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Otaku USA is a biannual magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and J-pop) from an American perspective. The issues were accompanied by a DVD featuring three anime episodes but as of 2009 the DVD feature was dropped and the double sided poster feature of the Magazine was also dropped starting with the February 2010 issue.
Otaku USA began publication in August 2007. The editor-in-chief of the magazine is Patrick Macias. After the shutdown of Newtype USA in February 2008, Anime Insider in March 2009, Shonen Jump in April 2012, and the discontinuation of Protoculture Addicts since August 2008, Otaku USA is the only remaining bimonthly anime news magazine published for the North American market. Trans-Atlantic competitor Neo, a British-based title was shut down in November 2024, leaving Otaku USA, sister publication Anime USA, and academic journal as the remaining anime publications in English-speaking world.
In early September 2025, posts to the magazine's website and social media halted while the magazine changed from publishing four times per year to biannual.
Each issue of Otaku USA is over 100 pages and includes a 32-page insert containing new manga excerpts from leading North American publishers, including Viz Media, Dark Horse, Yen Press, Kodansha USA and Vertical. Notable titles recently featured in the magazine include Tiger & Bunny (VIZ), Blood-C (Dark Horse), and Moto Hagio's seminal shounen ai work The Heart of Thomas (Fantagraphics).
Otaku USA is available all over the world, with international distribution by Curtis Circulation.
In addition to the print publication, Otaku USA publishes a regular e-newsletter from Japan containing current industry news, as well as interviews with anime creators, travel-style cultural pieces, reviews of theatrical anime films, and more. Subscriptions to the newsletter are free and delivered by e-mail.
The official website acts as an extension of the magazine, with new material pertaining to anime, manga, cosplay, events, games, and Japanese pop culture. Features include companion stories to many of the stories published in the magazine, as well as regular columns from contributors covering anime, weekly manga releases, cosplay, convention reports, and more.
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