While not quite as recognizable as Madhouse or Ghibli, the animation studio Ufotable should immediately pop out in the minds of certain fans. Founded in 2000, Ufotable has produced shows like Fate/Zero , Coyote Ragtime Show , Tales of Symphonia and the Garden of Sinners …Read more »
Last summer, anime superstore Animate were kind enough to give us an exclusive tour of their flagship store in Ikebukuro . You’ll recall that Ikebukuro is the home of Otome Road, the hub of female anime and manga fans (“fujoshi,” if you will) in Tokyo. …Read more »
What would happen if you got the opportunity to don a costume and battle evil just like all your favorite heroes? Could you make a difference, or would you just end up causing more trouble for yourself and others? While it's pointless to avoid the …Read more »
It’s quite possible you wouldn’t be reading this website without Frederik L. Schodt. It’s hard to overstate the impact the writer, translator and interpreter has had on western anime and manga fandom. Writing about manga before anybody in the States was even eating sushi, Schodt …Read more »
Even if it didn’t include directing Sword of the Stranger , Hanasaku Iroha , and Blast of Tempest , Masahiro Ando’s resume would be still be pretty darn impressive. Starting his career as a key animator, Ando’s action sequences in films like Jin-Roh , Cowboy …Read more »
It’s a bit surprising that one of the world’s best comics about football (that is, American football) comes from a country better known for its love of baseball, soccer and basketball: Japan. That manga, Eyeshield 21 , is the brainchild of writer Riichiro Inagaki, a …Read more »
What's a good newsletter without an end-of-year list? Nothing, that's what. We've pooled some of the top minds at Otaku USA e-News to tackle 2013 and reflect on some absurdly specific categories. It's how we roll. Most Controversial Anime Flowers of Evil (Aku no Hana) …Read more »
Last year, we interviewed American anime industry veteran Patrick Seitz about his experiences working on shows like Monster , Hetalia and more (you can read that interview here ). Well, it’s one year later, and we had the opportunity to deluge Patrick with another round …Read more »
As the cover of the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine boldly illustrates, the talk of the town this time around is none other than Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo . Even more so than the previous two Rebuild films, Eva 3.0 is already …Read more »
You may have seen our online review of the new Captain Harlock CG-animated feature film, but you'll want to crack open the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine for a proper look into the past. Resident space pirate Daryl Surat takes a long, stoic look …Read more »
Nitroplus and 5pb.'s science adventure visual novels—which include Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate —are getting a new chapter in the form of Chaos;Child . While we wait for that, however, there's no better time than now to take a look at the anime adaptation of another installment …Read more »
Taliesin Jaffe broke into the anime industry via, perhaps, the most romantic and idealized method imaginable: he made fandubs, shopped them around, was in the right place at the right time, and soon enough found his foot in the door in a big way, doing …Read more »
The main point of anime conventions is always the anime, but other forms of pop culture are generally welcomed there, as well. (For example, who else has noticed the growing popularity of My Little Pony at anime cons?) Writer Ken Pontac has worked on important …Read more »
Tom Wayland could be called a Renaissance man of the anime world, or of the entertainment world in general. He knows how to direct (he’s Pokémon ’s longest running director, in fact), produce, write and act in anime, and he’s been involved one way or …Read more »
Puella Magi Madoka Magica was one of the biggest anime series of 2011. The enormous popularity of the series has sparked numerous tie-ins, merchandise, and events since the show originally ended in May 2011. The wave of "Mado-Magi" continues in Japan with the release of …Read more »
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