1.21.06
Otaku Unite! will be released on DVD nationwide on March 7. I just discovered this when I was browsing Amazon, you can pre-order the movie from them for $18. If you're interested you can do so here. I'll try to get C.P.M. to add the special features list and all that this week. There will probably be an official press release concerning the release date and all that sometime soon.

OU! star Jonny Otaku was recently profiled in Chattanooga's alternative weekly newspaper "The Pulse". Check out the article below.

12.28.05
Otaku Unite! will be screened at the New York Comic-Con, February 26-28. OU! Director Eric B. will be on hand to answer questions and finish his Miracleman run. More details soon...

We thought it would be fun to share some of the best X-mas cards we received this year. Enjoy.

11.28.05
Geez, over two months since our last update. Well, there's not much new around here. We received the DVD packaging proofs from Central Park Media and they turned out pretty nice. We'll post them on here eventually. Other than that the DVD is coming along well, the CPM tech crew is currently mastering the extras. And that's about it.

Our sister site, TOKYOnoRADIO.com, is having a holiday sale on Japanese CDs. Super cheap, check out our deals here.

We're going to be returning to the world of anime cons next year to support the release of the OU! DVD. If you'd like to have OU! appear at your convention drop us an E-mail at info@otakuunite.com.

9.21.05
The Watertown Daily Times, OU! Director Eric B.'s hometown newspaper, recently published an article about him, which brings him one step closer towards an induction into the Watertown High School Hall of Fame. Read it here.

Good news for our fans in Japan: There's a strong possibility that the OU! DVD will have Japanese subtitles on it, which is quite uncommon for an American DVD release. Thanks go out to Yukari Shiina for helping out with this, check out her Japanese OU! site here.

Keith Cahoon over at Nippop recently did an Otakon write-up that he entitled "Otaku Unite!" (a phrase that we have copyrighted by the way), which includes a mention of OU!. Check it out here.

Last week we attended the Polysics tour kick-off at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn. It was one of the best shows we've ever seen. Check out some pictures here. The rest of Polysics' tour dates are available here.

Read our review of the Japanese toy/anime-themed Kaijuice CD compilation.

8.29.05
We now have a MySpace account. Hooray. Be our friend: http://www.myspace.com/otakuunite

The cosplay photo shoot at Otakon was a huge success. Over 1000 costumers had their picture taken at the CPM booth in hopes of being included on the upcoming OU! DVD. CPM may be doing this again at another convention this Fall so we'll keep you updated.

8.17.05
Central Park Media will be announcing the release date for the upcoming Otaku Unite! DVD at next weekend's Otakon in Baltimore. Here's the lowdown on your chance to actually appear on the DVD:

COSPLAY PHOTO SHOOT SCHEDULED FOR OTAKON 2005
The Best Photos to be Included in Bonus Feature on Otaku Unite! DVD

New York, NY (August 11, 2005) In preparation for the upcoming release of Eric Bresler's anime fandom documentary Otaku Unite!, Central Park Media will be taking photographs of fans in their cosplay costumes at Otakon 2005. The best pictures will be included in a special photo gallery on the DVD release of this documentary which Anime News Network calls "almost magical" and Animation Insider calls "a primer to otaku culture to those on the outside and a celebration of the same to those on the inside".
Fans should come to the CPM booth (#1327) dressed as their favorite anime character any time during Otakon (August 19-21, 2005) and look for the Otaku Unite! display. CPM will be snapping cosplay photos all convention long. All those who plan on participating should get out their sewing kit, hair dye, spray paint, and duct tape, and get ready to have their picture taken as the perfect Black Jack, Utena, or Hoshimaru!

We've been spending the last few weeks setting up a new website, "TOKYO no RADIO", specializing in the sale of underground Japanese music of all genres. The site officially launches on Friday, but we're allowing OU! visitors to take a look around early. Click the link below.

