The season (or “cour,” if you prefer) of anime that began in July is rapidly coming to an end, and ranking site Goo took the opportunity to ask its readers just what late-night summer anime they thought were best. Let’s see how closely these Japanese …Read more »
In a world in which new Pokémon movies are an annual given and the overall machine of child-centric anime programming rolls on undeterred, it’s unusual for something like new Digimon anime to feel so novel. Maybe it’s the way promotions rolled out, or maybe the …Read more »
Gainax’s FLCL only spans six episodes, but to fans it’s the equivalent of hundreds of epic episodes like those of Naruto or Bleach. It’s a coming of age tale without being preachy. It’s vulgar, yet refined in other aspects. Most of all, it’s fun. But …Read more »
Epic fail, man. That is, presumably, what the fans polled for this list thought when they saw their favorite shonen manga transformed into anime that, well, didn’t quite meet their expectations. While, ranking site Goo points out, manga-to-anime adaptations usually have a higher success rate …Read more »
© Nisio Isin/Kodansha Aniplex/Shaft It’s been a long eight months, but Kizumonogatari is back. It’s impossible to review Kizumonogatari Part II: Nekketsu without delving into a primer on its production history: it’s the second of three films, collectively an adaptation of Nisio Isin’s Kizumonogatari , …Read more »
BONES hasn’t been around as long as some anime studios, but the company—founded by Sunrise staffers Toshihiro Kawamoto, Masahiko Minami, and the late Hiroshi Osaka (animation director on Escaflowne , Cowboy Bebop , and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie—Conqueror of Shamballa ), who sadly passed in …Read more »
We’re busy anime fans here at Otaku USA, and that means we need our anime delivered in quick, bite-sized chunks. Luckily, in recent years the anime industry has obliged our tight schedules—as well as our rapidly diminishing attention spans—with a whole cottage industry of anime …Read more »
This is a question that’s kept us up many a night, tossing and turning: just who are the 20 hottest guys in anime? Thankfully, pollsters Charapedia have come to the rescue, asking their readers to vote for their favorite hunks. The key point in this …Read more »
The future is in our hands! After years of being suffering pariahs in a bleak anime world devoid of the light that only a gambling apocalypse can bring, we can finally legally watch the two seasons made to date of the most beautiful ugly puppy …Read more »
After so many piecemeal productions and so much manga left uncovered it feels both strange and amazing to realize that we’ve entered the fourth year of televised JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime. The current season adapts “Diamond Is Unbreakable,” the fourth major chapter of the Joestar …Read more »
Promoting the upcoming Studio Ghibli co-production, The Red Turtle , and giving fans a deeper look into the Studio Ghibli body of work, a new exhibition has taken over the Roppongi Hills Plaza Mori Arts Center that showcases the 30-year history of the animation company …Read more »
Only the strong survive. With over 40 shows airing every season, even the most dedicated anime otaku have to get choosy. Now that we’re deep into the summer 2016 season and Japanese fans have been doing some pruning, pollsters Charapedia decided it was a good …Read more »
This may be the film Hideaki Anno was born to make. Make no mistake: though Godzilla Resurgence , the first Japanese Godzilla film in 12 years, was technically directed by both Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno and Attack on Titan helmer and special effects …Read more »
Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates find themselves more powerful than ever yet still their gullible and goofy selves in One Piece Film: Gold , their 13th leap to the silver screen (and first since 2012). Maintaining the thrills and visual excitement of some of …Read more »
Capcom’s Ace Attorney games have been delivering memorable characters and scenarios on Nintendo’s portable systems since the first Gyakuten Saiban game launched on Game Boy Advance in Japan back in 2001. It didn’t take long for the Nintendo DS port to gain an audience in …Read more »
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