The charming anthology known as the Bartender anime is officially coming to North America. Featuring direction by Masaki Watanabe (Battle Spirits, KADO — The Right Answer) and writing by Yasuhiro Imagawa (Giant Robo the Animation), the Palm Studios adaptation of Araki Joh and Kenji Nagamoto’s …Read more »
We here at OUSA Japan Headquarters are big fans of 1) Ghost in the Shell and 2) a good craft beer, so when we heard a Japanese brewery was bringing out an official Ghost in the Shell beer, we knew we had to give it …Read more »
If you’re familiar with the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime—both in its original TV form and the Rebuild movies—you know Misato Katsuragi loves to down some cold brews at home. Considering how stressful her job is, not to mention the responsibilities that come along with minding …Read more »
In these troubled times, let us take solace in the fact that for a few moments, we can kick back with some footage of Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno sipping on a Sapporo. The 58-year-old director, who has also helmed projects like Gunbuster, Nadia and Shin …Read more »
Michiru Amazuki moves from the country (Okayama Prefecture) to Tokyo for a sales position. But since she doesn’t want to face the metropolitan landscape alone, she decides to live in an all-female boarding/share house—Stella House Haruno—with three strangers. Her new roommates may have wildly different …Read more »
Last summer, Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia studio Trigger teamed up with alcoholic beverage producer Kirin to produce an internet-exclusive ad for one of Kirin’s drinks. Now that ad has been pulled from Kirin’s official site, apparently due to complaints. The commercial, which …Read more »
If there is perhaps one thing capable of transcending all of otaku culture, in all of its variegated niches and subniches, it’s gotta be beer. Right? Let’s roll with it, because there is a beer fair in Akihabara and it sounds like a ton of …Read more »
[Excerpted from the October 2007 issue of Otaku USA Magazine] It is Friday night in Kansai (the eastern side of Japan) and whether you are a furita or a salaryman there is only one thing on your mind -a good place to have a drink. …Read more »
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