(Warning: The following article may contain spoilers for the end of the Nadesico TV series! Read at your own risk!) In my write-up of Martian Successor Nadesico (see the August issue, on sale now), I mentioned how said series tried its hardest to become something …Read more »
Michael Sinterniklaas is no stranger to the world of voice acting. Founder of New York-based recording studio NYAV Post, Sinterniklaas is well-known not just as the voice of American cartoon characters like Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) and Dean Venture in …Read more »
The near future: A cargo plane crashes in Tokyo Bay, scattering debris as it plummets from the sky. Among the wreckage is a ruptured container belonging to a biological research firm—a container that seems to have been torn open from the inside out. Some time …Read more »
As a reviewer, there's something magical about finding a diamond in the rough. It's something a little quirky, maybe something that doesn't quite have mass appeal at first glance. It usually takes a little getting used to, but once you give it a shot, you …Read more »
Four years ago, back in 2008, first-time anime series director Sayo Yamamoto debuted with Michiko and Hatchin , a phenomenal television show with solid characterization and a distinct visual and aural style that in my mind seemed like a no-brainer for US release. I was …Read more »
As if to atone for the mixed bag of last year’s fighting game movies, 2012 is being bombarded with tons of new fighting games. Seriously, look at the list of things released/to be released this year: Soul Calibur V , Street Fighter X Tekken , …Read more »
While watching The Legend of the Legendary Heroes —featured in the latest issue of Otaku USA —I couldn't help but think of the 1990 Record of Lodoss War OVAs. Actually, that happens when I watch any anime that's even vaguely fantasy-related, and it's not because …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA we take a look at the original “green jacket” Lupin the Third television series, scheduled for US release in June 2012 courtesy of Discotek Media. Several of the original 23 TV episodes were directed by eventual Studio Ghibli …Read more »
Haruhi is just trying to study; just trying to find somewhere quiet to do schoolwork at the wealthy Ouran Academy. But then Haruhi accidentally walks into the room where the host club is, meets the very eccentric group of individuals that make up the group, …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, Erin Finnegan touched on what makes Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman such an enticing read. The creative team behind Death Note wastes no time sugar-coating the grueling process behind actually getting professional manga published in a …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA (on stands now), we boldly leap into the second attempt to animate Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga. It may seem like an odd choice to start from scratch—especially for those who already blazed through Nippon Animation's 62-episode …Read more »
Don’t get me wrong: I love the Golgo 13 television series. The episodes are quite faithful adaptations of their source material. But in a sense, they just might be a little TOO faithful. That source material consists of Japanese comic books created by an assembly …Read more »
Propaganda is a powerful and dangerous tool. This is an argument that few would disagree with, and it's this concern over the potential impact of Hetalia that Daryl Surat raises in his feature coverage of the theatrical film Paint It, White! in the February 2012 …Read more »
If you had a chance to read our cover story on Fairy Tail in the latest issue of Otaku USA , then you probably already have a good idea of whether or not the series is for you. Heck, at this point you may be …Read more »
Time heals all wounds. In 1987, during the height of Nintendo's iron grip on the gaming populace, a publisher by the name of Rainbow Arts released Great Giana Sisters —a blatant, shameless clone of Super Mario Bros.— for the Commodore 64 and a multitude of …Read more »
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