When I reviewed the first volume of Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga, I wasn't entirely convinced of how long it could riff on its premise. Now that we're three volumes in, I think it's clear Matsui has enough ideas to keep this going as long …Read more »
Class 3-E is special. So special, in fact, that it's completely separate from the rest of Kunugigaoka Junior High School. This isn't necessarily the good type of special, though, as the rest of the student body knows Class 3-E as the final destination of hopeless …Read more »
This review first appeared in our August 2014 issue, and it's now available online as a bonus supplement to the Atelier Escha & Logy anime feature in our latest issue, available now . *** The Atelier series is one that simply doesn't receive enough recognition. …Read more »
For those of you just now joining us… uh, what are you thinking? You've got 12 volumes of Knights of Sidonia to read, and if you start at 13 you're going to have a really tough time parsing sentences like, "Success! The Semi-Autonomous Conversion Organ …Read more »
Tsutomu Nihei's Knights of Sidonia manga has done a pretty commendable job of staying consistent throughout its run, and volume 12 does nothing to sway that. In fact, I'd say 12 was one of the most enjoyable volumes of late, mixing in a dash of …Read more »
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is such a strange thing, even by shonen battle series standards. We're currently approaching episode 44 of Part III: Stardust Crusaders , the second half of which is called Battle in Egypt , and, well, that's about as straightforward a title as …Read more »
I bought Etrian Mystery Dungeon on release, having seen nothing about the game but a fairly vague trailer. These were two tastes I already knew I liked: the massive Wizardry-style Etrian Odyssey dungeon-crawler RPG combined with the smaller-scale-- but far less forgiving-- roguelike Mystery Dungeon. …Read more »
Most people know Durarara!! from its anime incarnation, which adapts the light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. The anime returned recently, giving us the perfect opportunity to feature it in the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine . Beyond …Read more »
Not too long after the Naruto manga came to an end, series creator Masashi Kishimoto described being free from the shackles of weekly comic publishing. "It feels like being released, because I have no more deadlines," he said in a public statement . He followed …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA , Ink waxes poetic about Your lie in April , the A-1 Pictures anime based on the original manga by Naoshi Arakawa. The story follows piano prodigy Kousei Arima, who no longer has the ability to play like …Read more »
Let me tell you about an experience that marked my tragic descent into otaku-dom: The year was 1996 and six teenage anime fans, three male, three female, were on a kind-of, sort-of triple date. The six of us gathered at the home with the least …Read more »
Now that it has a nice solid dozen episodes under its belt, it's a little easier to take in the World Trigger anime and see how things are going. After spending some quality time with the show, it's fair to say Toei Animation's adaptation of …Read more »
Dropping One Piece as a weekly read was a great decision. Not that I didn't enjoy following the adventures of Luffy and the Straw Hats on a regular basis, I just always end up enjoying it more when I wait for the volumes. While that …Read more »
In celebration (or lament) of the release of Mamoru Oshii's Garm Wars: The Last Druid , we decided to revisit his "Kerberos Saga" by pulling two of Daryl Surat's stories on the subject out of the vault from way back in 2008. For all the …Read more »
Like any self-respecting anime, TERRAFORMARS starts by putting its protagonist in a cage match against a massive, blood-thirsty bear. It's doubtful the organizers of the spectacle could have foreseen what happens next, as Akari Hizamaru goes through some sort of mutation, making an instant too-hot-for-TV …Read more »
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