Like him or not, it’s clear director Shinji Aramaki is at the forefront of Japan’s 3D, computer-generated animation movement. Beginning his directorial career with traditional, hand-drawn anime OAVs like Megazone 23 and MADOX-01 , Aramaki turned to computers to create 2004’s Appleseed . Since then, …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 »
In the new issue of Otaku USA magazine, we review Vanillaware's PlayStation 3 and PS Vita beat 'em up Dragon's Crown . The busty Sorceress and the rest of the characters may have sprung from the pen of artist George Kamitani, but the design is …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai's anime has a very distinct feel to it, from the first work that really got his name noticed, 2002's Voices of a Distant Star , to 2011's Children Who Chase Lost Voices . Most of this comes from both his personal visual touch …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 13-episode run of the divisive Flowers of Evil anime has come to an end, wrapping what we first favorably spoke of a couple months back . Guess what? It's still divisive! That's ok, because truly interesting entertainment often finds its viewers split down the …Read more »
Level-5's Guild02 series of Nintendo 3DS games is doing a pretty good job of delivering on the promise of more downloadable oddities. The first batch, Guild01 , included games from the likes of Suda51 ( No More Heroes , Lollipop Chainsaw ) and Yasumi Matsuno …Read more »
It's abundantly clear by now that Attack on Titan is a straight-up phenomenon, and it's definitely one of the more surprising runaway successes of recent years. The anime is currently streaming thanks to FUNimation and Crunchyroll, and Kodansha recently ramped up Hajime Isayama's original manga …Read more »
Hello again, Otaku USA readers! This week’s On The Shelf comes with some good news and sad news. The sad news is that this will be the last On The Shelf article here at Otaku USA. I’ll miss sharing the week’s new manga here, but …Read more »
Last week, we brought you a transcript of Mamoru Hosoda's public Q&A session on Wolf Children at the New York International Children's Film Festival. We were also able to get some one-on-one time with the famous anime director to discuss things in further detail. Q: …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2010), and the first two Digimon movie shorts (1999-2000), appeared at the New York International Children’s Film Festival on March 9, 2013 to present his newest animated feature, Wolf Children , and …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, we bust out a feature on the mega-popular Sword Art Online , based on the light novels by Reki Kawahara. While Kawahara is no doubt a hot topic when it comes to SAO , the anime adaptation …Read more »
I'm so torn on Namco Bandai's Naruto Powerful Shippuden , which brings the super-deformed style of Naruto spin-off anime Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals to Nintendo 3DS. On one hand, it's a great-looking game with crystal clear 2D art and backgrounds that don't throw …Read more »
I frequently bemoan the fact that Studio Ghibli, despite its status as the single most prestigious anime studio of all, has trouble cultivating new creative talent beyond its principal founding members. But I kind of understand why they became that way. It’s because of I …Read more »
A decade is missing. Ten years. One tenth of a century. One seventh of my median life expectancy. Where has the time gone? Has it really been so long since the last time I watched Animation Runner Kuromi ? So much has changed in the …Read more »
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