The cover story of the latest issue of Otaku USA magazine is, what else, but Naruto ! It's a fitting time to return to the orange-clad ninja as our cover boy, what with Masashi Kishimoto's manga having recently ended its run. But there's still more …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga are an inevitably contentious topic, as more often than not fans are worked into a furor over a film project that may not ever enter production. Case in point: the recent announcement that Scarlet Johannson has been cast as …Read more »
Is Hypersonic Music Club the comic-drawing debut of fashion/music/pop illustrator Hiroyuki Takahashi? Is Hypersonic Music Club the manga-writing debut of pop culture critic and Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias ( Tokyoscope: The Japanese Film Companion , Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno , Cruising the Anime City: An …Read more »
Attack on Titan , which I don’t think at this point requires any introduction, is doing some major crossing over this week, appearing both in the pages of Marvel comics and the virtual word of MapleStory. Have you ever participated in Free Comic Book Day …Read more »
Many American manga fans aspire to make their own manga. While at Detroit’s Youmacon convention, I spoke with Fred Gallagher of MegaTokyo fame about how his manga-inspired comic took off and his advice for aspiring mangaka. “I was actually a fan of manga and anime …Read more »
This month, an exhibition rolling through Japan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ghost in the Shell . Though it's almost been overshadowed by the various anime adaptations , the Ghost in the Shell that appeared 25 years ago and serves as the template for …Read more »
Sit back and take a long, hard look and you'll see we're living in a pretty swell period for anime. Each season has had at least a few standout shows, both new and recurring, one of which involved Mind Game director Masaaki Yuasa returning to …Read more »
With the recent success of Edge of Tomorrow and the release of Godzilla , it’s clear Japan’s pop culture franchises can be adapted into big-budget Hollywood films. While neither Edge of Tomorrow or Godzilla were based on anime or manga properties, Japanese cartoons and comics …Read more »
A follow up on our story about the manga controversy last week - and a fresh new controversy. As you may recall, a manga called Imoto Paradise 2 , which contained themes of incest, was designated as an adult title by the Tokyo government last …Read more »
This week the Tokyo Metropolitan Government decided to restrict the sale of a manga titled Imoto Paradise 2 , designating it as “unhealthy” and mandating the manga be placed in bookstores’ adult sections and sold only to customers over 18. It’s the first time the …Read more »
© Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan Anime classic Ranma ½ is finally back on shelves along with a new collection of Rumiko Takahashi's original manga. We took the opportunity to fire off a quick round of questions to some folks at Viz Media, and Senior Manager …Read more »
It’s quite possible you wouldn’t be reading this website without Frederik L. Schodt. It’s hard to overstate the impact the writer, translator and interpreter has had on western anime and manga fandom. Writing about manga before anybody in the States was even eating sushi, Schodt …Read more »
It’s a bit surprising that one of the world’s best comics about football (that is, American football) comes from a country better known for its love of baseball, soccer and basketball: Japan. That manga, Eyeshield 21 , is the brainchild of writer Riichiro Inagaki, a …Read more »
Picture this: A couple, madly in love, is flying aboard a hot air balloon. They’re in trouble: the load must be lightened or the balloon will crash into a ravine. “Maybe I should jump,” says the man. “You’d have a good life.” “No!” screams the …Read more »
Gatchaman still manages to be relevant today thanks to an upcoming feature film and even, though quite a few degrees further separated, the new anime series Gatchaman Crowds . Its enduring legacy can be chalked up to just how well Tatsunoko Production's original series holds …Read more »
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