If you’ve been keeping up with BtT lately, you’ll have noticed that we’re pretty big fans of Mappa’s original series, Zenshu, starring the animation director Hirose Natsuko as the self-sufficient loner genius who loses an encounter with an out-of-date clamshell bento and winds up incarnated in her favorite anime movie, the tragic A Tale of… Read More Zenshu Ep. 9: QJ’s Sacrifice and A Hero That Can’t Be Copied
“I’ll do it all myself.” The first half of Zenshu, MAPPA’s meta ride following Natsuko, a director reincarnated into the anime movie that inspired her to become an animator, has shown moments of personal growth for the supporting characters and optimism for their story, which in canon form was devastatingly sad. But there hasn’t been… Read More Don’t Forget Your Party: Zenshu’s Lesson in Leadership, Humility, and Ministry
Virtuoso animator Natsuko Minose faces her problems head-on, at least when they are literal monsters bent on destroying the world and wiping her and her comrades off the face of the isekai. She whips out her magical pegbar, sharpens her Hi-uni pencil, and gets to drawing the biggest, baddest, most OP defender she can imagine… Read More Zenshu’s Ultimate Exister and Falling (Back) in Love with Life
A Christmas encounter with an orphaned pre-schooler forever changes the lives of two hitmen in P.A. Works’ comedy Buddy Daddies. Not your usual Christmas anime episode! (Especially considering the on-screen executions, trigger warning!) But don’t worry, Buddy Daddies is just getting started: the final three episodes also revolve around Christmas, one year later, and it’s… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: Buddy Daddies & Why We Need Many Christmases
“Let me disclose the gifts reserved for age/ To set a crown upon your lifetime’s effort. / First, the cold friction of expiring sense / Without enchantment, offering no promise / But bitter tastelessness of shadow fruit / As body and soul begin to fall asunder. / Second, the conscious impotence of rage / At… Read More From the New World: Bloodstained Memories
Just this week, the Vatican brought out a brand-new mascot to represent the Church’s upcoming year. Named “Luce” (“light” in Italian), the cute character caught a ton of attention and went viral in large part because she’s drawn in anime-style. That’s right, the Vatican meets anime! Even gigantic institutions that may have once avoided anime… Read More Envisioning a Bright Future for All Otaku
Nadeko Sengoku is a 15-year-old girl whose personality has been everything except stable since the start of the Monogatari series in 2009. If we know anything about her, it would be that she’s the silly girl who had a dangerously foolish crush on Araragi. She’s often found at the bottom of best girl tier lists,… Read More Nadeko’s Benevolent Author: Monogatari, Episode 6
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