Night two of the G1 Climax brought on the B Block action with plenty of satisfaction from the Mecca of Martial Arts, the Temple of the Toe-Hold, Korakuen Hall. The stench of death didn't quite fill the air as it did on night one, …Read more »
If you're just now joining us, be sure to check out our G1 Climax primer ! Night one of the G1 Climax saw an evening that began as sport, but ended as a raw expression of the inherently self-destructive human soul. A …Read more »
If New Japan Pro Wrestling is indeed “The King of Sports,” then the annual G1 Climax is its version of the melee as held in the court of Louis VII. Since 1991, Japan’s humid summer months have played host to a tournament that past entrants …Read more »
In Mary and the Witch’s Flower , the new anime film from Hiromasa Yonebayashi ( When Marnie Was There ), the main character is a young girl who moves to a new town, befriends a black cat and blonde-haired boy, and saves the latter with …Read more »
In the new issue of Anime USA —on newsstands and available to order now !—we dig into a real anime classic: The Vision of Escaflowne . By today's standards Escaflowne is downright ancient, but its magical tale of fate, mechs, and a far-flung world at …Read more »
“The more expensive the car, the more fun it is to blow it up.” This statement by Kenichi Sonoda at this month’s Sakura-Con in Seattle boils down both the Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats creator’s style and enduring popularity into a single statement. It’s safe …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa is back. The visually-inventive auteur behind anime like Mind Game , Kemonozume and Kick-Heart had a busy 2014, directing the series Ping Pong , helming episodes of Space Dandy and Adventure Time and founding his own animation studio, Science Saru. What followed was …Read more »
Our cover story in the latest issue of Anime USA is none other than Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga , which recently wrapped its 12-episode return to directly adapting Kazue Kato's manga. At the time the article was written the series wasn't quite finished yet, …Read more »
“I think I might’ve talked too much about American comics.” So says director Hiroshi Nagahama at the end of an hour-long discussion at Seattle’s Sakura-Con, and while too much is entirely subjective, Nagahama, who is decked out in a Spider-Man T-shirt and Daredevil hoodie (“the …Read more »
Famous Monsters of Filmland famous for being the first monster and science fiction magazine of its kind covered film, television, and trends including cosplay back in 1958 returns to conventions which they held in the 1970s, 80’s, and recently as Alien Con 2016 produced in …Read more »
The history of giant robot/super robot/mecha/whatever-you-wanna-call-it anime is long and full of cool-lookin’ robots. But ranking site Goo decided to sharpen the focus for their latest poll, which asked Japanese fans to choose the coolest mecha of the current decade, from 2010 to now. Let’s …Read more »
As you may have heard, 2017 is kind of a big deal for the history of anime. The first piece of animation made in Japan was produced in 1917, making this whole Japanese animation thing a century old. What better time, thought the folks behind …Read more »
Something is rotten in the city of Yokohama. Factions of super-powered individuals secretly vie for control of the city, with sporadic outbreaks of gang violence sometimes escalating into open warfare in the streets. A young man named Atsushi Nakajima is tossed headlong into this shadow-war …Read more »
Many western anime fans find themselves drawn to the medium because, unlike western cartoons, some anime films and series are aimed at an adult audience. This particular fan remembers well the shock he received on stumbling across the ultra-violent Fist of the North Star at …Read more »
During his prison sentence, inmate Kyoji develops a deep love for rakugo—the Japanese art of comedic storytelling—as well as a burning desire to perform it. And since his rakugo idol, the eighth generation Yakumo, happens to be performing nearby soon after Kyoji’s release, he decides …Read more »
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