OTAKU USA #9 (Nov/Dec)
Ok. Here’s the new issue of OTAKU USA, our 9th and
Vol. 2, No. 3 for those of you who can count like that. You know the drill:
should be on sale now, and subscribers should have them soon-ish. We've all been busy beavers grinding out the next one...
The killer contents are pretty much all right there on the
cover, but here are some things I like about this one: The big old school
Macross flashback with the contribs firing on all cylinders, Daryl Surat on Gundam
101, scans from various host club magazines, reviews of Golion and Dai Majin, a
whole page on Super Robot Red Baron, pics of the hot chicks from Thee ’50s High
Teens, fan letters from Malta and Danny Tanner, using “the war in space” on the
cover.
The heroes who made it
happen: Matt Alt, Brian Ashcraft,Yunmao Ayakawa, Emily Balistrieri, Zac Bentz,
Casey Brienza, Austell Callwood, J.L. Carrozza, Paul Thomas Chapman, Ed Chavez,
Mike Dent, Caleb Dunaway, Tim Eldred, Erin Finnegan, Shaenon Garrity, Clarissa
Graffeo, Heidi Kemps. Gilles Poitras, August Ragone, Dave Riley, Daryl Surat,
and Darius Washington.
We do it all for YOU!
Good Lord, Macross didn't even make the cover?
*sigh*
ah well, as long as it sells I guess.
Posted by: Steve Harrison | November 05, 2008 at 05:33 PM
I vote for a picture of Light Yagami in the cockpit of a VF-1 Valkyrie, scribbling away names on his Death Note while shooting off 13 missiles and a Budweiser can.
Posted by: wildarmsheero | November 05, 2008 at 05:52 PM
Steve eat some carrots. It's right there in the lower left under Anime Features!
Posted by: Patrick Macias | November 05, 2008 at 06:17 PM
I hate carrots, I've got new bifocals that are driving me nuts and....oh...yeah, OK, there it is.
Never mind.
Make it bigger next time!
Posted by: Steve Harrison | November 05, 2008 at 08:01 PM
Spotted it at Kinokuniya's manga store in San Francisco over a week ago. Urged the staff to give it a better placement on the rack.
Posted by: Gilles Poitras | November 06, 2008 at 01:27 PM
We usually sell out at Kinokuniya, but thanks for the nudge!
Posted by: Patrick Macias | November 06, 2008 at 03:44 PM
They had a few copies of the previous issue, you could not see the title unless you were about ten feet away as it was on a low shelf.
They did tell me they are trying to up their per issue quantity.
Posted by: Gilles Poitras | November 08, 2008 at 04:07 PM