Con season is in full swing! On the back of our coverage of all the madness and fun at Anime Expo 2025, we’re on the road again—this time to Houston, Texas, and Anime Matsuri! It’s a convention we know well, having covered it time and time again, leading to some of our favorite articles, like… Read More Anime Matsuri 2025: Cosplay, Biblical Themes in Christianity + More!
Waku waku! It’s summertime! Which means all the excitement of Hollywood blockbusters, new anime series, shaved ice with beans, and anime conventions. This year, we’re dispatching our usual Beneath the Tangles “inside man,” Agent T.R., to North America’s premier anime convention, Anime Expo 2025! His mission, should he choose to accept it? To get us… Read More Spy x AX: Code Otaku (Daily Dispatches from Anime Expo 2025)
It’s the most glorious time of the year again—Annecy time! Since its inauguration in 1960, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival has grown to become the world’s largest annual gathering of animators and animation, drawing audiences of around 15,000 from the most far-flung corners of the globe to the lakeside town nestled in the mountains… Read More Daily Dispatches from the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival
We had the privilege of covering Anime Expo once again this year. T.R. Racki, who has graciously volunteered to cover Anime Expo for us on an annual basis, took a different route this year, joining with our friends at Jesus Otaku on their annual missions trip to the con. Anime Expo 2024 marked the tenth… Read More That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Jesus Otaku Journalist
For many of us who attend church, summer is almost synonymous with missions. Short-term opportunities are led by churches and other organizations to help meet the needs of the poor in all parts of the world, spread the gospel message to participate in the mission of making disciples of all nations, and provide a way… Read More Summer Missions: Join Jesus Otaku at Anime Expo!
Chiwa Saito is one of anime’s most notable and skilled seiyuu, with a career spanning more than twenty years. But as she sat in front of press at Anime Frontier 2023, finally appearing at the con after originally being scheduled in 2020 and unable to attend because of the pandemic, Chiwa showed us something unexpected.… Read More Interview with Chiwa Saito at Anime Frontier 2023: On Homura’s Return, Harrison Ford, and Finding Time for Yourself
For many fans of a certain age, Steve Blum is more than just a prolific voice actor; he’s the very voice of their childhood and adolescence. As the actor behind some of anime’s most memorable heroes (Spike Spiegel), villains (Orochimaru), and personalities in-between (Zabuza), as well as Toonami itself (T.O.M.) and notable characters in other… Read More Voice Actor Steve Blum on AI in Voiceover, Connecting with Spike, and the Value of Vulnerability
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