I’m really not convinced of the efficacy of the “digest version” movie adaptations of so many popular anime shows. Decades ago, they made sense; 24-hour cable TV wasn’t around, so they were used to fire interest in the stuff on TV ( Heidi ), fill …Read more »
Kazuo Koike may be the most respected living manga author of all, but read enough of his manga and you’ll realize that respect comes from the fact that he’s certifiably insane. But he won’t be around forever, so in order to ensure that his manga-fu …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki is his own fiercest competition. Even though his films have captured the hearts and minds of audiences both in Japan and abroad, even though Miyazaki's career as a film-maker spans decades, even though his influence in the world of Japanese animation is second …Read more »
Recently, I was going through some older anime magazines and saw a blurb about the impending release of the Vehicle Team Voltron DVD sets… accompanied by a pic from the Lion team. I started looking through other publications and it occurred to me there’d been …Read more »
Playing Bayonetta is sure to elicit a variety of reactions from fans of virtual fisticuffs. There's titillation, naturally; frustration, as enemies continue to upstage your various forms of witchery; and pontification, which starts as early as the opening credits. To wit: who is that bold …Read more »
The opening panel of this manga is a rear-end shot of a man in a leather thong bending over. I just thought you should know that. Most manga series feature a principle cast of one or two protagonists, and the cast is expanded with supporting …Read more »
From the young adult section of your local bookstore to every other show on The CW and the recent release of the latest movie installment of Clarissa’s favorite live-action film franchise the Twilight “Saga” (based on her time spent talking about it), vampires are once …Read more »
In Mike Dent's feature on Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars , he touched on the storied history of Capcom's long line of mashup fighters, pitting drastically different (well, most of the time) universes against one another since tag-team fighting was still a fresh concept. Now …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 »
Was anyone else really excited when they announced Dead Space: Extraction ? I remember thinking what a great idea it was to create a rail shooter for Wii in the universe of the excellent 360 sci-fi/horror third person shooter from October '08. Sure enough: am …Read more »
To call Nippon Ichi games ‘esoteric’ barely begins to convey just how impenetrable they really are. To date, there are probably about seven people in the world that actually, truly enjoy games like Disgaea and La Pucelle . They are grindy, stat-heavy, and full of …Read more »
Hetalia has been on the rise in popularity this year among American fan girls. You could tell by the girls dressed like boys dressed like WWII soldiers carrying around enormous flags at every convention this year. Either that, or the same group of six girls …Read more »
It's a wonder that I've managed to stave off the webbed wiles of Sgt. Frog for so long. I was really close to picking up the manga at some point, but for whatever reason it evaded my grasp, so here I am finally soaking in …Read more »
In Mamio Valley, a pleasant patch of rural Japan, death disturbs the peace of a blazing autumn afternoon. A black limousine glides along a forest path, scattering a flock of crows and confusing the man tending a half-neglected shrine. On the rooftop of the town's …Read more »
At Anime Expo this year, one of the surprise guests accompanying Morning Musume on their historic first trip to America was none other than Hitomi Yoshizawa, the last group leader of MM before the current one, Ai Takahashi. Yoshizawa was a member of the 4th …Read more »
Mike Toole
Daryl Surat
Paul Thomas Chapman
Darius Washington
Joseph Luster
Julian Gnam
Emily Balistrieri
David Riley
Erin Finnegan
Brian Camp