7.23.05
Upcoming Otaku Unite! screenings:
Zentrancon Kickoff Movie Matinee August 27, 2005 at the Central Free Library in Philadelphia, PA
Kumoricon 2005 September 3-5, 2005 in Portland, OR

Check out this great article on "Generation O[taku]" over at the San Francisco Chronicle's website. Its written by Jeff Yang (co-author of the great book Eastern Standard Time) and features interviews with OU! director Eric B. plus friend of OU! Lawrence Eng.

Keep your eye on this page for an upcoming announcement regarding a big Otaku Unite! event at next month's Otakon that will enable you, the casual internet-surfing, convention-attending otaku, to appear on the upcoming OU! DVD. More details coming soon...

7.07.05
Just a quick update...many thanks go out to everyone who have sent their "congratulations" our way (including our friends over at Stone Bridge Press and TheOtaku.com), your comments are greatly appreciated. The press release regarding the Otaku Unite! DVD is all over the internet now, you can check out a goofy picture of Director Eric B. signing the contract here.

We're big in Japan! Check out the first Japanese Otaku Unite! fan site here. Plug the address into the AltaVista translator for some fun broken English.

We've been getting lots of requests for public screenings and interviews...by all means keep those coming. info@otakuunite.com

In case you weren't one of the many new internet listeners of OU! Director Eric B.'s radio show this week, be sure to turn in two weeks from tonight 6-9 PM EST for another three hours of Japanese craziness: www.wkdu.org

6.29.05
Today was a big day for Otaku Unite!. Sushi was eaten, contracts were signed, and, after months of teasing, a DVD release was finally solidified. And who's the lucky winner? NYC's Central Park Media. And we couldn't be happier. How can you go wrong with the company that released both Weather Woman and Doggy Poo? An official release date will be announced within the next month or two, but until then you can read the official press release here.

In case you're new here, welcome to OtakuUnite.com, the official home of the world's first feature-length documentary on the history of anime fandom in the United States. This site was created way back in the Fall of 2000 when pre-production on the movie began and, five years later, its still alive and kicking. Here are some links of interest for our new visitors:

Otaku Unite! reviews
Otaku Unite! screening log
Definitions of "otaku"

The music section of our online store has been updated. For some reason we've had a ton of orders lately thus a lot of titles are currently out of stock. We'll get those back in as soon as we're able to.

Interested in screening OU! at your convention? E-mail us at info@otakuunite.com

Let Me Crazy!, OU! Director Eric B.'s all-Japanese radio show, is back on every other Wednesday from 6-9 PM (7/6, 7/20, etc.). Listen online at Philly's www.wkdu.org.

3.13.05
On April 12, our friends over at Kaiju Big Battel will be releasing a new DVD entitled "Shocking Truth". We watched it, its awesome. Click here for our review. Click the cover image below to pre-order the disc straight from the source.

3.10.05
An official announcement concerning the release of Otaku Unite! on DVD will be made shortly. Its been a long time coming.

Otaku Unite! will be screened at this year's DC Anime Art Show on Saturday October 22...go here for more info

Japanese bands currently on tour in our (Philly) area:

Monday March 21
Sin-e : NYC -- JAPAN GIRLS NITE featuring Petty Booka, Puppypet, Titan Go King's, Tsushimamire, and Gaijin A Go Go!!!
For more tour dates go here

Friday March 25
Khyber : Philadelphia -- The Spunks and Gito Gito Hustler
For more tour dates go here

Thursday March 31
Manhattan Room : Philadelphia -- Fantasy's Core

Tuesday April 5
Khyber : Philadelphia -- DMBQ

Saturday April 9
Khyber : Philadelphia -- Mono

Friday April 22/23
Khyber : Philadelphia/CBGB : NYC
Japunks Jamboree 8!!! OU! Director Eric B. (under his public guise of Eric Eiffel) will be spinning Japanese rock and roll craziness upstairs at the Khyber on the Philly date and will simultaneously project bizarre Japanese television programs...it will be a night to remember. More details on this event coming soon...keep your eye on www.japunks.com and www.karaterice.com.

