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)
Did you know that our video editor, Ryan, watches every single anime opening (OP) for the season as he decides which to include in our quarterly “best of” video? He also takes your recs and the staff’s, too! That’s what it takes to find gems in a season where they might not be so obvious,… Read More Five Best Openings (OP) of the Winter 2023 Anime Season
March is just days away, and you all know what that means: AniMarch Madness is about to begin! Yes, our single-elimination tournament pitting anime against anime in a playoff-style bracket where voters determine the top one starts this week. It’s based on its namesake, the NCAA basketball tournament, and roughly coincides with it. We often… Read More AniMarch Madness 2023
Humans aren’t meant to live for themselves. We’re meant to live in vulnerable, authentic, fulfilling relationships with others—to find ourselves in giving ourselves away. So when we try to find fulfillment by pursuing our desires, we end up unfulfilled, unsatisfied, and embittered. When we live for ourselves, we become something we were never meant to… Read More MagiRevo, Episode 8: The Monstrous Heart of Self-Love
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
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