Ai Ore! Vol. 2
Danica DavidsonIn some ways, Ai Ore! is difficult to pin down and I had mixed reactions to it. It’s a relationship story, and the main boy in it (Akira) looks like a girl and the main girl in it (Mizuki) looks like a boy. It’s a …Read more »
Tag: Romantic comedy, PAGE 3
NYAFF ’11: Milocrorze
David CabreraYoshimasa Ishibashi said during his Q&A after the New York Asian Film Fest showing of Milocrorze: A Love Story that the film was a statement for Japanese boys (who aren't culturally encouraged to act very romantically); an encouragement to surrender themselves to a passionate romance …Read more »
Ai Ore! vol. 1
Shojo manga is known to sometimes take on gender bending ideas, and Ai Ore! is another example of this. Mizuki is a girl who looks like a boy and Akira is a boy who looks like a girl, and the two of them end up …Read more »
CRUNCHYROLL SPRING 2011 PREVIEW
Otaku USA Staff<< Back to Page 1 MARCH 30, 2011 Sket Dance Trivial troubleshooters Crunchyroll is adding another situational comedy to their spring lineup, this time in the form of Sket Dance . Based on Kento Shinohara's manga—recipient of the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga …Read more »
Gravitation: The Complete Collection
Shuichi is a young singer/songwriter in want of a muse to assist the launch of his professional career. Yuki is a brooding novelist who needs someone to help him overcome his troubled past. Their prayers are answered when they find each other, even though their …Read more »
Ultra Maniac Makes Its Streaming/Download Debut
Joseph LusterFans of Wataru Yoshizumi's romantic-comedy shojo manga Ultra Maniac will be pleased to find the anime adaptation officially streaming and available for download starting today. Viz Media, who also publishes the manga, has kicked things off with the first of 13 season one part one …Read more »
Wild @ Heart
Del Rey really likes Natsumi Ando this month. They’re releasing two new series from her on the same day: first the mystery Arisa and then the romantic comedy Wild @ Heart . Though both series are from the same creator and have similar art, their …Read more »
Shattered Angels
Emily BalistrieriDedication, loyalty, and an unstoppable will to serve. It could be a fanatical religion, a really serious waitressing gig, or an incredibly unhealthy crush. In the case of Shattered Angels, it's almost a combination of all three as Kuu Shiratori and company learn their fate. …Read more »
Sorasoi Regional Premiere
I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing on a Friday night than checking out a new movie from Katsuhito Ishii (one of my favorite directors -- Japanese or otherwise), so it was pretty sweet that NEW PEOPLE in San Francisco offered anyone who …Read more »
Riding the Rails with Shogakukan’s IKKI
Ed ChavezIf anything has significant meaning in Japanese culture it is bound to be immortalized in a manga. Trains have been a part of the Japanese comics scene since its beginning. You can see them play a pivotal role in Tatsumi's gekiga classic the Pushman . …Read more »
Peach Girl – The Complete Series
Is your life peaceful and free from needless drama? Do you communicate well with your significant other so there are never misunderstandings on such a grand scale that one or the other of you threatens to hurl yourself out a window? Clearly the makers of …Read more »
Fruits Basket Box Set
Oh Fruits Basket, you remind me of the end of high school; oogling Kyo and Yuki with the nearly all-female anime club, learning to sing Momiji's silly onsen song; thinking how frustrating being unable to give your boyfriend hugs without him turning into a dog …Read more »
Tales of Teen Love, Manga Style
I don't have to remind OtakuUSA readers of how in business, even within the confines of the wild and unpredictable world of manga publishing, there is one precept that can be applied to practically every form of marketin— sex sells. Adult content can be found …Read more »