2.2.05
As some of you may have noticed, the site went down for a few days late last week. We've ditched our cheapskate host in favor of a great new one that we highly recommend if you need a host for your website: www.thenetmark.com. As a result of our problems all e-mails that were sent from last Thursday up to today were lost. Please try to re-send them if you sent us a message and have yet to hear back. Thanks.

1.19.05
The time for an update is now! We're currently waiting on one more licensing contract and then all of the paperwork and movie files will be sent to the distributor that is interested in getting an Otaku Unite! DVD into stores. Cross your fingers for us...

The commentary track for OU! has been completed and is somewhat entertaining in a train wreck sort of way.

The Japanese subtitling of OU! has been completed. Huge thanks go out to Yukari Shiina for all of her help. Click here to see Jonny Otaku with Japanese subtitles.

Our buddies Peelander-Z are currently on tour, click here to see if they're coming to your town. And while you're at it check out DAIKAIJU, a perfect blend of Kabuki theater and our favorite genre of music. We've been listening to their online jukebox all day.

OU! Director Eric B.'s all-Japanese rock/punk/craziness radio show can now be heard online every other Sunday (1/23 and on) at www.wkdu.org.

We are still scheduling screenings of OU! at anime/comic conventions for the duration of the year...e-mail Eric with your request.

11.22.04
Its obviously been a while since we last updated this site, we've been super busy working on the Otaku Unite! DVD. An official announcement about the DVD will be made within the coming months, but in the meantime here are a few details...

The OU! DVD will be handled by a major American anime distributor (one of the big ones!) who will be distributing it domestically. We get many requests for DVD releases in other countries, but our clip licenses apply to the U.S. alone thus there will be a great deal of paperwork if we try to get it distributed anywhere else. We will gladly speak to anyone who wants to step up to bat and take that responsibility.

We've been cutting together extras for the DVD for a couple of months now...a 10 minute segment on the OU! premiere at the Philly Film Fest was recently completed and we're currently working on a few other ideas. A commentary track will be recorded mid-December by Director Eric Bresler and crew member Charles Smith.

That's about it for now...stay tuned for more info. We are still scheduling screenings at anime conventions for the coming year, we have a few already in place but have yet to update that part of the site. If you're interested in hosting a screening of OU! then just drop us an e-mail.

9.13.04
There's lots going on over here at OU! headquarters (aka my basement)...we'll put up an update soon.

Paul Vlosich II, a student at the California University of Pennsylvania, recently sent us a great essay on the current state of anime fandom in the U.S., how fandom got where it is, and where fandom will be heading in the future. Check it out here.

Check out a great report from this past August's Comiket here, its well worth your time.

