Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of August 8th through 14th! Check out latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Will you be watching Evangelion today? Excited about… Read More Doki Doki News: New Oregairu, More Berserk, and CR + Funi Finalized
This article was originally printed on March 19, 2018 in Area of Effect magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. If you enjoy this article, we recommend you check out Never Split the Party: (and Other Wisdom from Geek Culture that Changed My Life) and Always Look Up: (and Other Wisdom from Geek Culture that… Read More The Ancient Magus Bride Demonstrates Happiness and Love are Not Equal
IT’S HERREEEE! Well, almost. On Friday, Evangelion 3.0+1.0, the final films of Hideaki Anno’s Rebuild of Evangelion franchise, premieres stateside on Amazon Prime. Although we don’t get the theatrical release, we are getting a super quick turnaround on this movie, which opened in Japan just a few months ago, and a dub, too, with much… Read More Check Out Our Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Watch Party on FB and Amazon Prime, and Live Tweet on Twitter!
SHIROBAKO, the series about five young woman and a production company clearing challenge after challenge to make anime, is my comfort series, occupying a special place in my heart. Somehow, P.A. Works was able to make their large cast feel like a family for the viewer. When it completed its run, I felt I had… Read More Review: SHIROBAKO The Movie
Unnamed Memory, Vol. 3 SPOILER WARNING: Spoiler-free tl;dr: I greatly enjoyed this volume and recommend this series. I also recommend that you start with the first volume and encounter the foreshadowing and plot twists naturally. Now, if you don’t mind spoilers… This volume wraps up the year-long contract between Oscar, the cursed king, and Tinasha,… Read More Reader’s Corner: Unnamed Memory, Assassin’s Creed Dynasty, and The Faraway Paladin
We’re happy to present a guest post today by Christian fantasy author MH Elrich, whom you can connect with on Instagram. “I won’t. Is that what I have to say? Forgive or don’t forgive?” When Tohru says these words, all of us are devastated. At that moment, we feel like Kyo: ready to accept that… Read More Tohru Honda Shows Us the Savior We All Need
We don’t always need an epic character arc. Not in anime, and not in real life. Sometimes, it’s the smallest of steps that transforms a life. At its heart, despite all the fantastical creatures, stunning scenery and heroic destinies of an isekai adventure, this is what The Wonderland is about: the minor, muted act of… Read More The Small Things that Save the Worlds—or Christian Imagery in The Wonderland’s Isekai
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