted to dress just like Kaneda in Akira? Well, if you have $450 to spare, you can do just that thanks to a recreation of his iconic red jacket. Funimation announced the exclusive release of the limited edition leather jacket designed by …Read more »
There’s manga with great storytelling—then there’s manga with great storytelling and great art. With all due respect to all the manga artists pumping out pages week after week, some are just, well, better than others. Japanese site Magmix has just put out an article listing …Read more »
Akira is what really made a name for manga creator Katsuhiro Otomo, but it’s far from his only work. According to Anime News Network, “The Complete Works Project” for Katsuhiro Otomo is being released in 2021, thanks to Kodansha. The “complete work” refers to his …Read more »
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