It's time again for another issue of the best Japanese pop-culture magazine in the West, Otaku USA Magazine!
Issue #10 (February 2009) is out now. In it I have a review of the very very cool anime series Ghost Hound. If you're into anime that's very far away from moe and cute, squeeky magical schoolgirls, then Ghost Hound is the show for you. It's very slow, atmospheric and very creepy.
The really big news is my exclusive interview with the amazing electro master OMODAKA! We even have a photo (possibly the first ever?) of the man behind the machines (and the mask!) I had the chance to talk to him at length and learn more about Soichi Terada's past and just what exactly Omodaka means to him. If you've been entranced by his music and the videos, then you will not want to miss the interview. I'm a huge fan, and it was an honor to have the chance to talk with him.
If that's not enough, I also have reviews of Omodaka's albums, and the chip-tune Christmas album Holy 8-Bit Night + compilation on the website.
Of course there is much more than a few pages of music. There is a huge feature on Gurren Lagann, a ton of manga reviews, an interview with Yoko Ishida (not by me) and, gasp!, a positive review of Dead Space!
Otaku USA really is the best collection of all thing pop/Japan/otaku out there. Oh! They just dropped the price as well! Now it's only $5.99 per issue! You can't go wrong, people! I really hope you can check it out. If you do, please, by all means let me and the staff know what you think. We really do listen to you.
Thanks!
