Good news for fans of Studio Khara’s Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition : the series of anime shorts is in for a second season. Animator Expo, which debuted online last November, is a series of animated shorts produced by Hideki Anno’s Studio Khara, the studio behind the …Read more »
In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
Today marks NIS America's premium Blu-ray release of Chronicles of the Going Home Club , so it's the perfect time for an exchange with the anime's director, Hikaru Sato. We took some of our own questions and some from our readers and sent them over, …Read more »
A few weeks ago, we highlighted Kantai Collection , the browser game-turned-anime about batttleships that are also somehow young mini-skirt wearing girls. For further proof KanColle is being set up to take over the world, look no further than the special collaboration being run with …Read more »
It’s time for another edition of Miyazaki Watch, where we take a look at the recent media activities of everyone’s favorite semi-retired filmmaking legend, Hayao Miyazaki, and the son eternally destined to be in the shadows of his father, Goro. First up, Hayao, whose recent …Read more »
Not too long after the Naruto manga came to an end, series creator Masashi Kishimoto described being free from the shackles of weekly comic publishing. "It feels like being released, because I have no more deadlines," he said in a public statement . He followed …Read more »
Anime fandom is not bereft of its more unexplainable trends, and even those well-versed in big name titles like Attack on Titan or One Piece can be left scratching their heads when presented with niche interests like Touhou Project, Homestuck or that whole Vocaloid business. …Read more »
The cover story of the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine is, what else, but Naruto ! It's a fitting time to return to the orange-clad ninja as our cover boy, what with Masashi Kishimoto's manga having recently ended its run. But there's still more …Read more »
The April 2015 issue of Otaku USA magazine—on stands now and available to order online—includes a feature on Knights of Sidonia , the anime adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei's killer sci-fi manga. While discussing the series' take on Nihei's bleak depiction of humanity's future, Brittany Vincent …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga are an inevitably contentious topic, as more often than not fans are worked into a furor over a film project that may not ever enter production. Case in point: the recent announcement that Scarlet Johannson has been cast as …Read more »
The website for Under the Dog , the Masahiro Ando-directed anime short that raised $878,000 via Kickstarter back in September, posted its first update in months on January 22 – and it appears Under the Dog has undergone a major shakeup. The update, from producer …Read more »
Is Hypersonic Music Club the comic-drawing debut of fashion/music/pop illustrator Hiroyuki Takahashi? Is Hypersonic Music Club the manga-writing debut of pop culture critic and Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias ( Tokyoscope: The Japanese Film Companion , Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno , Cruising the Anime City: An …Read more »
Premiering 20 years ago, Neon Genesis Evangelion triggered a fan boom in Japan and became a mega-hit around the world. But for one group, the world is not enough. Their plan is to replicate a scene from the original series and plant a replica of …Read more »
Attack on Titan , which I don’t think at this point requires any introduction, is doing some major crossing over this week, appearing both in the pages of Marvel comics and the virtual word of MapleStory. Have you ever participated in Free Comic Book Day …Read more »
It looks like this thing is really happening, guys. The live-action Ghost in the Shell film starring Scarlett Johansson is set to premiere April 14, 2017. If it sounds kind of absurd to set a release date that far in the future – well, it …Read more »
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