It's abundantly clear by now that Attack on Titan is a straight-up phenomenon, and it's definitely one of the more surprising runaway successes of recent years. The anime is currently streaming thanks to FUNimation and Crunchyroll, and Kodansha recently ramped up Hajime Isayama's original manga …Read more »
In an effort that is not at all cynical or creepy, Bandai has been conducting surveys of children aged 0-12 years (yes, zero) since 1995 in an attempt to determine which media properties are mere fads and which are indomitable, evergreen shows that have transcended …Read more »
While Psycho-Pass graces the cover of the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, there's no doubt that one of the most-demanded features is Sword Art Online . Readers asked for it, and Mike Dent pulled double duty to deliver a piping hot overview of the …Read more »
Fans of director Masaaki Yuasa made their way to Tokyo’s Roppongi district May 26th for a one-of-a-kind event – the premiere of the long-awaited Kickstarter-backed short Kick-Heart . While backers await their imminent DVDs and download codes, a few lucky folks got a first glimpse …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2010), and the first two Digimon movie shorts (1999-2000), appeared at the New York International Children’s Film Festival on March 9, 2013 to present his newest animated feature, Wolf Children , and …Read more »
It seems like not a week goes by when we don’t feature an article about some new Evangelion merchandise. Hey, we’ll stop reporting on it just as soon as they stop making the stuff (but considering it’s been coming out in a pretty much constant …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, we bust out a feature on the mega-popular Sword Art Online , based on the light novels by Reki Kawahara. While Kawahara is no doubt a hot topic when it comes to SAO , the anime adaptation …Read more »
Survey media catering to foreign fans and you’ll typically find that coverage of Tokyo-based otaku hotspots eschew any sort of legitimate local flavor or personality for pure commercialism. Extensive photographic coverage of toy shops, book shops, porn shops, maid cafes, outlandish signage and the occasional …Read more »
An old man sits writing in his home, built from the ruins of a crashed space rocket. He is interrupted by a young boy, who shouts excitedly that a shark is attacking the fish, before snatching a spear and running off. He climbs over the …Read more »
I frequently bemoan the fact that Studio Ghibli, despite its status as the single most prestigious anime studio of all, has trouble cultivating new creative talent beyond its principal founding members. But I kind of understand why they became that way. It’s because of I …Read more »
At this point, everyone should be well acquainted with the full-scale RX-78 Gundam statue, currently residing between a parking lot and a shopping mall on the man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. Despite receiving a considerable amount of media attention over the past few …Read more »
In the new issue of Otaku USA , one of our features by Daryl Surat dives into the latest anime movie from Studio Ghibli, From Up on Poppy Hill . Though the film is directed by Goro Miyazaki—son of beloved Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki ( …Read more »
Dr. Alisa Freedman answers questions from the audience What comes to mind when you hear the word “Denver”? The rocky mountains, no doubt. If you’re a sports person, perhaps the Broncos or Nuggets. And, of course, SANA. Wait, that last one might need some explanation. …Read more »
The roundtable listens intently to Consul-General Tadahiko Yamaguchi’s speech Last month in Denver, Colorado, academics, industry leaders and fans alike met up for SANA, the Summit for Anime in North America, an event organized to ponder just why anime has the appeal it does in …Read more »
Sega’s had its ups and downs over the years, but it was the doldrums of the mid-late ‘90s that produced one of its most memorable characters: Segata Sanshiro, a karate gi-clad consumerist hero who appeared in countless TV commercials, championing Sega’s then-struggling Saturn game console …Read more »
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