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December 2009
Each issue of Otaku USA is loaded with reviews, features and interviews, but there's still a lot of great content that we can't fit in the print edition. That's where our website comes in, and as each issue debuts, you can find all the bonus articles right here. If you don't have the current issue, be sure to check it out at your favorite newsstand!
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 Hetalia Storms the Otaku FrontBy Erin Finnegan Hetalia has been on the rise in popularity this year among American fan girls. You could tell by the girls dressed like boys dressed like WWII soldiers carrying around enormous flags at every convention this year. Either that, or the same group of six girls were carrying flags at all the East Coast conventions I attended. For the uninitiated, Hetalia started off as a Japanese web comic before ...
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 Sgt. Frog Season One - Part 1By Joseph Luster It's a wonder that I've managed to stave off the webbed wiles of Sgt. Frog for so long. I was really close to picking up the manga at some point, but for whatever reason it evaded my grasp, so here I am finally soaking in the pint-sized comedy of the anime's first thirteen episodes. If you can't tell by now, I'm officially a convert to the ways of planet Keron and its small amphibious soldiers...
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 Key the Metal IdolBy Paul Thomas Chapman In Mamio Valley, a pleasant patch of rural Japan, death disturbs the peace of a blazing autumn afternoon. A black limousine glides along a forest path, scattering a flock of crows and confusing the man tending a half-neglected shrine. On the rooftop of the town's school, a young robot girl basks in the sun, recharging her solar batteries. She is unaware that her 'grandfather'...
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 “Hangry” Comes to AXby Brian Camp At Anime Expo this year, one of the surprise guests accompanying Morning Musume on their historic first trip to America was none other than Hitomi Yoshizawa, the last group leader of MM before the current one, Ai Takahashi. Yoshizawa was a member of the 4th Generation of Morning Musume (which is now up to 8th Gen), having joined in 2000, and graduated from the group in May 2007. She is current... |
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