Welcome back, Otaku USA readers, to an Internet free of jokes, trolls, lies and misdirection as April Fools’ Day lays behind us! … … Alright, you got me, the internet isn’t exactly a pure haven of information on an everyday basis, but never fear! We’ve …Read more »
Dark Horse has been making it really hard to conserve shelf space with their re-releases of CLAMP’s back catalog. Even if, like me, you already own all the previous releases from Tokyopop, it’s almost impossible to pass by these brand new, retranslated, cleaned up, full-color …Read more »
This week it’s a dash of this and a dash of that as we get a couple books from a number of different publishers. An anthology, some shonen, some boys’ love, some science fiction and whatever Hayate the Combat Butler is classified as – there’s …Read more »
Disclaimer : It’s the same disclaimer as my Getter Robo: Armageddon review, which I’m just going to assume everybody reading this has read, only with the added statement of “all I am talking about in this article, by and large, is the anime described in …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA , we feature a One Piece cover story that deals with the current goings-on of the anime and its latest film incarnation, One Piece Film Z . As a bonus, we're doing the same with the manga here, …Read more »
This week’s manga selection is a little sparse, so the first item on our list may seem a bit out of place but bear with me, your potential confusion shall be rewarded! Any Legend of Zelda fan will want to make sure they have this …Read more »
Disclaimer : Chances are good that by now, anybody who purchases Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo or clicks on a link to an article that has a picture of a robot and the words “Getter Robo” will already be a hardcore mecha anime …Read more »
I don’t know what strange stream of consciousness led me to think about the Streamline Pictures trailer reel with its oh-so-smooth narrator promising us the best in “state of the art Japanese animation," but that thought triggered a cascade of memories, none more prevalent than …Read more »
Ahhh – the snow! The snow! Okay, so a couple inches of snow isn’t really that much around here but this was still the first week that I had to get my tough grip boots on to get to the comic store. But how could …Read more »
I’ll let you in on a little secret: I used to be a collector. Not in the sense that I simply owned a collection—I still do—but in the sense that I used to seek out difficult-to-find anime home video releases just because I could. In …Read more »
If there's one thing you can count on where I live is that you can never count on the weather to make sense. Today we were treated to a huge warm and wet rainstorm while surrounding areas are digging themselves out from the more seasonal …Read more »
Hirohiko Araki—that magical, spritely, ageless mangaka—has been plugging away at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure since 1987. At this point it's one of the longest-running manga series of all time, so it's kind of amazing that we're just now getting a television anime based on its generations-spanning …Read more »
As I sit down to write this, the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall , is currently playing in movie theaters worldwide, and a lot of people who enjoyed that movie (which is a LOT of people) are now rather interested in watching more James Bond …Read more »
Happy December! Hard to believe it but here it is, the last month of 2012. What wonders await us in these final four weeks? Whatever they are, and whatever snow you may need to shovel through to reach them, week one is off to a …Read more »
Let’s face reality: although animation studio Tatsunoko Pro is still creating brand-new titles and has existed for over 45 years, their heyday was decades ago. One look at their half of the roster of the recently discontinued fighting game Tatsunoko vs Capcom is all it …Read more »
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