http://www.otakunews.com/us/ Otaku News the news site that covers anime, manga and other things of interest to fans of Japan. Copyright: (C) Otaku News http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1332 We've received details regarding anime expert Helen McCarthy's new book 500 Essential Anime Movies. It's out now in the UK and will be released in the US in a f... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:01:48 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1332 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1331 8 years ago, I wrote an FAQ about piracy in anime, and how to avoid buying pirate goods. It started off as a simple guide as part of a site called Anime Digital... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:31:42 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1331 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1325 The manga artists behind Tenjou Tenge, My-HiME, Keroro Gunsou and more have designed characters for the upcoming Soul Calibur 4 fighting game.... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:28:57 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1325 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1323 We've got some exciting news from Video Games Live, the popular Video Games themed concert with orchestras and choirs will be releasing an album soon. The digit... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:47:23 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1323 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1319 Otaku News went to a BFI screening of Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second and was lucky enough to get an exclusive chance to have a private chat with Mr S... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:17:25 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1319 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1317 PiQ's July issue to be its last.... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:31:22 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1317 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1311 Bandai Namco Holdings has announced the liquidation of the American division of their Bandai Visual releasing arm effective July 1st 2008.... Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:44:29 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1311 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1305 We've got some exciting news for American anime fans who can get to the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International, where Tite Kubo the creator of Bleach will be ma... Wed, 21 May 2008 21:27:36 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1305 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1304 Wired have published an interesting set of articles about the internet in Japan, including one on Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2chan and his new video site. T... Wed, 21 May 2008 13:40:03 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1304 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1298 We've been sent details from UDON Entertainment about the new Street Fighter Tribute Hardcover artbook, which is now available for pre-order and features art fr... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:17:58 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1298 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1289 We've been sent a press release from the nice folks at Viz about the US DVD release of the live action NANA film, based on the popular shojo manga. The manga ha... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:20:06 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1289 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1285 We've been sent some interesting details about anime studio GONZO, who have produced a music video for progressive metal band Dream Theater.... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:13:51 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1285 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1279 First Courtney love was involved in the Princess Ai project now Britney Spears latest music video 'Break the ice' features an anime style music video. ICv2 repo... Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:10:39 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1279 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1277 We've received a press release from PiQ LLC, the magazine which is essentially the replacement for NewType USA. The magazine is due out from March 14th 2008. Is... Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:01:13 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1277 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1272 While this isn't exactly, new I'm sure not all our readers keep up to date with perfume releases. Pop star Gwen Stefani has released a fragrance called L, under... Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:25:07 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1272 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1270 Anime fans who can get to Amherst in New York, will want to go to Neo Nohcon on March 7th to 8th 2008. They've got an interesting line up of guests and events i... Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:13:51 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1270 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1269 Warner Brothers have recently announced the production of two new Akira films based on the original six volume manga by Katsuhiro Otomo. The new films, set to b... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:44:51 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1269 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1262 Today the UK's largest group of manga-style pioneers, Sweatdrop Studios turned six years old! And to celebrate, they're offering some of the biggest discounts o... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:59:52 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1262 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1251 Jonathan Clements' talk 'Five Girls Name Moe: The Anime Erotic', from Swansea Animation Days, is now up on-line as a web stream. You can watch his talk on-line,... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:46:06 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1251 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1250 The good folk at Viz have sent us the details for their new manga releases for the first quarter of 2008. They include: Sand Chronicles High School Debut... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:56:44 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1250 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1248 With the holiday season coming to a close, some of you may have some extra cash to spend, this article might tempt some of that money away from you. Anime fa... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:08:43 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1248 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1244 Wired Magazine are currently running an article on Video Games Live called Meet the Mario Maestros. VGL is the music event that's toured around the world, bring... Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:58:30 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1244 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1243 It's the holiday season again, and to celebrate we've got some great Christmas Otaku News wallpaper for you, done by Wing Yun Man. Seasons Greetings to all... Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:21:59 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1243 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1242 News from the first annual New York Anime Festival this weekend: Manga sales in the U.S. are up, but sales of anime DVDs are down.... Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:00:33 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1242 http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=1240 New distributor BOST has launched offering several series streaming online in the US, Australia, New Guinea and the UK. There are several series up which cost 1... Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:35:59 GMT http://www.otakunews.com/article.php?story=1240