November 2024 saw the reveal of an anime adaptation for Ryo Hiromatsu’s Uglymug, Epicfighter series, which started as novels before being adapted into a manga by Osamu Kozuki. We previously learned that Junichi Suwabe is in the lead as Shigeru Yoshioka and EGG FIRM is producing, and now three more cast members have been revealed….
Viz Manga is back with new releases for April! The publisher, which is the North American home to some of Japan’s most famous titles, will be publishing fresh volumes of both new and continuing series. And we’re taking a look at some first volumes coming your way in a few weeks! Learn about the excitement…
If you’re a fan of the manga Tune In to the Midnight Heart (Mayonaka Heart Tune for the original title) and want to see more of its characters, then there’s good news for you. The series is getting an anime adaptation! Not a lot of information has been released yet, but we know it will…
From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman will start streaming on Amazon Prime on April 6, and ahead of this a trailer with the opening theme song has been released. The opening theme song is titled “HEROES” and performed by Takanori Nishikawa. From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Trailer As an added bonus, Nishikawa…
After seeing some character trailers in the past few months, it’s finally time to see where the Rock is a Lady’s Modest anime lands. It turns out the series’ home will be HIDIVE, which announced plans to kick off its simulcast on April 3. HIDIVE shared a subtitled trailer along with the news. Rock is…
It’s been nearly four decades since the first episode of the original Bubblegum Crisis OVA series touched down. Around 30 of those were spent living in my head as one of the most fun projects of its type—of which there were many, being the era of the all-timer OVA—so a rewatch was well overdue. Thankfully,…
A second full trailer has arrived for the Teogonia anime, which is on the way to adapt the light novels by Tsukasa Tanimai. Along with the trailer comes the reveal of the opening song, which has Emi Noda performing “Shodo” (“Impulse”). The series kicks off in Japan on April 11, with Crunchyroll simulcasting, and you…
The Japanese screening of the two-episode KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 3 -BONUS STAGE – OVA brought some big news with it. Details are light, but we now know that a new anime sequel is in the works for the series. The home video release of the OVA episodes will follow on April…
Abrams recently expanded into the world of manga by launching its own manga imprint, Kana (pronounced con-uh). To learn more about what’s going on and what makes this imprint different, Otaku USA spoke to editor Kristiina Korpus, who filled us in on Kana’s commitment to authenticity, what sort of titles they’re interested in, and her…
Amazon announced that its Prime Video is going to offer dubbing on 12 licensed movies and series — dubbing made by AI, that is. Amazon says this is to overcome language barriers, and that so far there are two languages available to dub through artificial intelligence: English and Latin American Spanish. Titles involved include El…