Ok, so here's the cover of the new issue of OTAKU USA. As you can see, we've really got our finger on the pulse of foreign fandom this time with a Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood cover feature and, as per usual, there's all sorts of wonderful J-pop weirdness lurking within as well.
Things I like about this issue: Patrick W. Galbraith (author of Kodansha International's new Otaku Encyclopedia) joins our crazy cast of contribs, Jason Thompson's interview with manga-ka Hitoshi Iwaaki (Parasyte) finally sees the light of day, and Daryl Surat makes all of our heads collectively explode at once with the sheer brute force of his lengthy tribute to the Fist of the North Star theatrical film.
What else? Zac Bentz pulls off a believe-it-or-not interview with Morning Musume's Ai Takahashi and Mike Dent defty duets with Hikaru Utada (perhaps you've heard of her) on a back page Q&A. Also fun: not-for-sissiesss manga excerpts from Broken Blade (CMX) and Takeru (Tokyopop) and an off the cuff tribute to Toei action classic Roaring Fire just because we're like that sometimes.
Look for it on sale at your local bookstore, news vendor, and cigar shoppe in about a week or so with loyal subscribers getting theirs very soon after. In the meantime, learn more about our humble publication our official website.
Crazy timing.
Just got my copy in the mail yesterday.
Posted by: Gilles Poitras | June 21, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Hooray! Glad to hear a new issue is making its way to the stands.
Posted by: Andre | June 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Yeah, there's a new one every two months.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | June 25, 2009 at 12:22 PM