Another the anime and Another the manga have been available in English. After initially being available digital-only, the serialized Another novel is now available in print as well. This is where everything Another started. If you’ve already seen the anime and read the manga, as …Read more »
It’s coming! It’s really coming! It is, of course, Assassination Classroom , the anime adaptation of the manga in which a class of junior high school students have to assassinate their alien teacher before he destroys the earth. Frankly, the description alone makes the thing …Read more »
Photo credit: Guilhem Vellut Most fans interested in doujinshi – self-published amateur comics – are likely familiar with the name Comic Market, or Comiket, the twice-annual Tokyo meetup devoted to buying and selling doujinshi. It’s been around since 1975, and with over 500,000 attendees per …Read more »
Anyone who’s been to an anime convention knows that when you get thousands of otaku in one place at one time, cell phone reception goes down the drain. So in a bit of good news for visitors to this December’s Comic Market, it appears Japanese …Read more »
If you asked me what the best manga-to-live-action adaptation of the year was, I’m preeeeetty sure I’d go with Rurouni Kenshin films 2 and 3 (I did like that Parasyte though). Anyway, I mention this because it’s been announced Keishi Otomo, director of the live-action …Read more »
Dropping One Piece as a weekly read was a great decision. Not that I didn't enjoy following the adventures of Luffy and the Straw Hats on a regular basis, I just always end up enjoying it more when I wait for the volumes. While that …Read more »
"Stan Lee" by Gage Skidmore on Flickr . Talk about a meeting of minds: legendary comics creators and venerable godfathers of their respective media Stan Lee and Kazuo Koike met up for a chat last month at Camikaze Expo in Los Angeles, reports the Asahi …Read more »
This story is excerpted from the February 2015 issue of Otaku USA Magazine, on sale now! This classic series gets released in America at long, long last! Kimagure Orange Road was one of the superstar manga of the 80s, and though it was never officially …Read more »
Many American manga fans aspire to make their own manga. While at Detroit’s Youmacon convention, I spoke with Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo fame about how his manga-inspired comic took off and his advice for aspiring mangaka. “I was actually a fan of manga and anime …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s Evangelion manga finally ended earlier this year, and the 14th and final volume hit bookstores in Japan just a few days ago. So why not celebrate with some Eva -themed sneakers? We’ve already talked about stuff like those amazing Jojo’s sneakers , and …Read more »
Before Knights of Sidonia , Tsutomu Nihei got his start with Blame! , a manga series detailing the exploits of taciturn protagonist Killy and his journey through an infinitely huge monochrome cyber-labyrinth, battling monsters in a fantastic excuse to show off Nihei’s incredibly detailed depictions …Read more »
Long-time readers of Shun Matsuena’s martial arts manga Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple were met with some sad news this past August, as word came down the pipe that Kenichi would be ending on September 17. That marked the end of a particularly impressive run for …Read more »
A date has been set for the return of the Kuroko's Basketball anime, based on the manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The third season—which was first confirmed back in May —will officially premiere on January 10, 2015 (technically 2:58am on January 11) on Japanese TV station …Read more »
We recently posted our review of the first live-action Parasyte film , which opens wide in Japan on November 29. With its premiere nearly upon us, four new TV commercials are here to promote the theatrical release of the first film as well as its …Read more »
The most recent long-running manga from Rumiko Takahashi—creator of series such as Urusei Yatsura , Maison Ikkoku , Ranma ½ , and InuYasha —is getting ready to follow her previous work into the world of animation. Rin-ne , which began in the pages of Shogakukan's …Read more »
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