This story originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls is a simultaneously adorable and lewd series with plenty of interesting situations revolving around, well… monster girls. Following one Japanese student, Kimihito Kurusu, who’s suddenly …Read more »
This story originally ran in the December 2015 issue of Otaku USA Magazine. The “monster girl” scene has been mounting as a bit of a fad as of late, taking women (and men, in some cases) who look like monsters and slotting them in stories …Read more »
North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment announced plans to release Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki's To Love Ru and To Love Ru Darkness manga series. Both are coming out in print and digital platforms, with the first volumes of each to launch just a week …Read more »
By all accounts it appears as if sports anime is more popular than ever. It’s taken some time to really sink its hooks into Western fans, but at this point there’s something legally streaming, and either running now or having aired very recently, for pretty …Read more »
Chiaki Mikado was bitten by a three-headed dog as a child and that incident has shadowed his whole life. Even as a teenager, years later, he just can’t seem to enjoy anything and doesn’t take much interest in life or friendship. Then one day, twist: …Read more »
What happens when a girl who's interested in watching the gorgeous men around her suddenly becomes the target of those same men's affections? Enter Kae Serinuma, a somewhat sloppy otaku who loves anime and watching men kiss. She's a fujoshi, so watching male characters in …Read more »
In 15th-century Rome, young monk, scholar, and adoptee of the Catholic church Nikola accidentally awakens a witch who was locked away centuries earlier. Once magically awakened, the witch says she is devoted to him. Intimidated by her strength but committed to doing what’s right, Nikola …Read more »
Anyone about to watch a series called Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? has to have a few questions floating around in their heads. Why is the title so long? What kind of dungeon are we talking about? And …Read more »
You've probably seen Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun before, from its tired set of tropes to its recycled character designs, in just about every other harem series ever. All that's different here are the names and the premise—kind of. Unfortunately, that just isn't enough to elevate it …Read more »
Less sex-joke-packed than Monster Musume but somewhat uncomfortable nonetheless, Interviews with Monster Girls is the story of human high school teacher Tetsuo Takahashi and his “demi-human” (monster) students. Once a biology major, Takahashi now teaches biology at Shibasaki High School. Takahashi has longed to meet …Read more »
Originally announced during February's Kamisama no Kanshasai: Hestia Party event, the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? OVA now has a date. According to various retailer listings, the Japanese Blu-ray and DVD release of the OVA is scheduled to …Read more »
At the beginning of Utawarerumono: The False Faces , a confused young man wanders aimlessly through the snowy wilderness, barefoot and wearing only what appears to be a thin hospital gown. Soon the poor fellow is attacked by a colossal centipede and a gigantic blob …Read more »
The licensing madness continues over at Seven Seas Entertainment with the announcement of dark harem fantasy manga How to Build a Dungeon: Book of the Demon King . The series is written by Warau Yakan and illustrated by Komiya Toshimasa, and will be released as …Read more »
You don’t see many manga based on tabletop role-playing games these days. For the most part they’ve been supplanted by manga (oh so many manga) based on video gaming, so there’s a certain retro charm to Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls …Read more »
Hayashizaki Kanae, otherwise known as “Storm Cat,” is a master swordsman, and her adopted brother Kazuki also wants to become a swordsman at the National Knight Academy. However, due to the “Enigma” symbol that appeared on his hand, Kazuki must enter the Magika school and …Read more »
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