Two adults doing tai chi while wearing high-tech goggles and hand gear are watched by three enraptured boys. When they’re done swooshing their arms and tiptoeing through the tulips, the parents—for that is surely what they must be—share their fancy goggles with two of the boys, the third already having a set. Suddenly, the world… Read More First Impression: Opus.COLORs
Alchemist Adolf Stroud is seated on the overstuffed sofa as he invites Chise Hatori to attend the College for sorcerers where he works. He doesn’t want to pass up the opportunity to study her unique physiology as a twice-cursed mage and Sleigh Beggy, and offers her the opportunity of an education in exchange for her… Read More First Impression: The Ancient Magus’ Bride S2
Over-achieving country girl Mitsumi Iwakura is heading to Tokyo to meet her destiny! Her friends and family lovingly, melodramatically see her off at the local train station, sobbing and calling her name as she’s swallowed by the horizon beyond which lies an unknown city and a life yet to be discovered. Or at least they… Read More First Impression: Skip and Loafer
The episode opens with back-to-back VTubers: the first one is dark-haired, with lots of neon lights surrounding her and a short song on offer; the second sports short orange hair and lots of pep but not much else. There’s no apparent connection between the two. Cut to real life (as in, 2D anime life), and… Read More First Impression: Kizuna no Allele
It’s feudal Japan and a man is about to be parted from his head. As the executioner raises his blade high, a narrator informs us just how difficult it is to behead a man, and just how ugly this is likely to get before the deed is finally done. But as the sword-bearer hacks away,… Read More First Impression: Hell’s Paradise
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! In honor of the day, we here at BtT are excited to celebrate some of our favorite women working in anime, manga, and light novels. This is our second year marking the holiday in this way. When I started this project last year, I was under the impression that these… Read More Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga & Light Novel Industries
Crown Prince Siegwald can hear the voices of the gods. And all they ever want to talk to him about is someone else. If you were in the prince’s shoes, would you listen? It’s pretty common in Christian circles to talk about God speaking to us or hearing God’s voice. It’s a vital part of… Read More Endo & Kobayashi Live! Part II: Sieg Listens, & It Changes His Life