The girls each look amazing in this series of illustrations with their headphones on, balancing on various items related to their instruments or personas, but even more striking to me is the depth in the setting for each drawing. Incredible stuff! ★ 【JLT4n】「 Bocchi / Ryou / Nijika / Kita 」 ☆
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of February 26th through March 4th! Check out the latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on Apple, Spotify, or SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Which Ghibli movies… Read More Doki Doki News: An Elden Ring DLC and Studio Ghibli Fest
Perhaps taking inspiration from the classic episode of the series, “Dance Like You Want to Win!”, these series of three illustrations portraying Asuka as a dancer seem like they would fold right into Evangelion canon. Are you a dancer as well? Were you trained in classical or any other kind? ★ 【BB】「 五彩斑斓的香 」 ☆
We often want to go back home, but where is home now? As we live, cities change, the mighty of yesterday fall, new players rise, and unthinkable things happen. Our little worlds become increasingly unrecognizable, things just go on without a clear narrative, and one day, it’s our own time to go. That’s just life:… Read More Blood of the Wise, Blood of the Fool
Welcome, March! And hello, AniMarch Madness! The craziness begins today with our six play-in matches (plus one exclusive to Patreon) to determine the final entrants into the field of 64. Please vote for one anime from each match below to move on to the tournament proper, which begins on Monday. As just as with the… Read More AniMarch Madness 2023: Play-in Matches
Fantasy, romance, and shonen feature prominently in our reviews this week, but so, too, do two rarer releases for manga-associated brands. They include Guardian of Fukushima, a Franco-Belgian work inspired by Japanese culture and the 2011 earthquake, and Tezcatlipoca, a Japanese novel combining Aztec mythology and modern organized crime. Read on to see what we… Read More Reader’s Corner: Ayashimon, Sweet Poolside, Tezcatlipoca, and Guardian of Fukushima
I’m so thrilled that The ABCs of Shojo Manga video series is continuing! With the start of a new year, I was so excited that I was able to gush share about some of my favorite shojo manga titles that start with the letter “G”! I even discovered a classic shojo mangaka that led me… Read More “G” is for “Great” Shoujo Manga! (The ABCs of Shojo Manga Continued)
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