Meishin Private Academy is plagued by sex-starved monsters. English teacher Ms. Togami is possessed by a lizard demon which forces its attentions upon hapless “good girl” Akemi, who discovers that she sort of likes it. (“Kehehe…once I fill this virgin with a tremendous concentration of …Read more »
Before we get into the review, which appears in the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine, we have some bonus content! As promised, here's some hands-on Attack on Titan action from the OTAKU USA PLAYS series! When you have a series that already has its …Read more »
© 2015 Hitoshi Iwaaki, Asumiko Nakamura. First published in Japan in 2015 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Neo Parasyte F. Hitoshi Iwaaki’s manga Parasyte , about an invasion of body-snatching, man-eating intelligent parasites, is one of the classics of science-fiction horror. Since its run in …Read more »
© Tsukasa Saimura 2015 Junior businessmen complain about transport delays when someone jumps in front of a train then manages to stand up and keep walking. Two children starve inside their locked apartment as a monster that looks like their mother bangs against their door. …Read more »
©Tomo Takeuchi/Kodansha, Ltd. All rights reserved. In my mostly male engineering college I knew "those guys" who joined Ballroom Dance Club in a transparent attempt to meet ladies. Of course, this plan can only last so long, so eventually they either gave up or, in …Read more »
Shojo manga has had a fascination with cross-dressing heroines since the days of Princess Knight and The Rose of Versailles , inspired in part by the real-world all-female Takarazuka theater troupe. But in modern fandom, the most common reference point is Ouran High School Host …Read more »
You've probably seen Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun before, from its tired set of tropes to its recycled character designs, in just about every other harem series ever. All that's different here are the names and the premise—kind of. Unfortunately, that just isn't enough to elevate it …Read more »
Persona 3 was a groundbreaking game in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise, and influenced every game in the series from that point onward. The manga adaptation is just as good, though it might be a little inaccessible for readers who aren't familiar with the source …Read more »
Living a life without regrets is nearly impossible, but what if your future self could send a checklist of actions you could take that might erase your biggest regret? This is the premise behind Orange , an anime based on the manga written by Ichigo …Read more »
Less sex-joke-packed than Monster Musume but somewhat uncomfortable nonetheless, Interviews with Monster Girls is the story of human high school teacher Tetsuo Takahashi and his “demi-human” (monster) students. Once a biology major, Takahashi now teaches biology at Shibasaki High School. Takahashi has longed to meet …Read more »
In our recent Anime USA special issue, as part of an overview of anime studio BONES I expressed regret that their 2007 theatrical film Sword of the Stranger originally released by Bandai Entertainment was long out of print and more or less forgotten, if it …Read more »
Does adorably designed food in manga and anime make you go squee? Do you need something to eat while you’re pounding the pavement playing Pokémon Go? Do you enjoy whipping up your own food? Then The Pokémon Cookbook is probably for you. Written by nutritionist …Read more »
Say “Hiroshima” to someone from the west and someone from Japan, and you’re likely to conjure up two very different mental images. For most people in America, Hiroshima is synonymous with a single moment: 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the world’s first use of a …Read more »
Florence Nightingale, now famous as the founder of modern nursing, grew up in a time when disease and hygiene were barely understood. She made a name for herself reforming the medical conditions of soldiers during the Crimean War, transforming horrific hospitals by instituting simple policies …Read more »
“Some cats commit atrocities too cruel to bear. Deeds that are truly infeline.” The latest manga from Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King) is a bloody, hard-boiled samurai drama. The catch: all the characters are cute kitties. In the world of Nekogahara, cats with owners—so identified by …Read more »
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