Dragon Ball Z films are strange beasts. Taking place between the series’ all-important sagas, the films have traditionally been side stories rife with inconsistencies and canonical errors. As such, fans have relegated even the best of the DBZ films to the category “fun but inconsequential.” …Read more »
Last summer, anime superstore Animate were kind enough to give us an exclusive tour of their flagship store in Ikebukuro . You’ll recall that Ikebukuro is the home of Otome Road, the hub of female anime and manga fans (“fujoshi,” if you will) in Tokyo. …Read more »
As one can ascertain from the title, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is profoundly weird: this is a series where “a guy turns his hand into a murderous squirrel” doesn't even make the top ten of strange moments. It's one thing to see anime produce weird merchandise: …Read more »
Most Tokyophiles are well aware of Akihabara, east Tokyo’s hub for all things anime, manga, and general otaku-related shopping, and readers of Otaku USA e-News have also gotten a peek at Nakano, west Tokyo’s slightly hipper, grungier answer to Akiba. One Tokyo neighborhood we haven’t …Read more »
I don’t need to tell you what a phenomenon Madoka Magica is, right? Right. TV show aired in 2011, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo at studio Shaft, deconstructed magical girl tropes, had a hell of a great twist ending, and then we got two movies last …Read more »
George Morikawa’s boxing manga series Hajime no Ippo is the stuff of legends. It’s been running for 24 years, starting at a time when using Mike Tyson as an inspirational figure to shy, bullied main protagonist Ippo Makunouchi seemed like a totally reasonable idea. Just …Read more »
In an effort that is not at all cynical or creepy, Bandai has been conducting surveys of children aged 0-12 years (yes, zero) since 1995 in an attempt to determine which media properties are mere fads and which are indomitable, evergreen shows that have transcended …Read more »
Lupin III. Detective Conan. One’s a master thief, the other a genius detective trapped in a child’s body. Both wildly popular characters who, in 2009, ended up starring together in a TV special titled Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan thanks to the delightful coincidence …Read more »
One of the best parts of attending an anime convention is getting to see all the great and creative costumes and outfits people come up with. Anime Central , which took place last month just outside of Chicago, is the largest anime convention in the …Read more »
We at the Otaku USA News Dome love nothing more than a good collaboration between a well-known Japanese pop-culture property and pizza. You may recall a time earlier this year when Hatsune Miku teamed up with Domino’s Pizza in Japan, selling mountains of cardboard pizza …Read more »
Diabolik Lovers is an upcoming anime series based on a popular vampire otome game (a type of game that specifically targets a female audience). According to the anime's official site, the series will kick off in Japan this fall. Diabolik Lovers is directed by Shinobu Tagashira …Read more »
New Etrian Odyssey: Millennium Maiden isn't exactly a new entry in the dungeon-crawling RPG series. Rather, it serves as a reimagining of the first game, which was originally released on Nintendo DS in 2007. Millennium Maiden takes that foundation and enhances it on 3DS, adding …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Yūki Kodama's horror action manga Blood Lad is set to premiere in Japan this July, and a second promotional clip made its way online to preview the upcoming series. Blood Lad is directed by Buzzer Beater 's Miya Shigeyuki, with production …Read more »
While Psycho-Pass graces the cover of the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, there's no doubt that one of the most-demanded features is Sword Art Online . Readers asked for it, and Mike Dent pulled double duty to deliver a piping hot overview of the …Read more »
Those who want to see The Major promoting Microsoft's Surface tablet can finally see their wish fulfilled in the full Ghost in the Shell: Arise promotional short . Following some short commercials, the full three-minute short has The Major utilizing the tablet during a mission, …Read more »
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