It wasn't quite clear whether or not the Gundam Build Fighter anime would follow suite with Gundam Age before it and make its streaming episodes unavailable in North America. Thankfully that's not the case, as Bandai and Gundam.Info are now streaming the series …Read more »
One of the most hotly anticipated anime of this season has been Kill la Kill , which comes from relatively fresh anime studio Trigger ( Little Witch Academia , Inferno Cop ). While they've already managed to make quite a name for themselves in a …Read more »
A new promo for the second season of Magi was posted to the YouTube channel for Shonen Sunday , home to Shinobu Ohtaka's original Magi manga. The series continues with Magi: The Kingdom of Magic , set to kick off in Japan on October 6 …Read more »
For over a year Otaku USA e-news has been delivering fresh features, interviews, news, and more, straight from Japan to our readers' inboxes. We've been thrilled with the response, and lately we've started giving back with discounts on products, magazine subscriptions, and merchandise. Now we're …Read more »
Attack on Titan is getting the action game treatment on Nintendo 3DS in Japan, and this morning's Nintendo Direct presentation provided a brief overview of some of its gameplay and features. In addition to taking down Titans as Eren and others in a single-player Story …Read more »
Studio Kara’s Hidenori Matsubara has been working in the trenches of the anime industry for over 25 years. Chances are he’s worked on something you liked without your even realizing it. The list of his key animator credits alone is staggering: Evangelion , Patlabor: The …Read more »
To know Patlabor is to love Patlabor . It was never a huge hit over here in the States, but the fans the real robot / police procedural show does have are pretty passionate about it. Patlabor, which began life as an original video series …Read more »
Viz Media announced plans to add a new series to its streaming lineup, with the simulcast of Coppelion set to kick off this week. The action series starts streaming on both Vizanime.com and Hulu this Wednesday, October 2, the same day it airs in Japan. …Read more »
The latest issue of Otaku USA magazine is home to a Gatchaman Crowds feature by Caleb Dunaway, and it does a great job of covering the bases of the story and explaining what makes it special in its early episodes. Definitely check that out, because …Read more »
Anime studio Trigger's Kill la Kill series is getting ready to kick off in just about a week's time, so it's time for a new preview of the schoolgirl battling action on the horizon. Kill la Kill comes from a pair of Gurren Lagann vets, …Read more »
We've already done a bit of after-school activity with Girls und Panzer on this website. As a bonus to the current issue's cover story, we discussed director Tsutomu Mizushima's earlier work, Haré+Guu , but don't let that keep you from the main event. In the …Read more »
The world of anime still has a handful of directors that make everyone stop and take note. Obvious choices include heavy hitters like Hayao Miyazaki , Mamoru Hosoda , Hideaki Anno , and Makoto Shinkai , the latter of which recently unveiled his latest work, …Read more »
The contrast between real and virtual life can be stark. One can be a complete stud online and a loser in the real world, but what happens when those lives collide? In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, Danica Davidson had a helluva time …Read more »
Director Tsutomu Mizushima has a variety of well-received shows smoking in his holster—from sports series like Big Windup! to darker fare like Another and Blood-C —but it's hard to overlook his knack for comedy. Even if you were introduced to Mizushima by name through Girls …Read more »
The third Madoka Magica anime movie, Madoka Magica The Movie -Rebellion- , opens in Japan on October 26, followed by a North American release this year. While we all wait to see how the brand new magical girl action plays out, a new teaser trailer …Read more »
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