I picked up my copy of the new anime and Japanese pop culture mag, OtakuUSA, on the way home from work today. For some reason I was afraid my local Barnes & Noble store would not carry it just to spite me, but there it was behind a MAD magazine and two rows above and behind it's main competitor (at least in my opinion), Newtype USA. The cover price is $9.99 American, comes with a free DVD of 3 anime episodes, a centerfold, and a manga insert. The first thing I looked at is to see what episodes were on the DVD, and lo and behold the disc was upside down so I had no idea what was on the disc. Not a big deal, I purchased the mag for the content, not the DVD. But I know that is a major selling point especially when it's competing with Newtype which lists the episodes on its DVD in bold print on the cover of each issue. Anyway the anime on the DVD are Boogiepop Phantom, School Rumble and Ninja Nonsense. I've already seen two of the anime, Boogiepop (didn't like it) and Ninja Nonsense (loved every minute of it). I've heard of School Rumble so I'm curious to see what it's all about.
I haven't read a whole lot of the mag yet but upon first browse I noticed there is a lot of content in the mag, unlike Newtype which is chalk-full of two page advertisements and pictures. I read the Tekkaman Blade review, (nice job Gerald), a little bit of the Hellsing Ultimate review (I can almost hear Daryl screaming) and a bit of the Haruhi review. I don't see why that show is so popular, I watched the first two episodes and I hated every second of it. I also liked the feature on Yoshiaki Kawajiri. I have fond memories of watching Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku, Goku Midnight Eye, Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. I plan to read more of the mag on my lunch break at work tomorrow, maybe I'll post some more comments about it then.
Thanks to Daryl, Clarissa and Gerald for getting the word out about this mag on their podcast, animeworldorder. If it weren't for them I probably wouldn't have known about this new anime mag or even purchased it if I saw it in a store at some point in the future.
EDIT: As I was writing this the Otaku USA website was still "under construction." I just checked again and now it is up. Be sure to check it out if you want to know more about the mag!
Later
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I haven't checked out any magazines such as Otaku. Heck, the only anime I remember watching that's mentioned here is Vampire Hunter D. But it's good stuff. Not a bad price for the magazine considering the content, by the way.
I haven't checked out any magazines such as Otaku. Heck, the only anime I remember watching that's mentioned here is Vampire Hunter D. But it's good stuff. Not a bad price for the magazine considering the content, by the way.
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