Rei Abe is the mangaka behind Magnum Lily, a boxing series published by DMP’s yuri imprint Lilyka. Five volumes are currently available, and they follow a young woman named Yuri who gets interested in women’s boxing. Otaku USA spoke to Abe about getting started as …Read more »
This past weekend Heritage Auctions’ The Art of Anime and Everything Cool Signature Auction brought in $2,118,954, breaking records. Mike Glad, the original owner of the collection, first got interested in anime art through his friend John Halas of the British animation company Halas and …Read more »
French artist Jérôme Alquié grew up with anime being aired in France, and these days it’s paying off. He’s working with Leiji Matsumoto on the comic Space Pirate Captain Harlock from ABLAZE Publishing, which is currently being published. And he is working on a Saint …Read more »
David Watts Barton is a writer and dedicated traveler who also has radio talk show host, podcaster, historian, and singer/songwriter on his résumé. He just released the book Japan from Anime to Zen: Quick Takes on Culture, Art, History, Food . . . and More …Read more »
Mangaka Ruri Kumashika publishes yuri manga through Lilyka. Her series Around The Season of Cherry Blossoms is a story of yearning from a student who loves her female teacher, and the fourth issue was just released. She is also the mangaka behind The Sweet Ring …Read more »
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 »
Danica Davidson