8.01.04
Otaku Unite! at Otakon 2004:
I'm going to write in the first person for this one. First off I have to thank everyone that came up to me throughout the day on Friday and voiced their appreciation of and admiration for Otaku Unite!. Completing a project like OU! is a reward in of itself, but the real payoff occurs when I receive kind words and handshakes from people like yourselves. So thanks to all of you. Now onto the screening itself...
The viewing room for Otaku Unite! was packed, there were anywhere from 200-300 people in there and the crowd was just amazing. Honestly my favorite crowd yet. The tailor-made Otakon intro went over extremely well and for the first time since the Philly Film Fest screening I actually had chills from the degree of applause it received. I sat in for the first 20 minutes of the movie and was so happy with the crowd reaction that I decided to go spend some money in the dealer's room before it closed. I returned to the viewing room about 15 minutes from the movie's end to find that the DVD they were screening was freezing for a matter of seconds every two minutes or so. My heart sank everytime this happened and I couldn't believe that the crowd was actually putting up with this. About seven minutes before the ending of the film I decided to take control of the situation. I ended the film, grabbed a microphone, and profusely apologized to the crowd for the technical difficulties. All of our screening DVDs are checked before they are sent out to conventions and festivals, this particular copy was checked by both myself and the Otakon programming coordinator thus the fault was not my own. It wasn't Otakon's either of course, it was just a result of a compatibility problem between the DVD and the particular VCR/DVD combo machine that was in the room. We checked the DVD after the screening on a different player and it worked fine. So all in all I consider the screening a success, but having to watch the movie with all of the glitches was a nightmare. I can't thank all of the anime fans who stuck it out to the end enough. Thanks guys.
Our panel that night went over fine. There weren't many people in the audience, but that was to be expected since it was 11 PM. The tech guy on hand was great so big thanks go out to him. It was wonderful to see a surprisingly large Philly contingent in the audience, its support like that that keeps me in this city.
So there, Otakon 2004. A frustrating success. I left the convention feeling good. I also left with DVD copies of Old Boy (which you should see if you haven't, one of the best Asian films I've seen in years), Battlefield Baseball, and Invader Zim plus a very cute plush cat and a plush keychain of a cat in a hotdog. One of the strangest things I've ever seen.
In closing, I'd like to point out how far Otaku Unite! has come since last summer's Otakon where we hosted a panel on the eve of our very first public screening at Anime Weekend Atlanta. Within a year's time OU! has screened at over 20 anime conventions including ones in Canada, Australia, and the UK. Its been shown at two film festivals, the first being our official World Premiere at the Philadelphia Film Festival where a huge after-party was held in OU!'s honor. We've not only sponsored, but have helped set up some incredible Japanese punk rock shows in the Philly/NYC area featuring bands like Peelander-Z, Blue-3, and Guitar Wolf. And we have a lot more surprises in store, some big announcements will be made within the coming months so keep an eye on this site.
Thanks for stopping by, Eric B. (Director, Otaku Unite!)

In other news, Japanese subtitling of Otaku Unite! is almost complete. Our subtitler in Japan (who works for Gainax by the way) is currently putting on the finishing touches. Now all that's left to do is get clearances from the Japanese companies who own the rights to the anime clips we use in the movie, which is proving to be much harder than it is in America (by harder we mean more expensive). We'll keep you updated on all of this as time goes by.

OU! crew members Kelli and Charles had a great time at the Comic Con screening last week, which reportedly went well. We were up against the Joss Whedon panel so...there.

We currently have DVD screeners of Otaku Unite! that we will gladly distribute to press outlets and distribution companies...just drop an e-mail to info@otakuunite.com if you're interested in obtaining one.

Want to exchange links with Otaku Unite!? Just contact us at the address above, our banners are here.

7.29.04
OU! panel at Otakon tomorrow night at 11 PM in Panel 1...see you there.

6.28.04
Otaku Unite! will be screened at this summer's Otakon, July 30-August 1, in Baltimore, MD. Members of the OU! Crew will be in attendance for a panel and Q&A. If you'll be attending Otakon and would like to lend a hand then please contact us at info@otakuunite.com.

6.15.04
JAPUNKS JAMBOREE 7 pictures are now up:

6.9.04
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:
Otaku Unite! will be screened at this year's San Diego Comic-Con International on Sunday, July 25 at 12:50 pm in Room 4 (upper level of the San Diego Convention Center). OU! crew members Charles Smith and Kelli Cain will host a Q&A following the screening and free OU! merchandise will be handed out to all of those in attendance. For those who don't know, this convention is the largest fan gathering in the country (possibly even on the planet) with more than 70,000 attendees last year alone. So please turn out and help the cause.

Otaku Unite! will also be screened this summer at the Pocono Mountains Film Festival in Tannersville, PA, July 7-11. Check back for details on the screening.

