It’s become clear in the last year that Attack On Titan has moved past being just a popular subcultural manga and has transformed into a bit of a pop culture phenomenon in Japan. At least, that’s what I got from the hour-long queue I was …Read more »
I don’t think it’s any secret that Masaaki Yuasa is one of our favorite Anime People around these parts. The auteur director behind stuff like Kick Heart , Mind Game and Ping Pong The Animation , Yuasa is the kind of unique creative talent that …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, one of our features has Kristina Potts taking a look at the DRAMAtical Murder anime, based on the original boys' love visual novel. In the feature Kristina talks about the anime's origins, touching on how it made …Read more »
Anime has no shortage of bizarre, time-twisting spins on history, but Samurai Jam: Bakumatsu Rock is definitely the heaviest. In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine we had Kristina Potts comb her way through this amp-thumpin' take on the Bakumatsu era, which was already …Read more »
Godzilla saw his first cinematic outing in a decade earlier this year with the release of the Gareth Edwards-helmed Godzilla , but in Japan, he’s been in cinematic slumber since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars . That’s set to change, with the announcement from Godzilla studio …Read more »
Do you like Robotech , Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers , Lupin III and Naruto ? Good, because Tony Oliver has worked on them all. How did this anime legend first get started in the business? "It was quite by accident," Oliver said during an interview …Read more »
Have you been keeping up with the Akame ga Kill! anime this season? In the latest issue of Otaku USA Brittany Vincent delivers a solid argument for giving it a shot over the course of her feature, which covers everything from the explosive action to …Read more »
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 was released last month, and fans of the franchise are now forced to wait another year before watching the conclusion. Rather than spending the next twelve months rewatching the films, we here at Otaku USA Magazine have decided to …Read more »
One Piece is as powerful as ever, especially with FUNimation's release of One Piece Film: Z . Luffy and the Straw Hats find themselves up against one of their most formidable film opponents yet in the form of Z and his Neo-Navy, so we had …Read more »
Akame ga Kill! , the dark fantasy action series set to conclude this month, stars as titular character Akame voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya. Aside from playing Akame, Amamiya also sang the series’ first opening theme, “Skyreach,” and its second ending theme, “Tsuki Akari” …Read more »
Many American manga fans aspire to make their own manga. While at Detroit’s Youmacon convention, I spoke with Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo fame about how his manga-inspired comic took off and his advice for aspiring mangaka. “I was actually a fan of manga and anime …Read more »
Anno and Hikawa speak at an earlier panel at TIFF. Acclaimed director Hideaki Anno of Evangelion fame held a special panel entitled, “Anno and Hikawa’s Collection of Showa TV Manga Openings” at movie theater Wald 9 in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on November 8. …Read more »
I don't recall the circumstances that led to me struggling to explain Luna Varga to my 61-year-old mother. That's not the sort of thing that anyone will warn you about in advance. No one is going to take you aside and inform you that part …Read more »
If you’ve been watching Aoi Hono , the TV show about manga author Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s college days, you might remember a scene in which Hideaki Anno, future anime director and creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion , draws an incredibly detailed piece of animation on a …Read more »
It’s now less than a day before VIZ’s uncut Sailor Moon is released on DVD and Blu-ray. To whet your appetites (or, you know, make the wait all the more painful), I spoke with Tuxedo Mask’s actor Robbie Daymond at Detroit’s Youmacon convention. While Daymond …Read more »
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