Smart, pretty, and popular, Kyouko Hori is seen as one of the queen bees of her high school. But she doesn’t have much time to enjoy it, because when the bell rings she has to rush home, change into frumpy clothes, and serve as primary …Read more »
Honey So Sweet is every bit as adorable as its name. Nao Kogure is a shy girl, orphaned at a young age and raised by her uncle. She is shocked when during the second week of school the delinquent Taiga Onise asks her to date …Read more »
Digital Manga Publishing launched a new Kickstarter campaign , and this one is not for Osamu Tezuka manga. Thanks to the confidence built through those campaigns, the publisher is branching out to other manga, starting with Izumi Matsumoto's Kimagure Orange Road , which originally ran …Read more »
Danica Davidson is a contributor to Otaku USA magazine, and she's also an author of her own books. In addition to her Minecraft novels, Danica's Manga Art for Beginners: How to Create Your Own Manga Drawings book, illustrated by Melanie Westin, just debuted. We took …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: ever-growing selection of Webtoons has been redefining online comics since the portal launched, and its influence continues to spread to a wider audience. Fans have been gushing over titles like for a while now, and the series will soon be making its debut …Read more »
Miwa Ueda's Peach Girl manga is no stranger to adaptations. A live-action drama aired in Taiwan in 2001, and a TV anime followed in 2005. The shoujo fun doesn't stop there, though, because a live-action film adaptation is currently in the works, with the Japanese …Read more »
Attack on Titan season 2 hasn’t started yet? Seriously? C’mon, guys. To hold you over just a little longer, Kodansha Comics has licensed Attack on Titan: Lost Girls , the manga adaptation of the spinoff novel of the same name by Hiroshi Seko. The story …Read more »
Anime and manga company Viz Media has announced it will partner with Hollywood talent agency United Talent Agency, or UTA, to create live-action content based on its anime and manga library. “We are excited to start this partnership to push the boundaries of storytelling, innovation …Read more »
High schooler Chiyo Sakura is trying to find the words to ask out Umetarou Nozaki. In the end, she blurts out that she’s his fan. Misunderstanding this, he hands her an autograph. What? Confused and flustered, Sakura stutters, “I want to always be with you.” …Read more »
Kodansha Comics announced a handful of new licenses this week… seven new print titles, to be exact! They announced a new one each hour today, culminating in the reveal of the Attack on Titan: Lost Girls manga. Ryōsuke Fuji's manga—adapting the spinoff novel by Hiroshi …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: For the uninitiated, Webtoons are a bold new frontier for online comics, and is right there at the forefront. Those who have experienced Korean manhwa before know they share many stylistic and genre sensibilities with manga. When combined with the Webtoon format they …Read more »
Another awesome guest announcement! Otaku USA Magazine 's Jason Thompson is coming to the Anime Fan Fest NJ - 5/6-8 at the Garden State Exhibit Center! Jason Thompson is manga editor for Otaku USA , author of the Eisner Award-nominated Manga: The Complete Guide , …Read more »
Delve into the history of Japanese marketing and it won’t be long before you come across the phrase “media mix.” Simply put, it’s the practice of spreading content across multiple platforms. When Pokemon was released 20 years ago, for example, it was simultaneously a game …Read more »
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