HEY! This is Patrick Macias, Editor of Otaku USA magazine . First up … the August issue marks the end of our eighth year of publication. That’s right: OTAKU USA IS ALMOST nine YEARS OLD NOW and while I will certainly gab and crow about …Read more »
Don't get too alarmed now, but anime is dying! Well, that's how Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno sees it, at least. Anno spoke with Russian news agency RIA Novosti , giving the industry about five to twenty years before it collapses. While Anno doesn't …Read more »
Fate/Grand Order is an iOS/Android RPG that's set to launch in Japan this summer. Serving as a reboot of the Fate/Apocrypha project, Grand Order features Servants designed by a variety of artists, and the latest trailer previews Berserker. The Berserker of Fate/Grand Order is designed …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
It was revealed last month that Death Note , the uber-popular manga-turned-anime-turned-films-turned-musical, would also be getting a turn as a live-action TV series this July. Now comes the announcement of the series’ principal cast members and a photo of them in costume. Starring as L …Read more »
Are you tired of us posting news about cool otaku-related clothing with that annoying “but you have to live in Japan to buy this” caveat? Not this time, baby. This officially-licensed Legend of Zelda bathrobe is created by Merchoid , who are based in the …Read more »
Some good news and some bad news from the Kickstarter campaign for Little Witch Academia 2 , which was successfully funded in 2013. The bad news about the Studio Trigger-produced film is that it’ll be coming out a little later than expected. While the film …Read more »
The latest promotional video for the Fafner Exodus TV anime recently made its way online, and along with it comes confirmation of the second cour's schedule. The first cour aired in Japan from January to April 2015, and according to confirmation at a special event …Read more »
A "1.5" version of the promo for the Gangsta. anime—which adapts the manga by Kohske, published in North America by Viz Media—went online via the series' official website . Gangsta. is directed by Shukou Murase ( Dante's Inferno , Genocidal Organ ), with Shinichi Inotsume …Read more »
The internet seems to run on lists these days, and that’s no less true in Japan, where several sites have taken to regularly polling their audience and listing the results for fun and profit. But the constant creation of new polls means coming up with …Read more »
Six members of the voice cast of Yowamushi Pedal , the popular anime about a high school cycling team, will enter several cycling competitions around the world, according to Natalie.mu. That includes none other than the Tour de France, the world’s most famous cycling race. …Read more »
Do you like the films of Hayao Miyazaki ( Spirited Away , My Neighbor Totoro )? Me too. But maybe not as much as this guy. French animation student Gwenn Germain, student at art school Creapole, has created a pretty stunning 2:30 minute short that …Read more »
Nintendo just hired Mario’s arch-nemesis as its vice president of sales. Oh, my bad, not that Bowser: it’s normal human being Doug Bowser, formerly of Electronic Arts, who’s being hired to oversee sales at Nintendo of America. Still, you can’t tell me the name had …Read more »
There's officially more Muv-Luv anime on the way. Schwarzesmarken is a prequel to Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse , and according to the announcement by adult visual novel developer Age, it's being adapted into a fall anime series. Schwarzesmarken started off as a novel written by …Read more »
FUNimation is kicking off the Broadcast Dub of Trigger's Ninja Slayer this Thursday, and you can sample some of it in the preview below. The first Broadcast dub episode of Ninja Slayer will be available starting May 21 at 9:00am CST. Here's who's playing who: …Read more »
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