If you will be attending either Anime Expo or the San Diego Comic Con this year and would like a bunch of free OU! promo materials to distribute at the conventions then send an E-mail to info@otakuunite.com. Your help is greatly appreciated.

6.3.04
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:
Otaku Unite! will be making its West Coast Premiere this summer at Anime Expo 2004 in Anaheim, California. For those of you who don't know, Anime Expo is the largest anime convention/trade show in the United States. 17,000 anime fans attended last year's Expo and they expect the number to grow this year so be sure to turn out and support Otaku Unite!!
OU! will tentatively be screened on Saturday July 3rd at 5:30 pm in Video Room 3...check back here for updates.
Visit www.anime-expo.org for more info..

ADDITIONAL MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TEASE:
We have another huge screening coming up this summer that will be held at the largest geek-out in the country...we'll make an official announcement about it in a few days.

Pictures from the Philly and NYC Japunks Panic Jamboree 7 shows will be up soon.

5.29.04
A bunch of new Otaku Unite! screenings have been added to the INFO section.

We had a very successful screening last month at Australia's Anime.AU convention...click below for the program guide write-up.

5.11.04
After a brief vacation to go see the Pixies reunion at Coachella we are now back at work. New Otaku Unite! screenings have been added to the INFO section. If you want to see OU! screened in your area then be sure to contact your local convention or art house theater and let your voice be heard!

JAPUNKS PANIC JAMBOREE 7 featuring Blue III, 54 Nude Honeys, Techma!, Gito Gito Hustler, The Spunks, and Peelander-Z (all from Japan) will be taking place on the following dates:
Thursday, May 20th @ The Khyber, Philadelphia/PA
Friday, May 21st @ The Saint, NJ
Saturday, May 22nd @ CBGB's, NYC
Visit www.japunks.com for more info.

You can check out pictures from the OU! Philly Film Fest after-party here if you're interested.

4.20.04
So the Otaku Unite! screening at the Philadelphia Film Festival was a huge success. The film sold out the day before the screening and the International House was absolutely packed. Many thanks go out to everyone that showed up, especially all of you anime fans that came in costume. And an extra special thank you goes out to Mr. Scott Johnston for all of his help. A video crew was on hand to tape the day's events...look for that on the OU! DVD that will be released as soon as we find a suitable distributor. The ANI-MAYHEM party was lots of fun, we'll have pictures from that up soon.

New Otaku Unite! review at filmcritic.com by David Thomas

4.16.04
Eric B. will be a guest on tonight's edition of Philly Live on WYBE, Philadelphia's public television station. Tune in at 7:30 PM and watch him squirm in front of the cameras. For more info go here.

4.13.04
Heads up festival-goers, Otaku Unite! is almost sold out...be sure to get your tickets ahead of time at your local T.L.A. Video location or online here.

4.3.04
Prepare yourself Philadelphia, the otaku are uniting...

Day of the Otaku : Saturday April 17, 2004

3:30 PM: Costume gathering in front of the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). Prizes will be given out to all attendees. Philadelphia-area press will be in attendance so make this one count! More info here.

4:45 PM: Philadelphia Film Festival screening of Otaku Unite! at the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). Tickets available online here.

8:00 PM: Post-screening ANI-MAYHEM PARTY at Artists@Work (828-40 N. 2nd Street). Join us for a wacky Otaku Unite! post-party following its screening at the PFF! An outrageous performance/costume party for: Anime Fans! Cos-players! Punk Rockers! Wrestling Fans! Comic Book Lovers! Monsters! Musical madness with: Peelander-Z (Japanese noodle samurai punk band), Cobraman (Philly electronic hip-hop craziness), and Muscle Factory (Philadelphia work-out rock and roll). Costume contests galore with dozens of fantastic prizes courtesy of Kaiju Big Battel, Atomic City Comics, Quakerhead, Got Game? and more! Sponsored by the Philadelphia City Paper, Japunks, and Kaiju Big Battel. Admission $10 / 21+

3.16.04
Northeast cosplay gathering April 17 @ 3:30 PM in front of the International House

The website for the Philadelphia Film Festival is now online...check out the write-up for Otaku Unite! and purchase tickets online here.

