Tamosan joined the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan as a child after her mother converted. But after Tamosan grew up and had a child of her own, she learned that he had a very rare illness and would die without a blood transfusion. Other Witnesses told …Read more »
Ruri Hazuki is one of the main mangaka at Lilyka, Digital Manga’s yuri imprint. She recently made some autographed limited-edition shikishi, a type of board an artist might use. Otaku USA caught up with Hazuki to learn more about her manga, how she got started …Read more »
Matthew Emblidge recently got his name in the Guinness World Records for his amazing Cardcaptor Sakura collection, consisting of 4,873 items. It’s a collection that would make many a collector drool, but it didn’t happen overnight. Emblidge spoke to Otaku USA with his words of …Read more »
Kirby Morrow’s talents were many. To anime fans he’s well-known for playing everyone from Miroku in Inuyasha to Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z to Teru Mikami in Death Note. But you could have just as easily caught him as Cole in …Read more »
Lawmakers in Ohio recently called for Kent State University to no longer use the scholarly book Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation in their curriculum. Written by Tufts University’s Dr. Susan Napier, the book in question was groundbreaking for bringing …Read more »
Kaichi Sato is a director of both anime and live action films. After he began doing short works for Adult Swim, he got the opportunity to make the “Samurai & Shogun” Rick and Morty anime that’s available on the season four Blu-ray. Otaku USA talked …Read more »
Mintaro is the mangaka behind the yuri manga Lily Fairy Tale, Lily Fairy Tale — Little Mermaid met Hansel and Gretel–, Lily Fairy Tale — Little Red Cap and Cinderella–, and Lily Fairy Tale — Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty–, all published by Digital Manga Inc.’s …Read more »
Farming Life in Another World is a new manga series from One Peace Books where a man gets another chance at life. He starts farming in a fantasy land, helped by the Almighty Farming Tool, and before long he’s getting more and more company from …Read more »
VIZ Media recently announced the creation of a new imprint, VIZ Originals, which will be publishing “manga-inspired” books starting in 2020. In other words, after years of giving fans manga licensed from Japan, the company now wants to get new graphic novels from their fans. …Read more »
Mona Marshall has recorded hundreds of voices for anime since the early 1980s. She studied classical theatre and planned to do very serious, classical acting. But it turned out that voice over work was what she loved. “I was going on auditions and never quite …Read more »
Can’t get enough Shonen Jump? Editor-in-Chief Andy Nakatani knows what it’s like to be a manga fan, and he’s always looking for ways to expand the otaku base and support the creators in Japan. VIZ is out with a new Shonen Jump app, we spoke …Read more »
Otaku USA contributor Danica Davidson is about to publish her second instructional manga art guide book, Manga Art for Intermediates, so we took the opportunity to talk about the process with her and the book’s illustrator, Rena Saiya. The book officially hits stores on June 12, so …Read more »
Hiroshi Matsuyama is the CEO of CyberConnect2, known for everything from the .hack series to Asura’s Wrath and a plethora of Naruto games. With the release of .hack//G.U. Last Recode putting these games back in the spotlight, we had the opportunity to speak with Matsuyama-san …Read more »
If you’re on Twitter and you’re not following Thomas Romain , well, you should probably fix that right now. As a non-Japanese person working in the industry, Romain is also a great source for a behind-the-scenes perspective in English (and French!). Recently Romain sat down …Read more »
Those suffering from a lack of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure were happy to learn the other day that a spinoff featuring Diamond is Unbreakable ’s Rohan Kishibe is on its way to video. Now a few new details and visuals from that spinoff, as well as …Read more »
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