This famous Lupin pasta didn't make the cut. Kids these days... Ever been watching anime when some delicious-looking item popped up on screen? Ever wished you could somehow enter the anime world and chomp down? You’re not alone. Anime pollsters Charapedia have asked their readers: …Read more »
Barbecues. Pool parties. Fireworks. Family road trips. New anime. Summer is coming. As the spring 2016 season comes in for a landing (feels like it just started, man), anticipation is building on both sides of the Pacific for the summer 2016 anime lineup, which is …Read more »
Tomboys, spitfires, or the plain and simple “girls who kick ass.” However you describe them, the long history of anime and manga is full of these characters, and choosing the top ten is no easy task. Users of ranking site Goo, however, took up the …Read more »
Our favorite and most hardworking anime pollsters Charapedia are at it again, and this week they’ve asked their readers: who are your favorite robots? Now, this comes with one major caveat: we’re not talking rideable robots like mobile suits, Valkyries or the like. Nope, we’re …Read more »
Several of the most popular anime in recent years are courtesy of Aniplex producer Shinichiro Kashiwada, who helped bring Puella Magi Madoka Magica , both installments of Sword Art Online and Oreimo , The Irregular at Magic High School , and more to fruition. We …Read more »
Let sleeping dogs lie, some would say. Sleeping vampires, definitely. But Japanese schoolgirl Yui Komori already crossed that bridge in the first season of Diabolik Lovers , and as another turn of phrase goes, she made her bed, though she had no other option, and …Read more »
Pixiv Zingaro, the Tokyo gallery co-run by art-sharing site Pixiv and pop artist Takashi Murakami, has been the sight of many anime and manga-based exhibitions since it opened up in otaku paradise Nakano Broadway a few years back. The latest, which runs from May 12 …Read more »
Hello, Otaku USA readers! This is Yunamo Ayakawa. How is your otaku life? My otaku life is getting messy…. I have too many cosplay costumes and they pile up and overflow in the closet. Well, here is a special report on the 2015 World Cosplay …Read more »
Anime for young children has seen its better days. Ever since the rise of Pokémon in the late 1990s carried a new wave of fans into the Internet age, the anime industry has largely set its sights on teenagers and young adults by catering to …Read more »
We’ve probably never uttered “Shonen Jump” and “sexy” in the same sentence (the manga magazine is ostensibly for children, after all), but that didn’t stop ranking site Goo from asking its readers: in the long history of Shonen Jump, who have been the sexiest villains? …Read more »
Sachiko Fujinuma from ERASED , one of our favorite anime moms. Here’s a timely survey. On Mother’s Day, ranking site Goo asked its readers what anime women would make the best moms. Basically, goes the idea, if you could 2Dify yourself and jump into anime, …Read more »
Hello, fellow otaku! It’s that time of year again for convention season—the 8-10 months of the year where every weekend is filled with a comic or anime convention somewhere. So how do you prepare for your year of convention going? Here are some tips to …Read more »
When you’re faced with 13 brand new stepbrothers who all seem to be vying for your attention, what do you do? If you’re Ema Hinata, daughter of famous explorer Rintaro Hinata, you go with the flow and become part of the “family” Dad has suddenly …Read more »
There are manga that last a long time, and there are manga that last a long time . While series like Dragon Ball and Naruto went on for over a decade, their creators eventually brought them in for a landing. On the other hand, there …Read more »
In a mythical age before the separation of the material world and the spirit world, the realm of Britannia is a place fraught with peril. Not only do monsters stalk the dark places where no civilized being would dare to tread, but the Seven Deadly …Read more »
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