OUT NOW: Anime USA Spring 2024 Special Edition

If you're a fan of Otaku USA Magazine, you should absolutely be picking up Anime USA: a semi-regular special edition. While OUSA covers anime, games, manga, merch, and adjacent topics, the special editions are 100% anime coverage. And for this issue, I got to cover some of my absolute favorite titles of recent seasons!

I cover two very different titles in the reviews section. Migi & Dali is a show that absolutely won me over from the first episode. I've talked about it at length on the OUSA website, but check out my review for a taste of everything that makes it special. (It's a lot of things.)

I also cover Toei's classic film of The Little Mermaid, which recently got a lot of attention from two fronts. Between its Blu-ray re-release from Discotek and its Rifftrax treatment, this buried treasure has been getting a lot more attention in recent months. Rewatching it for the purposes of review was wild, since I haven't seen it since I was a kid myself. And boy, did it shake out some buried memories.

Any chance to talk about Undead Unluck is a win for me. I'm a massive fan of both the manga and the anime, as well as the manga creator's backstory and technique for bringing this strange epic to life. My first of two features covers the recent anime adaptation. In particular, I delve into the original author's own goals for the story—both in terms of pacing and in terms of recognizing people who feel unseen and out of place in the world.

And last but not least, I cover Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. If you've heard this show being hyped up, it's for excellent reason. This show is phenomenal, and it deserves every bit of positive recognition it's getting. Whether or not you pick up this mag, I highly encourage you to give it a watch.

There are lots of other awesome reviews and features from fellow writers, so be sure to pick up your copy at your local magazine seller! And as always, check out features from me every other day on the OUSA website.

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Kara Dennison

Kara Dennison is an author, journalist, anime enjoyer, reader, guinea pig owner, and tea drinker. Not necessarily in that order.

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