Click below to see a few pictures from Otaku Unite!'s visit to Tekkoshocon in Pittsburgh last weekend:

3.9.04
So its official, Otaku Unite! will be screened at this year's Philadelphia Film Festival as part of the Festival of Independents program. It will be shown at the Internationl House (3701 Chestnut Street) on Saturday April 17 at 4:45 PM. A costume gathering of sorts is being organized that will take place at 3:30 prior to the screening, more details on that soon. There will also be a huge after-party that night in honor of Otaku Unite!'s film festival premiere featuring wrestlers, music by Peelander-Z, Kaiju Big Battel visuals, and other assorted craziness. More details on that event soon...

The March issue of Anime Fringe features a great interview with OU! Director Eric Bresler in which he discusses the long history of Otaku Unite!, the parting of ways with his Criterion DVDs, and his favorite punk rock songs. Check it out here.

OU! director Eric B. will be hosting a panel at Pittsburgh's Tekkoshocon this weekend. He'll be showing portions of OU! as well as a bunch of other anime-related clips such as Japanese convention footage, Japanese music videos, and early American convention footage. Not to be missed. Otaku Unite! will also be invading the UK this weekend during a special promo presentation at Minamicon 10 in Southampton.

The list of OU! appearances at anime cons continues to grow, click here to see if we'll be coming to your area.

For those who are Japanese rock and roll lovers in the Philadelphia-area, Japanese-samurai-noodle-punk-rockers Peelander-Z and the Japanese garage rock 3-some The Spunks will be playing the Khyber on Sunday March 28. Seven dollars, 21+. OU! Director Eric B. helped set this show up so come out and show your support. This show is a warm-up to a much bigger music event that will be taking place in both NYC and Philadelphia this May...more details on that soon.

If you live in the Philadelphia-area or know people that do then please drop us a line at info@otakuunite.com and lend a hand promoting our PIFF screening.

Listen to the sounds of RADIO FREE TOKYO, OU! Director Eric B.'s radio show, tomorrow night at 9 PM on www.wkdu.org. Three hours of Japanese craziness...GO!

2.28.04
Big things are in the works here at the offices of Otaku Unite!. We have canceled all screenings of OU! between now and April. Interested conventions will still be holding Otaku Unite!-related presentations and OU! goodies will still be floating around all of the cons that planned to hold screenings (that's all you really care about anyway). Go to the "INFO" section and visit the conventions' respective websites for more info.

Check back within the next few days for a big announcement...

2.11.04
If there are any talented fansubbers out there who can offer their services towards getting Otaku Unite! Japanese-subtitled then please E-mail Eric at info@otakuunite.com...we will reward you greatly.

The OU! trailer is now back online: view it here.

Otaku Unite! loves you! For free Valentine's Day goodies send a self addressed stamped envelope to:

Otaku Unite!
P.O. Box 7751
Philadelphia, PA 19101

2.09.04
We've uploaded video clips of Peelander-Z's performance of "Mad Tiger" at last year's Anime Next...check them out here and don't forget who introduced anime fandom to one of the best Japanese bands out there.

ANIME BY THE NUMBERS: OU! Director Eric B. found this statistics breakdown in one of those industry video magazines...its pretty interesting despite its intention to hawk anime to major video chains. These are the kinds of articles that prompt places like Wal-mart to carry anime. Click on S-chan below to check it out.

1.28.04
New Otaku Unite! review at AnimeResearch.com by Brian Ruh

1.20.04
Otaku Unite! may be coming to an anime convention near you! Check out our list of upcoming screenings to see how lucky you are. And even better, if you're too cool to go to an anime con then you may soon be able to catch an official, real-life screening of OU! at a film festival near you. That's right, Otaku Unite! shown in actual movie theaters with actual movie-goers amidst hundreds of other actual films...check back for details.

