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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!


Riding the Rails with Shogakukan's IKKIRiding the Rails with Shogakukan's IKKI
By Ed Chavez
If 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 ....

R5 BONUS EPISODE 6.5R5 BONUS EPISODE 6.5
By Mike Dent
I recently hit up my last convention of the year (unless that Doctor Who event in Chicago announces Paul McGann as a guest). Sure it wasn't the great note to end the year on but there was one thing that kept popping up over the course of the weekend--...

Battle AngelBattle Angel
By Daryl Surat
As I noted in the pages of Otaku USA, the trouble with Ergo Proxy is that Re-l Mayer isn't the main character. Contrary to the advertising, the series is not actually about a young girl blasting robots to smithereens throughout the war-torn, post-apoc...

Claymore Election DayClaymore Election Day
By Erin Finnegan
Claymores are ranked by skill within the organization, but since this is OtakuUSA, we thought it would be more democratic if you were given the opportunity to vote for the best Claymore. We have only included major characters on our ballot and attempt...

Gundam 00 Season 2Gundam 00 Season 2
By Clarissa Graffeo
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ABOUT THE FIRST FOUR EPISODES OF GUNDAM 00 SEASON 2. DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED ALL OF SEASON 1. Recently, as Gundam 00 nears airing on US television, the second season of Gundam 00 has started in Japan. Luckily, so f...

Siren: Blood CurseSiren: Blood Curse
By Zac Bentz
The quickest way to describe the concepts behind the Siren series is that it's a little like Metal Gear Solid set in a Silent Hill world. That might be overselling it just a bit, and it also misses out on a few things that make Siren totally unique. A...
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