A new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II dropped this week, and we got a look at the new main characters: D and Talia. That, of course, means a bunch of fanart showing their designs, including these amazing pieces by the always incredible, Dino! ★ 【Dino】 「 Talia // D 」
Jujutsu Kaisen is an action-packed, adrenaline-pumpking series. It’s also often chillingly and grotesquely beautiful, and often full of sorrow. Those elements are captured so well in these illustrations below of Gojo, Nobara, Megumi, and Yuji. ★ 【Ester】 「 jjk (reprinting permitted (6.19.26) 」
The latest volumes of The Fake Alchemist, The Remarried Empress, and Vagabond Definitive Edition—along with the final volume of Insomniacs After School (sigh!)—are among the manga and manhwa we’re reviewing this week on Reader’s Corner. Read to see what we think of these volumes! Blade & Bastard (Vol. 4) • The Fake Alchemist (Vol. 2)… Read More Reader’s Corner: Girl Crush (Vol. 6), Lycoris Recoil (Vol. 5), and Insomniacs After School (Vol. 14)
Check out these kawaii, cutecore-esque fanart pieces of Ichigo, Rukia, and Orihime from Bleach—just in time for the new season of the series dropping! I like the Orihime cooking-baking one the best. What about you? ★ 【야텅코】 「 🍓🍞🫐 」
News dropped that the Demon Slayer Infinity Castle movie is finally hitting Crunchyroll for streaming (on July 29th), so we’re celebrating by posting these amazing illustrations of those brave Hashira! ★ 【灸場メロ】 「 柱 」
For the fourth episode of season two, I had the pleasure of speaking with singer-songwriter Hana Hope. Anime fans may know Hana from her work singing themes* on Spice and Wolf, Fate/Grand Order, and most recently, my favorite anime of spring 2026, A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA. But while her music first drew me to… Read More Something Genuine Season 2, Ep. 4: Hana Hope on Music, Identity, and Finding Her Voice
It’s a big week for new manga releases—and we’ve got reviews for a bunch to share with you (along with a new manhua, too)! Undead heroes, an idol fan who’s a hitman, a tyrant actor, and a lady who turns into a cat are just a few of the characters who rule our reviews this… Read More Reader’s Corner: Thank You for Taking Care of Our Boy Banri (Vol. 1), Sentenced to Be a Hero (Vol. 1), and I Made Friends with the 2nd Prettiest Girl in My Class (Vol. 3)
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