We're always on the lookout for websites that would like to exchange banners with us...feel free to use one of our new ones, more can be found here...

JAPUNKS, our good Japanese rock and roll friends up in NYC, will soon be launching a new website at www.japunks.com. We're currently working with them on a bunch of Philadelphia-based projects and are very excited about what we have planned.

New Otaku Unite! review at Sequential Tart by Jen Bomford

That's about it for now, stay tuned for more screening announcements. If you'd like OU! screened in your area then let your local anime con know about it...e-mail info@otakuunite.com for more info.

12.18.03
Apologies for our lack of updates, we've just settled into a new office space and are now back online (for those counting that was our fourth move this year, we get bored easily). Now for some news...

To answer the backlog of E-mails we have regarding the odds of your seeing Otaku Unite! anytime soon: We have begun submitting the film to festivals nationwide and continue to work with anime cons across the country that want to hold screenings, so odds are that you will indeed be able to see Otaku Unite! in the early half of 2004. Vague yes, but check back for details.

The deadline for the 2nd Annual Otaku-Bowl has been extended indefinitely...the prizes are great so take a minute out of your busy Livejournal-writing life to enter.

Pictures from one of the greatest shows in years, the Sixth Annual Japunks Jamboree at CBGB's, are now up...

11.20.03
Last night's JAPUNKS JAMBOREE at CBGB's was incredible...we'll have pics up soon.

Friend of OU! Lawrence Eng has just finished up two new otaku-related essays. The first is a review of his experiences with "Otaking" Toshio Okada at both AWA and MIT. The second is an examination of the origins of the word "otaku" in Japan...check them out here and here.

New Otaku Unite! review:
Otaku Unite! review: Akadot review by Jodi Heard

11.07.03
Check out photos from Siberia's Asian Nite:

11.05.03
Screener copies of Otaku Unite! are now available for review by the press...e-mail info@otakuunite.com with a brief description of your organization for more information.

Reviews of Otaku Unite! have begun popping up all over the internet, check out the latest two here:

Otaku Unite! review: DVD Vision Japan review by Matthew Anderson
Otaku Unite! review: Animation Insider review by Garrett Albright

Check out photos from last month's Bruce Lee Nite at Luxx in Brooklyn...

10.14.03
Anime Next 2003 con report and pictures are now up including tons of our new best friends Peelander-Z!

Check out Adam Arnold's AWA con report and Otaku Unite! review over at animefringe.com.

Jonny Otaku speaks out! One of the stars of OU! reveals his thoughts regarding the finished documentary in this week's edition of Ask Jonny Otaku.

Three random reactions to Otaku Unite!:
1. "I like it !!!!!! I can't wait for it to come out on DVD!
2. "I gotta wonder if the guy in the film complaining was doing it kind of tongue in cheek style or what, he was funny though. I'd recommend the video (actually saw it 1.7 times ; )
3. "I watched the premiere of Otaku Unite! which was really f***ing funny."

Kaiju Big Battel returns to NYC for Brooklyn Double Danger! Two nights of monster wrestling mayhem will take place on November 20 and 21 at the Warsaw in Brooklyn. If you're not attending Anime USA that weekend then you better be at Kaiju. Read the Brooklyn Double Danger press release here.

We attended Bruce Lee Nite on Sunday at Luxx in Brooklyn and will have pictures of Blue III and Peelander-Z up by the end of the week...

Some crazy Japanese otaku recently built a bigger than life size Gundam...check it out here.

10.6.03
We'll have a report of our trip to Anime Next up in a couple of days. It'll include tons of pictures of Peelander-Z, by far the highlight of the convention.

10.1.03
The September issue of @anime! features a Q&A with OU! creator Eric B.
Read the interview here
Visit @anime! (spelled www.atanime.com)