The Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka is having a special exhibition this summer featuring the famed Dutch artist, Johannes Vermeer, including his most recognizable piece: Girl with a Pearl Earring. Tsukasa Abe, the artist half of the duo behind Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, contributed an illustration as a collaboration piece, inspiring other artists, like… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: Frieren with a Pearl Earring
As one of our writers, Laura Grace, is wont to say: “Be still, my heart!” So much 2000s shoujo goodness in the lovely artwork below, with pieces depicting Fruits Basket, Kamisama Kiss, and Ouran High School Host Club. Can you feel the love?? ★ 【osu】 「 2000’s shoujo animes in my style 💗💗💗 」
Kaiju, apocalyptic aliens, cryptid witches, and loving couples fill the pages of the volumes we’re reviewing this week. Read on to see if we recommend the latest releases of Dandadan, It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love, and more! The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse (Vol. 3) •… Read More Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 18), Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 15), and Handyman Saitou in Another World (Vol. 9)
Who’s that Pokemon we see?? ★ 【Neg】 「 イーブイ姉弟の遭遇 」
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is one of the most explosive, coolest anime films in recent memory. Have you seen it? If not, it is now streaming on Crunchyroll. Beware, of course, because this is Chainsaw Man and the content can get graphic in all sorts of ways. ★ 【drmy】 「 Reze doodle… Read More Fanart Friday: Reze is Ready to Go
The adventures of a black cat, four stories of what it means to love, demihuman fantasy adventures, and more fill the volumes we cover on this week’s Reader’s Corner! Read our reviews of several brand new series and releases, as well as for the newest volumes of Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale, Immortality and Punishment,… Read More Reader’s Corner: Four in Love, Void: No. Nine, and On the Boundary’s Road: The Works of Suzuka Morino
The latest Fusion Congenital Resonator is here! Denia has dropped into the world of Wuthering Waves. and artists from Japan and around the world (all illustrations are reprinted with permission) are enamored with her. Did you pull her?
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