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August 2008
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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 For A Good Time In Gotham CityBy Darius Washington To celebrate the release of the straight to DVD animated film Batman: Gotham Knight as well as the live action theatrical film The Dark Knight , we thought it'd be a good idea to recommend other works featuring Bruce Wayne's war against some of the vi...
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 Yoshiaki Kawajiri: One Trick PonyBy Daryl Surat Anime has always been dominated by trends. If a show comes out and hits it big, you can be assured that several more shows that are awfully similar to it are going to follow in the hopes of recapturing that lightning in a bottle. The trends have varie...
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 Doujin Event ExplosionBy Clarissa Graffeo Ah, doujinshi. Novels, manga, video games, custom tabletop RPG modules, music... amateurs and professionals create massive amounts of work, both original and fan based. And while you can buy them mail-order from the artist or at a consignment shop lik...
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 The Many Faces of Yamada YoshihiroBy Ed Chavez Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but does that apply to manga? There is a belief among Western manga readers and critics that there is a specific look and design to Japanese comics. If there is a standard it comes from the layout presentation. M...
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 My Life as a KingBy David Riley You'd be hard pressed to find a spin-off more confused than Crystal Chronicles . The franchise, a cutesy interpretation of traditional Final Fantasy , has had its first game hamstrung by pricey and unwieldy peripherals, and its second neutered into a ...
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 Zambot 3By Mike Dent The Tomino Ending. It is a term that most anime fans know and dread the very utterance of, knowing that means that everybody in the main cast of a show is going to be killed off by the final episode. It is the trademark of Mobile Suit Gundam creator/d... |
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