The live-action film adaptation of Tite Kubo’s Bleach is set to open in Japan next month, and our most recent peek comes from a series of stills released today. The stills are just a few of the 60,000 (!) included in Deathberry Days Document, a …Read more »
It’s a question that echoes throughout message boards and in convention halls around the world: what was the anime that got you into anime? A recent thread on popular Japanese site for all things geek, Otakomu, asked just that, and the variety of responses, across …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa has every right to take it easy. The director pumped out back-to-back films in 2017 (The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl and Lu Over the Wall) and followed them up with the year’s most talked about anime, Devilman Crybaby, this spring. But …Read more »
Popular fighting manga Kengan Ashura is getting an anime adaptation next year, but attendees at next month’s Anime Expo have a chance to get an early look. AX will host the world premiere of the anime July 7, with multiple members of the staff in …Read more »
Hajime is a gloomy teenage otaku, an antisocial video game nerd. His classmates think he’s a loser, all except for Kaori, the most beautiful girl in class … but Hajime’s too awkward to appreciate her affection, and the fact that she likes him just makes …Read more »
Michiru Amazuki moves from the country (Okayama Prefecture) to Tokyo for a sales position. But since she doesn’t want to face the metropolitan landscape alone, she decides to live in an all-female boarding/share house—Stella House Haruno—with three strangers. Her new roommates may have wildly different …Read more »
Having just moved to mountainous Yamanashi, plucky high-schooler Nadeshiko is eager to catch some classic views of Mt. Fuji. A late-night hiking encounter gets her interested in camping, so she joins her school’s Outdoor Exploration Club, which has only two other members. (The mountaineering club …Read more »
Serious about noodling around (Warning: watching this show on an empty stomach will result in embarrassingly audible stomach growling, noodle cravings on an abnormal scale, and making ramen plans with friends.) Adapting the manga of the same name by Naru Narumi, Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen …Read more »
The third season of the Encouragement of Climb anime—based on the Yama no Susume manga by Shiro—is fast approaching on July 2. The latest preview isn’t your traditional promo, opting instead for an audio-only sample of Yuka Iguchi (Aoi Yukimura) and Kana Asumi (Hinata Kuraue)’s …Read more »
Popuko and Pipimi recently teamed up with the Japan Racing Association for a special campaign, and the results are now online! Pop Team Epic may have ended, but the madness continues in a new short episode, which has Mikako Komatsu (Ajin‘s Izumi) and Ryusei Nakao …Read more »
Look, there’s a right and a wrong way to do most anything. That includes summoning a demon lord, as we can tell from the title of harem fantasy light novel series How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord. As tends to be the case with …Read more »
A new promo is here for the My Hero Academia: Two Heroes anime film, which will have its world premiere at Anime Expo on July 5. The latest preview shows off some of the movie’s new additions, including original characters and the Masaki Suda-performed theme …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events GKIDS’ Studio Ghibli Fest 2018 continues this month with Pom Poko—the celebrated anime film from the late, great Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata—marking the feature’s first wide theatrical showing in the United States. Three nights of screenings kick off on June 17, …Read more »
Game over. Four video game bar managers in Kyoto and Kobe have been arrested for alleged copyright violations, Mainichi reported June 13. Specifically, the managers are “suspected of renting video game software and allowing customers to play them in April without obtaining the permission of …Read more »
If you’re serious about your Code Geass cosplay, this item from Japan should definitely be on your radar. It’s none other than a life-size replica of the Zero helmet from the series, worn by Lelouch himself. The helmet, which is being produced by Premium Bandai, …Read more »
Matt Schley
![Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/16-9-arifuretamanga1-202x202.jpg)
![Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/16-9-arifuretamanga1.jpg)
Jason Bradley Thompson![Takunomi. [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Takunomi-01-Large-09-202x202.jpg)
![Takunomi. [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Takunomi-01-Large-09.jpg)
Ink![Laid Back Camp [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/16-9-yurucamp-202x202.jpg)
![Laid Back Camp [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/16-9-yurucamp.jpg)
Shaenon K. Garrity![Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Koizumi-Ramen1-202x202.jpg)
![Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles [Review]](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Koizumi-Ramen1.jpg)
Joseph Luster
Otaku USA Staff
